The 41st Annual Annapolis Sailboat Show that opens Thursday, October 10th will prove to be one of the largest in years and certainly significantly larger than last year. Paul Jacobs, general manager of the United States Yacht Shows, said that the wait list of exhibitors for this year's show was so extensive that they had [...]
Annapolis is a fabulous destination by day. Out of habit, I always migrate to the downtown area. There are shops and restaurants galore. You can have tea at Reynolds Tavern or bring your dog with you as you grab a beer in the pub below this historic tea house. You’ll find water and treats for [...]
If you’re looking for a nice, relaxing day trip from Annapolis, travel 30 miles east to Centreville, MD. Centreville is located across the Bay Bridge in Queen Anne’s county. This historic town is the largest town in Queen Anne’s County. Those who live there are particularly careful as to maintain and preserve the charming town’s [...]
The 34th annual Maryland Renaissance Festival starts Saturday, August 28th, at Revel Grove in Crownsville, Maryland. The Maryland Renaissance Festival has become the region's premier outdoor event and the second largest Renaissance Festival in the country. Since the Festival's first season as a ramshackle village in 1977, the event has matured into a large theme [...]
The bride and groom, resplendent in traditional white gown and black tux, step down onto the red brick sidewalk from a gaily decorated horse-drawn carriage. They walk along a short pier and, to the receptive applause of friends and family, board the classic wooden hull schooner that would take them all out onto the Chesapeake [...]
City Dock is the heart of the historic district and of the colonial seaport that has been the capital of Maryland since 1695. From here you can see across the Severn River to Greenbury Point, site of the first English settlement in Anne Arundel County; across the Chesapeake Bay to Kent Island, the first English [...]
If you want to experience the real Annapolis, the maritime Annapolis, the place that gives this town the working man’s right to lay claim to the title “Sailing Capital of the Nation,†you’ve got to venture out of the historic district, mosey across the bridge at the foot of Compromise and Duke of Gloucester Street, [...]
Ahoy! There's pirates aplenty on the high seas of Annapolis, mateys. Youngsters between the ages of 3 and 10 gather in the noonday sun at a picnic table behind Annapolis City Marina. They grab bandanas, vests and beads from a large trunk until they find something appealing. "Jezebel" (a 20-something teacher in fringed pants and [...]
Most visitors to Annapolis think Chesapeake Bay, boats, crabs. But beyond this trinity is a wealth of lesser-known treasures. Thinking it a shame—and a bore—to always stick to the familiar, we offer the first in a continuing series about the area's hidden gems. Helen Avalynne Tawes Garden 580 Taylor Ave., off Rowe Boulevard behind DNR. [...]
The ships are gone but their models remain. They can be found in their entire three-dimensional, accurately scaled splendor in the basement of the United States Naval Academy Museum. The Rogers Ship Model Collection is a museum within a museum, and a mecca for naval history buffs and model ship builders. The collection contains 108 [...]