Life + Culture

The Grove Bar & Grill

A Locally-owned Restaurant that Aims to Please Article by Marie Robey Wood | Photography by John Rorapaugh The owners and staff of The Grove believe in listening to their customers – and listen they did when designing their restaurant. Located at 7747 Tuckerman Lane in the Cabin John Village shopping center, its unique exterior façade is a hard-to-miss lush artificial green wall. According to Managing Partner Andrew Kreisberg, “We want to be a restaurant focused on Potomac and surrounding...

Food + Beverage

Eat Like a Local

My Top Five Picks Article and Photography by Hayley Gottesman & Jules King Ize's Deli & Bagelry: Challah Bagel Ize’s Deli & Bagelry has an influx of different bagels options ranging from  French Toast to Everything to Jalapeno. Expect stacked breakfast sandwiches, hearty deli classics, and a warm, no-nonsense vibe. Coffee Maman: Iced Americano With its blue-and-white French country charm, maman feels like a cozy escape. The coffee is smooth, strong, and everything looks (and tastes)...

Food + Beverage

Let's Talk Cheese

Family-owned Wegmans Provides Exemplary Products and Customer Service Article by Debra Wallace | Photography by Provided by Wegmans Food Markets When shoppers at the Wegmans in Rockville sample and buy pieces of authentic Italian Parmigiano Reggiano or Triple-Cream French Brie, they are usually unaware of how much preparation, care, and hard work go into each of these products. When the Rockville store opened in June 2025, the cheese demonstrations and other samples quickly became a customer...

Home + Design

Bringing Your Houseplants Indoors

From tropical paradise to the conditioned indoors Article by Elizabeth McKinley | Photography by Provided You know that the Maryland summers are hot and humid, and while we want to dive indoors to the perfect 70 degrees, houseplants are yearning for the outside. Hot, sweaty, and humid is what they would keep their AC to, replicating the natural habitats of rainforests, bogs, and tropical paradises. Putting your houseplants in shady areas outdoors helps promote growth over the summer, but...