DECEMBER 2005


FEATURES

Um, Thanks, I Think...
Locals share tales of their oddest gifts

Christmas on the Island
A St. George Island cottage gets dolled up for the season

The Giving Kind
Meet four Bay-area folks who know what it means to give

Shopping by Design
Present ideas with pattern and pizazz

Great Explorations
Discovering the museums of Hampton Roads

Scenes from a Mall
An enlightening and exhausting weekend inside Arundel Mills Mall

I Love to Decorate
Reflections on the pleasures of decking the holiday halls

I Hate to Decorate
Reflections on the pains of decking the holiday halls

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's letter


Detours
What's happening on the Bay.

Shorelines
Chesapeake news, notes, and nonsense

Q&A
Santa Claus

Spotlight
Annapolis's Bay Theatre founders, Lucinda Merry-Browne and Janet Luby

Art Dept.
Abstract Rock Hall artist, Karne Hubacher

Checking Inn
The Inn at 30 Maryland, Annapolis

Hometowns
Hip and historic Ghent, Va.

Traveling Gourmet
Shore Restaurant, St. Michals, Md.

Andrew's Kitchen
Do-ahead brunch recipes

End Quote
Ice Carver, Robert J. Roberts






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