What better gift is there than one that was crafted with love? We recently took our girls to the Color Me Mine in Downtown Silver Spring, MD to make some birthday gifts for a couple of very special people. Color Me Mine is a paint it yourself ceramic studio & you don't have to be an artist to cre
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12/30/2012
Mike Cooper is doing it again, another Spinning-Marathon-Fundraiser that is. Of course I'm going to join Mike again - last time was a lot of fun and it was an honor to ride in memory of loved ones. Please contact Mike or comment on his blog if you would like to participate, we would love to see
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12/28/2012
I have no idea how this trolley made it all the way from Germany to the National Capital Trolley Museum on Bonifant Road in Silver Spring, MD but it sure brought back a lot of memories for me. I grew up in a city with an extensive trolley system where it is still a mass mode of transportation to
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12/26/2012
It's official ... Santa is busy delivering presents all around the world. The NORAD Santa Tracker shows the countries he has visited already, the number of presents delivered, where he was last spotted and where he is headed next. He still has quite some ground to cover until he'll be arriving on
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12/24/2012
Silver Spring, MD Outdoor Ice Skating Rink Although there are some snow flurries, a.k.a. the wintry mix, in the forecast for the Silver Spring, MD area, it doesn't sound like much will accumulate - certainly not enough to get the sled out. But one can always get the skates on and head to Veteran'
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12/23/2012
Invest in land, they don't make that anymore. Here's another great opportunity to build your dream home in 20905 Silver Spring, MD: 19 Awkard Ln.19 Awkard Ln is a 1 acre wooded lot located off Norwood and Holly Grove Rd, on a no-thru street in the quiet community of Colesville Outside . The neigh
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12/22/2012
Last chance to ride with Santa aboard a trolley at the National Capital Trolley Museum in Silver Spring, MD - December 22nd - 23rd is the last weekend of the annual Holly TrolleyFest. Besides the Trolley Ride through Northwest Branch Park visitors can enjoy the Holiday Train Garden and all that t
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12/21/2012
The 2013 BAH rates have been released. Troops and their families stationed at Fort Meade get to look forward to an increase in their monthly housing allowance come January 2013. Below is a break down of the 2013 BAH rates for the duty zip-code 20755 (Fort Meade, MD): For comparison, the average
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12/17/2012
The 2013 BAH Rates Are Out! The annual release of the new BAH rates is always highly anticipated, for good reason. I love to see an increase, of course, and am happy to say that that is the case for the majority stationed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center/NSA Bethesda - for some it'
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12/17/2012
After a couple of false alarms this week Santa & Mrs. Claus finally came to our town today, arriving in style on a firetruck. At the first - very faint - sound of a siren my girls raced to get their boots, coats and hats on, grabbed their canned goods to exchange for a candy cane and waited by th
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12/15/2012
