Food Friday: Summer Sips 2024
The Summer Sips 2024 edition of Food Friday is coming to you from a Parisian daydream. We like to try a variety of cocktails every summer, and this year there is a theme: the Paris Olympics. As you know, The Summer Olympic Games are being held in Paris, the City of Lights, a city known […]
Cambridge Time Machine: Checking Out Race Street
Race Street originally contained a mix of residences and businesses. A large 1910 fire destroyed much of the block near Muir Street. The last residence in that area was demolished in 1956.
A Midsummer Trifle on Nettles, White Ibis and Hungry Rabbits
GRACE CREEK ALMANAC – Oppressively hot summer days can make a man lazy. But jumping off the dock, despite the water nearing bathtub temperature, revives spirits and energy levels. Instant air conditioning, even on 95-degree days, when I climb out of the water and feel even light breezes cooling my skin. This droughty summer has […]
What Difference Does It Make? By Maria Grant
This week Donald Trump spoke at a National Association of Black Journalists Conference and said that Kamala Harris used to be Indian and now she says she’s Black. He went on to question, “So is she Indian or is she Black?” What I want to know is what difference does it make? Trump, a man […]
Wine of the Week: Toscana L’Ideale Ciliegiolo IGT
Ciao Tutti! Today is the beginning of the hot nights of August so this weekend at Piazza Italian Market we are offering a Hot Sale of a light red wine, the Toscana L’Ideale Ciliegiolo IGT($14.75) from the Marco Salustri winery in the heart of Toscana’s picturesque Maremma area. Salustri left his family wine business to pursue his passion […]
The Gunston School and The Country School Host 7th Environmental Leadership Conference for Independent School Leaders
Centreville, MD – Last week, the Environmental Leadership Conference for Independent School Leaders (ELISL) was led by Gunston’s Head of School John Lewis, and Emily Beck, Head of Upper School at The Country School. Held annually in July, the conference invited independent school leaders representing eleven different schools across Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. to travel […]