Oh, Shenandoah

We had a great stay in the Shenandoah River State Park campground. Pastoral beauty that inspired us to contemplate the role of purpose in our lives. No great agreement, but I more-or-less put into words a growing feeling that my core guiding principles involve increasing consciousness and understanding and maximally creating (or rather, maintaining) as […]

We may or may not have visited the Starship Enterprise.

On our way from Baltimore to Shenandoah National Park, we stopped off to visit our friend Sebastien and see his lab at HHMI’s Janelia Farm. As we stepped from the heated parking garage into the aerodynamically sleek interior of the research center, I got the impression that this wasn’t your typical lab facility. We met […]

Good Times in the Land of Pleasant Living

Baltimore is a funky kinda’ town. Sure, it’s the home of John Waters, Edgar Allen Poe and The Wire (as we were repeatedly reminded by our more cable-savvy friends), but that doesn’t come close to defining this funkified place. Unlike most cities that butt up against a major metropolis, Baltimore has not morphed into a […]

Picks and Pans – Baltimore/D.C.

PICKS: Birches

Tuesday night special: 2 burgers with a choice of 2 scrumptious toppings (e.g. gorgonzola carmelized onions and avocado) for $12, and that’s with fries!

Bertha’s

The mussels lived up to the hype. We all agreed that the tomato anchovy butter was the sauce of choice.

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian […]

Shakin’ it up with the Quakers

Aside from offering up more than it’s fair share of fun and frivolity, the City of Brotherly Love gave us the opportunity to gain some new perspectives on the roles religion, community and self-reflection play in our lives. And how, you might ask, did this happen? Why, at Quaker meeting, of course!

We got the […]