After dropping a child off at practice, you might get 10 minutes to yourself in the car on the way home. While you do get to put the radio on your station, it’s really not the kind of quality time alone that relaxes you, allowing you space to reflect and grow. While waiting for a [...]
Archive for July, 2005
Duckin’ out
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005Carryout Cuisine
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005Nothing beats the ease of ordering out. You dial a favorite restaurant, drive the short distance, pick up the fare, head home, set the table and voila — there’s a meal fit for a hungry family without so much as a pot of boiling water or a worry of disturbing the other diners. But where [...]
Night Terrors
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005Gabrielle seemed to be afraid of something, but she was clearly asleep, her mother explained. She tried to hold her struggling daughter, saying, “Wake up, wake up.” But Gabrielle wouldn’t wake up. Gabrielle was having a night terror. She would continue to have them until she was 5, English explained of her now 9-year-old. “They [...]
Fresh Fields
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005Every summer Glenelg resident Alexandra Cha pops her three children into their red wagon on weekends and carts them around to local farmer’s markets to shop for fresh organic food. Cha’s goal is to buy organic for at least half of all fruit, vegetables, dairy and meat her family consumes. The homemaker and part-time science [...]
Take historic stroll on Heritage Walk
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005Ever heard of the Freedom Trail in Boston or the Constitutional in Philadelphia? Now Baltimore has the Heritage Walk, the first in a series of walking trails to be known as the Star-Spangled Trails of Baltimore. The trails, which explore the city’s history, will begin at the Inner Harbor Visitors Center and wind their way [...]
Midsummer Nights at The Cloisters
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005Grab the kids, pack the picnic basket and head to The Cloisters amphitheater in Lutherville this month for some Shakespeare under the stars. Every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The Cloisters will present “Midsummer Nights: Theater at the Cloisters Series,” where families are invited to dine under the stars while enjoying a live Shakespearean [...]
African American museum now open
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005Baltimore now boasts the largest museum dedicated to African American history and culture on the east coast. The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture opened last month at Pratt and President streets in the Inner Harbor. The 82,000-square-foot facility includes 15,000 square feet of permanent and special exhibition space, interactive [...]
Soak up the fun at Six Flags water park
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005What’s better than a thrilling roller coaster ride on a hot summer day? How about a roller coaster that starts 75 feet in the air, shoots riders down a 132-foot tunnel in four-person inner tubes while being buffeted and soaked by 5,000 gallons of cool water? Then better get in line now to ride Tornado, [...]
Office Depot hosts teacher breakfasts
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005Heading back to school may be the last thing on the minds of students during July, but for teachers, their first day back for the new school year is only weeks away. For teachers already in the planning mode, Office Depot will host its annual teacher appreciation breakfasts in stores between July 16 and Aug. [...]
If Mom ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005The other day my husband came home, took one look at me and said, “I was thinking about trying to send you away for some time off, but then I remembered you were nursing …” It was a nice thought. I really could use some time off, but a spa weekend is just a little [...]