Blog from the 'burbs

Green, affordable, and right here in Rockville

Rockville leads the way with affordable workforce housing once more with a new project in the works: Beall's Grant II. Undertaken by Montgomery Housing Partnership ... [more]

Blip TV and The West End: a great combination

First of all, I'm so glad to have had the chance finally to see The West End do their thing live. What a fun show! ... [more]

Robin party of 7, your birdbath is ready

This morning about a million birds decided to grace the old maple tree in our front yard, something that always makes me happy to see and hear, and which I encourage by trying to keep the nearby birdbath full ... [more]

Exercising my pom mom bragging rights

Having spent the past weekend filming, feeding, watching and celebrating with the RMHS Poms and other RM Pom parents, I feel like I've earned a few pom mom bragging rights. ... [more]

It's not too early to start gardening

I love Christa Carignan's gardening blog. When I look at the ten-day forecast at weather.com and see that I'll be freezing into the foreseeable future, it's nice to go and read about someone ... [more]

Sharing Calendar and Event Data

I've been looking at different calendar-sharing formats lately to see which, if any, are most used by Rockville businesses and organizations. Existing calendar standards include ... [more]

Workforce Housing Coming To Rockville

A victory occurred quietly yesterday evening, one which reminds me of all that is good about Rockville. A motion was passed by the Rockville City Council that allows the County to move forward with plans to make existing residential units available for s ... [more]

New Arts and Innovation Center

This morning I joined a tour (organized by Aileen Klein of the Town Center Action Team and David Levy, Rockville's Chief of Long Range Planning and Redevelopment) of the soon-to-be-open VisArts Center and the already-open Rockville Innovation Center ... [more]

5 Days in Paris!

My husband and I arrived with our teenage daughter in the Charles De Gaulle airport outside Paris around 8 in the morning on June 21 ... [more]

Share summer's bounty with someone else

Volunteers for Manna Food Center are at the Rockville Farmers Market every Saturday, receiving produce purchased at the market for donation to needy families in Rockville and Montgomery County. Buy some for yourself and some for someone else ... [more]