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By Mary Gail Hare | October 30, 2009
A ritual bath, steeped in symbols of Judaic faith, will remind those who immerse and pray in its waters of a young rabbi and his wife killed in a terrorist attack in India a year ago. On the tiled walls of its mikvah, a deep, warm-water bath that promises spiritual purity to Jewish women, the Lubavitch Center in Pikesville will hang a marble plaque that reads, "May their merit be a blessing for all those who immerse in these waters." At 11 a.m. Sunday, in a public ceremony, the center will rededicate its Mikvah Mei Menachem in homage to Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg.
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By Michelle Deal-Zimmerman | August 3, 2008
It's hard to let go, but that's exactly what Dennis A. Fiori and his wife, Margaret R. Burke, are doing with their more than two-acre gardener's delight and historic property in Ruxton. After a few years of commuting, Fiori, the former director of the Maryland Historical Society, has relocated with his family to Boston, where he is president of the Massachusetts Historical Society. "As long as we could stand commuting, we really loved living there," said Fiori. "From our perspective, it was the perfect place to raise a family, away from the road with a stream and a bridge.
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November 18, 2007
BUNGALOWS GWYNN OAK 2006 Windsor Place-- $189,900 The property -- three bedrooms, one bath, 832 square feet Taxes -- $1,966 Features -- Located in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood in Baltimore County, this 1935 bungalow has an above-ground swimming pool and a new privacy fence. The kitchen, windows and bath also have been updated. BALTIMORE CITY 3109 Louise Ave. -- $229,900 The property -- three bedrooms, two baths, 1,240 square feet Taxes -- $2,991 Features -- This updated bungalow, originally built in 1926, has new paint and Berber carpet, refinished hardwood floors, finished basement, hot tub, a patio with a fenced backyard and a one-car garage.
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By [MICHELLE DEAL-ZIMMERMAN] | February 25, 2007
Jerry Pellegrino is a food and wine connoisseur, but he's not snooty about it. He's content to drink a glass of grape grown right here in Maryland or next door in Virginia. "It's really just a beverage, like anything else. No one worries about spending $100 on a bottle of beer," says Pellegrino, 42. His Federal Hill restaurant serves American vino from 16 states, including "wines from states you wouldn't expect, like a sparkling wine from New Mexico." Speaking of unexpected, I talked with Pellegrino while he was getting a pedicure.
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By Anne Farrow | December 23, 2006
When Edward Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in 1936, a monogram of three gracefully interlocking WWWs was created for her, and because Edward was once the king of England and a man of great power, the royal monogram adorned her linens, towels, stationery, handbags and many other items. Monograms have always suggested that their owner is a person of taste and influence, and they have appeared on sheets, towels and linen napkins for centuries. But recently, monograms have begun to pop up in other spheres of the home, adding their note of customized luxury.
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By Bill LaHay | December 2, 2006
When remodeling magazines and home-improvement television programs feature mega-baths that occupy 200 square feet of floor space and carry price tags of $20,000 and up, the goal is often to inspire homeowners to achieve similar results. But how many people have that kind of room and budget for a bathroom remodel? Most residential bathrooms sport a footprint only a third that size, often matched with an equally modest checkbook balance when it comes to renovation. Neither of those factors, however, should deter you from creating a dream bath.
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By Sandra McKee | November 4, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Trainer Tom Albertrani leaned on the inside of a chain-link fence at his Churchill Downs barn while his superstar horse Bernardini received a bath behind him. "I thought when we left Baltimore after the Preakness that he would win the Travers," Albertrani said. "But I never imagined he would come to the Breeders' Cup as the favorite horse in the Classic." Breeders' Cup Today, Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky., ESPN, noon
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By MICHAEL WALSH | July 1, 2006
Typically the smallest room in the house, the bathroom is also the space most likely to be daylight-deprived. That's not particularly surprising, given the need for privacy and the limited opportunities for windows. Despite those constraints, though, it is possible to brighten a bath's prospects. The best time to do it is at the planning stage, when you're designing a bath from scratch for a new home or an addition or when you're remodeling an older bath. One thing to keep in mind is that locating a bath on the south side of a house maximizes its exposure to daylight all day long.
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By Maria Blackburn | April 25, 2004
Americans like curves. We're talking Marilyn Monroe, Jessica Rabbit-style curves, the kind that Queen Latifah has but Halle Berry does not. That's according to a recent survey that showed that five out of 10 men think curvaceous women are sexy and two out of five men are actually more attracted to curvaceous women. The survey of 1,000 adults done by lingerie-makers Curvation, also found that 73 percent of American women want the term "plus-sized" replaced with the term "curvaceous." The more than 60 million curvaceous women in the U.S. know that making the most of nature's curves takes the right kind of lingerie.
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By Hanah Cho | March 12, 2004
Two national retailers - Marshall's and Bed, Bath & Beyond - are joining Westminster's commercial corridor on Route 140 in what city officials are calling a boon for economic redevelopment. The two chain stores are the latest additions at Westminster Crossing, owned by Greenberg Commercial Corp., an Owings Mills developer. The company has also made a number of improvements at the shopping center at Englar Road and Route 140. "It again makes the area one of the pre-eminent commercial areas in the city with a greater variety of stores," said Thomas B. Beyard, the city's planning and public works director.