Stories

The High-Heeled Gardener | Queen Cleome

Queen Cleome By Kymberly Taylor     The cleome is one of the most complex and beautiful flowers brightening the fall garden. Commonly called ‘spider flower,’ Cleome hassleriana is a self-seeding annual that rises like a dependable pink cloud. Shapely

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Straight Up on dining Out | Caliente Grill

Caliente Grill Homemade and Worth the Wait By Christine Fillat       Annapolis is home to a variety of world cuisine restaurants, reflecting the diversity of this area. Caliente Grill serves Salvadorian, Peruvian, and Mexican dishes. The bar is

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Experience the Shore | 25 Places

Experience the Shore  |  25 Places By Dylan Roche Photography by Jay Fleming     A picturesque region stretching between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, the Eastern Shore of Maryland offers a combination of natural beauty and historic

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The High-Heeled Gardener | Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant The Japanese Climbing Hydrangea By Kymberly Taylor     Whether big or small, our gardens are miniature worlds; within each plant is a natural force. Observe the delicate surge of the bluebell, the canna lily’s sky-ward rush, the

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Poets in the Conversation Room

    In a spontaneous back-and-forth style, renowned poet and playwright Grace Cavalieri, recent Maryland Poet Laureate, joins Kymberly Taylor, poet and Editor-in-Chief of Annapolis Home Magazine, to discuss the nature of poetry, why poetry is needed here and now

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Rooms to Roam In St. Michaels

Rooms to Roam In St. Michaels By Dylan Roche  |  Photography by Stacy Zarin Goldberg     There is a reason shingle-style architecture is so ubiquitous in waterfront communities—primarily in the Northeast, such as Newport or Nantucket, but also on

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The Beautiful Swimmer

Callinectes sapidus:  The Beautiful Swimmer By Christine Fillat   Crab Feast, © Jay Fleming   The scene: a table on a shady waterfront deck. Your favorite people are sitting with you, and the conversation bubbles. Brown butcher paper is covering

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Bay Stories: Jay Fleming, Photographer with a Cause

Bay Stories Jay Fleming, Photographer with a Cause By Robert Haywood  |  Photography by Jay Fleming   Above Johnson Creek, Somerset County   Jay Fleming’s two masterful photographic books, Working the Water (2016) and Island Life (2021), document, with enormous

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Mellow on Maxmore Creek

Mellow on Maxmore Creek By Dylan Roche Photography by Keyanna Bowen, East & Lane     It’s a challenge: How do you remodel an older home and maintain its charm while making it conducive to modern living? With this goal

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Home is Where the Art Is

Home is Where the Art Is Interior Designer Jamie Merida Shares His Home By Walinda P. West Photography by Robert Radifera  |  Styling by Charlotte Safavi     Tucked away on the Eastern Shore is a meandering gravel road leading

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