Slipping into Fells Point, Baltimore
• November 20, 2025

Along a single block of Fells Point’s Thames Street are six spots for eating and drinking — eight if you count the Cannon Room and Rec Pier Chop House across […]

Fall Foliage Finds: Leaf Peeping Getaways Near Georgetown
• October 7, 2025

By Minza Mirza For leaf peepers enthralled by the autumn feel and eager to hear the crunch of boughs of leaves under their boots, the Georgetowner compiled a list of […]

In Richmond: Shows, Festivals, Last Call for Kahlo
• September 24, 2025

Slightly more than 100 miles from Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, is the self-evident choice for a southbound, arts-focused getaway. Are you free this weekend? This Sunday, Sept. 28, is the […]

The Wylder Hotel of Tilghman Island: An Idyllic Bayside Getaway 
• August 4, 2025

By Annabel Taylor  As August melts into September, many Georgetowners are looking for a final summer getaway before autumn routines kick in. Twenty minutes southwest of St. Micheals, a lesser-known […]

‘Frida: Beyond the Myth’ at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 
• April 24, 2025

By Sheila Wickouski While movies, documentaries and books tell the story of legendary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, “Frida: Beyond the Myth” — at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond […]

Songwriters Converge on Amelia Island, April 10-12 
• March 11, 2025

 The northernmost community on Amelia Island — and the northernmost on all of Florida’s Atlantic Coast — is Fernandina Beach (pop. 13,000). Home to eagles, egrets, pelicans, foxes, armadillos, gopher […]

Amelia Island Hosts 30th Concours d’Elegance 
• February 12, 2025

Concours d’Elegance — meaning “competition of elegance” — originally referred to horse-drawn carriage parades in Paris. Since cars replaced carriages, the term has been applied to events featuring high-style and […]

‘Bugatti’ at Easton’s Academy Art Museum  
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As I drove across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge toward Easton, Maryland, I took stock of the cars around me — egg-shaped forms in olive and jewel tones, wide-eyed and listless, […]

‘Make Way for Berthe Weill’ in New York
• January 27, 2025

Q: Does Columbia, New York City’s Ivy League university, established by royal charter as King’s College in 1754, have an art museum? A: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art […]

In Country: Virginia’s Hotel Petersburg to Reopen Next Month 
• November 13, 2024

After decades of dormancy in the wake of a destructive 1969 fire, the historic Hotel Petersburg, located at 20 West Tabb St. in Petersburg, Virginia, will reopen as part of […]