Articles by Bay Weekly Staff

Turn Over a New Leaf

Bay Weekly’s pick of 2012 wall calendars

In the language of old movies, falling calendar pages symbolized the passing of time. Years could go by in seconds, just as 2011 surely has done. Now December is about to top the pile of the last 11 months. So it’s time to choose a new calendar. Most of us still do that, you know. Or have a calendar chosen for us, as calendars rank high in holiday gifts exchanged among acquaintances. Even in the age of digital calendars, the good old-fashioned wall...

Article - Features; by Bay Weekly staff; 12/22/11

Winter Reads

With cold weather here to stay, warm up with these Chesapeake authors

The sights are great, world travelers report. But, they insist, you only really get to know a place through its people. All around us are people who are the keepers of untold treasure. Untold until you scratch the surface. Then you find yourself in the company of people who’ve recorded history being made, and people who’ve delved into the past to recover history made long ago. People who know more than anybody else in the world about this or...

Article - Books; by Bay Weekly staff; 12/15/11

Fixing the Bird

Five ways to make sure the season’s favored fowl is full of flavor

Most of us will probably cook turkey for Thanksgiving; America’s national feast day is no time to scoff at custom. Some among us have tried; but we’re back among the faithful. That’s because the season’s favored fowl need not be dull. We have plenty of choices, both in buying and cooking our bird. You won’t be able to drop into your neighbor’s farm to buy a local bird, we’re sorry to report. Except in Amish...

Article - Cooking; by Bay Weekly staff; 11/17/11

Got a Job!

How we earned our first paychecks

When you are first asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, Certainly I can! Then get busy and find out how to do it. –Theodore Roosevelt The first job. The first paycheck. The first flicker of independence. With it we became wage earners with money to spend as we pleased. Or so we hoped. Some of us took that first step to independence in the familiar surroundings of a family business. For others, our first job was a grand adventure in daring,...

Article - Features; by Bay Weekly staff; 9/1/11

Bay Weekly’s 2011 Summer Reading Guide: Reading the...

Nature Books for All Ages

It’s official: On June 21 — three weeks into the month proclaimed by Gov. Martin O’Malley as Great Outdoors Month — the solstice turned spring into summer. To seize the summer season, Bay Weekly peers into books about the great outdoors. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian read by Steve Carr John Wesley Powell was one of the most important Americans who ever lived, yet most folks have never heard of him, writes Bay Weekly columnist, outdoorsman and...

Article - Summer Reading Guide; by Bay Weekly staff; 6/23/11

Love Stories

How did you fall in love? Most of us eventually achieve our own love story, some of us many times over. Common as the love story is, it never grows stale.

How did you fall in love? That’s a question worth dwelling on. Girls at least — perhaps boys, too, though they’ll never tell — grow up dreaming of how they’ll fall in love. Most of us eventually achieve our own love story, some of us many times over. Common as the love story is, it never grows stale. An aging couple joins me at the table at a bed and breakfast, and, before our coffee cups are drained, she’s reported their love story, with him adding Amens!...

Article - People; by Bay Weekly staff; 2/10/11

The Sides Make the Feast

Chesapeake Country Chefs share their recipes for signature Thanksgiving side dishes — and more

There’s going to be turkey, you can bet on it, writes Richard Whelan, general manager at Pirates Cove. Whether you’re going to a friend’s or relative’s house, or, maybe they are all coming to your house, chances are there is going to be a big fat roasted turkey in your future come Thanksgiving. That’s why we call it Turkey Day. Maybe even a ham. A good, salty, country ham if you’re lucky. But what makes the difference between grandmom’s house, your best...

Article - Food and Drink; by Bay Weekly staff; 11/11/10

One Hundred Years of Fathers Day Lessons

Ten Chesapeake neighbors tell what Dad taught them

We used to believe that father knows best. The world is not so simple nowadays. The skepticism that belongs to our teen years comes early and stays late in some families. In others, Dad proves himself to be all too human. But that’s neither here nor there, because Father’s Day we find the best in the men who sired, reared and guided us. On this day we thank our fathers for all they’ve done for us, given us and taught us. I suspect as we grow older, the ways...

Article - News; by Bay Weekly staff; 6/17/10

Summer At Its Most Readable

Bay Weekly’s 2010 Summer Book Guide

Ahhhh, summer. The season synonymous with vacation: that hard-earned leisure time when we finally give ourselves permission to retreat and, for a short respite, do nothing. Or, at least, do very little. Wherever your retreat — a sandy beach, a cool blue pool, fresh pine-scented mountains or as far as your backyard hammock in the shade of the big old oak tree — it’s better with a good book. Bay Weekly’s 2010 Summer Book Guide helps you pick the right book. To start...

Article - Summer Reading Guide; by Bay Weekly staff; 7/1/10

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Article - Special Editions; by Bay Weekly staff; 9/1/10