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2018 

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Hong Kong Cuisine at East Pearl Restaurant, Rockville, MD After visiting Brookside Gardens and tasting beers at Saints Row Brewery, we were ready for some Chinese food and stopped at East Pearl Restaurant, the favorite meeting place for Dolores and her friends. Click on the link to view the exten...
05/16/2018

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Wings of Fancy Live Butterfly & Caterpillar Exhibit  The Wings of Fancy Live Butterfly & Caterpillar Exhibit at Brookside Gardens, in the South Conservatory, is now open and will be available until September 16, 2018. Dolores and I always enjoy photographing the butterflies during this annual exh...
05/16/2018

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If a loan fits within agency guidelines and does NOT get an approval through AUS, it doesn't necessarily mean the loan can't be done.  What you need to know about AUS        AUS is simply the acronym for Automated Underwriting System.  Still with me?  More commonly known in the real estate world ...
05/16/2018

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Saints Row Brewing Company, Rockville, Maryland After a morning at the Silver Spring Garden Club Garden Mart at Brookside Gardens, Chef Dolores and I decided to make our first visit to one of the new breweries in the area, Saints Row Brewing Company. Click on the link to view the website. They po...
05/15/2018

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Silver Spring Garden Club Garden Mart, Brookside Gardens Chef Dolores and I attended the Silver Spring Garden Club Garden Mart at Brookside Gardens in the Wheaton area of Montgomery County, Maryland. We purchased a supply of dahlia tubers, for our home garden, from the representatives of the Nati...
05/15/2018

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Don't subject yourself to any of these predicaments during your mortgage process.  Follow the advice of your Loan Officer from beginning to end.     Avoid "Mortgage Approval-Ivy". Don't Make These Mortgage Mistakes   When our boys were little, we decided to construct a home in the Lincoln-Way Are...
05/15/2018

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Gin Tasting: Nautical American Gin On the way the the Kentlands community happy hour at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, Chef Dolores and I stopped at Montgomery County's Darnestown Liquor and Wine store for one of their regular tasting events. We enjoyed sampling Nautical American Gin. Click on the l...
05/14/2018

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Book Recommendation: Twisted Prey by John Sandford Twisted Prey (2018) is novel number 28 in the crime thrillers featuring Lucas Davenport, now a U.S. Marshall, by The New York Times bestselling American author John Sandford, a pseudonym for John Roswell Camp. I enjoyed this fast reading book and...
05/14/2018

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Simply put, staging is where you arrange your home and it's decor to highlight the best features of your house AND maximize the appearance of the square feet. So you are planning to SELL your HOME and have already taken care of the "5 Easy Ways to Get Your Home Ready to Sell". Now the last step b...
05/14/2018

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Hu-Kwa Tea Chef Dolores asked me to post some information about her favorite tea, Hu-Kwa Tea from the Mark T. Wendell Tea Company. Click on the link to reach the website to learn more about this tea. "Hu-Kwa tea is a uniquely crafted black tea from the island of Formosa that is considered by many...
05/13/2018
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