About a month ago I went back to Maryland to visit my family. OSU had a bye week and Maryland had a home game, so it was the perfect weekend to get away. My parents and I don’t need a special occasion to go out to dinner, but it was a week from my birthday …
During Coach Friedgen’s early years at Maryland, we hosted the Ralph Friedgen Invitational golf tournament in the summer. The first 2 years were at Ford’s Colony. Rick Ford, a major Terps supporter, owned this amazing gated community. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago, but I’m sure his family is running Ford’s Colony with the same …
Annapolis is one of my favorite places in Maryland. The Naval Academy is right outside of downtown, there’s lots to see and do, and the nightlife is pretty fun. I will admit I had to stay away from the nightlife for a while after college, because all the Navy guys wanted to do was get …
I know that the blog is supposed to be about “new” and “twists”, but sometimes there are dishes that are so good that I’m not willing to compromise and get anything different. So here goes. There is no comparison between the seafood found on the coasts and what’s found in landlocked states…period…end of story. When …
20 years ago my dad’s cholesterol was really high, so the doctor put him on a 30-day, no-meat diet. He decided he liked it, and hasn’t eaten meat since. I was still living at home at the time and had no desire or plan to give up meat (and still don’t), so when they cooked, …
Heather and I have been friends for 17 years, starting when she began working at Maryland…geez that makes me feel old. We’ve been there for each other through thick and thin, good and bad. I don’t need to go into details…she knows what I mean. My summer trip back to Maryland almost always coincides with her birthday. I got …
Karen and I have been friends…well literally forever. Her parents and my parents have been friends since they lived in Trinidad, long before we were even a glimmer in their eyes. She is exactly 18 months older than I am, and her parents brought her over to see me when my parents first brought me home from …