Public schools start up this week, but that doesn't mean there is a lack of fun available around Annapolis. Live entertainment, cruises, the Maryland Renaissance Festival, the DCA Championship, and more things to do are scheduled this final week in August. Annapolis Entertainment What brings together groups of people like music? This week, the USNA [...]
Life is full of reasons to indulge in sweetness and sugary treats. We celebrate good things with treats and cope with unfortunate things in the same way. Despite our best efforts and new Hollywood diet crazes, baked and chilled confections are part of life. Lucky for us, downtown Annapolis features numerous ice cream shops, chocolate [...]
What could bring over 3,000 people together on a typical late August day to sit in grass, stomp around in dust, and stand in line for a while? Only beer and wine--local beer and wine, that is. The 2nd Annual Kegs and Corks Festival went off without a hitch last night: people gained (or deepened) [...]
Forget those juvenile jokes about "band geeks." The Drum Corps Associates (DCA) is an acclaimed group of young people performing for massive crowds on snare drums, trumpets, horns, and many more instruments. Outfitted in flashy attire with their instruments shining, the performers wow crowds here in the U.S. and internationally. The drum corps performers tour [...]
Acclaimed chefs all agree that you get to know a place best by its food. If international travel isn't an option, grab a seat at one of the following Annapolis restaurants that feature faraway flair. The cuisine that follows is diverse, interesting, and will wake up any palette. Best of all, most of these restaurants [...]
August brings more than just unpredictable weather here in Annapolis. This week, there is free music, green events, a beer and wine festival, and plenty of cruising on the beautiful waters around the city. Annapolis Entertainment The 2nd Annual Kegs and Corks Festival (otherwise known as the festival of local beer and wine) takes place [...]
Photo From Kegs and Corks Site That old stereotype that men prefer beer while women prefer wine is put to the test at the end of August. Both types of alcohol will be overflowing--along with liquor drinks--at the upcoming Kegs and Corks Festival on Saturday, August 24. The Kegs and Corks Festival is [...]
When it comes to Asian food, we have lots of expectations. We want it quick, we want it fresh, and we want it to be big on flavor. Thanks to the plentiful sushi and Asian cuisine options in Annapolis, we have a whole new set of expectations for this type of food. Nano Asian Dining [...]
It's true that we, as humans, greatly respond to our environment. In old literature, the author's description of the weather directly paralleled the mood of the characters. This happens in real life though, which is why we heed the advice of our mothers to save money for a rainy, boring day. At Paladar Latin Kitchen [...]
Annapolis' relationship with the Naval Academy goes WAY back to a mutiny by Midshipman Philip Spencer and two co-conspirators, their hanging on the yardarm and the subsequent decision to train midshipmen BEFORE they were sent out on ships. In 1845, the Secretary of the Navy, George Bancroft, decided that Annapolis was a "healthy and secluded" [...]