Sampler

Click here to download a huge free album from The Pier Magazine. I just started listening so I can't vouch for how good any of these songs are. Just click the download link and a zip file will be on it's way (so not through iTunes, Amazon, etc). Enjoy!

Click here to download a huge free album from The Pier Magazine. I just started listening so I can't vouch for how good any of these songs are. Just click the download link and a zip file will be on it's way (so not through iTunes, Amazon, etc). Enjoy!

The good news is that kids younger than 10 eat free at participating Denny's restaurants with the purchase of an adult meal, 4 p.m.-10 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. The not-so-good news is that it's easy for those meals to break the bank on fat, calories and sodium. The Little Dippers Sampler, pictured with fruit, looks like a good choice, but it's got 23 grams fat and a whopping 1,200 milligrams sodium - before you even get to the fruit or the dressings. Flying Saucer pizza has a better profile.

Click here to download a free album full of tracks from Fearless artists via Amazon.com. I haven't gone through the whole album yet but most of the tracks sound like decent pop punk. This song caught my attention; Every Avenue - Whatever Happened to You:

On Dec. 4, 1831, 10-year-old Mary Pets put the last of hundreds and hundreds of elegant stitches in a sampler she made for "her dear parents" while a pupil at the School for Colored Girls of the Oblate Sisters of Providence. Mary Pets' sampler is still in the archives of the Oblate Sisters, at their mother house west of Arbutus, the oldest in the Sisters' collection definitely made by one of their students. The only older sampler known to be by an Oblate pupil is in the Maryland Historical Society.

Arundel officials discuss capital schools budget The Anne Arundel County Board of Education will meet for a workshop on the fiscal 2010 capital improvement budget and capital budget at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the administration building, 2644 Riva Road, Annapolis. A meeting and public hearing on the fiscal 2010 capital improvement budget and capital budget will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 17. The meeting is open to the public, and comment is encouraged. Information: 410-222-5000. Organization offers kids sampler workshops The Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts will offer a series of one-day sampler workshops for children this fall at 801 Chase St., Annapolis.

The 91st Chemical Company, commanded by Capt. Harmit "Mitti" Randhawa, 28, of Bamberg, S.C., has a "secret weapon" in his arsenal of chemical and biological detection and decontamination gear -- six state-of-the-art German-made M-93 Fox amphibious chemical warfare vehicles.The Fox vehicles, each with a specially trained crew of four, are designed to roam the battlefield, sampling the air and earth for traces of deadly chemical warfare substances.Lt. Bob Campbell, 23, of Troy, N.Y., commands the 24th Division's Fox Recon Platoon and commands one of those six Foxes, which can go more than 80 miles an hour.

Food Fest Restaurant sampler Let your taste buds guide you tonight from 7 to midnight at the mid-Atlantic's Premier Culi nary Weekend, Great Tastes. The weekend of food begins this evening with dinner items from various restaurants from 7:30 to 9. There's a dessert celebration from 9:30 to midnight. Tickets are $85 for the entire night at the Tremont Hotel, 8 E. Pleasant St. For more information, call 410-576-1200 or go to great tastesshow.com.

New oil surfaces There's new French olive oil in town, straight from the fields of Provence. Les Moulins Dores comes in seven varieties, and is distinguished by low acidity levels and delicate, nuanced flavors. The oils are available at Graul's Markets and Eddie's of Roland Park. A 16.9-ounce bottle sells for about $25. Or order online from zShops at Amazon.com. State seafood sampler If you have friends or family longing for the good tastes of Maryland, Easton's Tidewater Inn and Conference Center has the perfect gift - a care package of seafood available for overnight delivery throughout the continental United States.

Reggae on the sound system, butterfly decorations, a radiator painted purple and yellow, softly turning ceiling fans, a friendly staff: The Yabba Pot restaurant in lower Charles Village offers no stress. And no meat. The long list of selections changes daily at the vegetarian and vegan restaurant, where bumper stickers calling for peace grace the walls. To avoid tough decisions, I ordered the sampler ($10.50), which offered no less than 12 choices, including veggie lo mein (chewy in a good way)

Click here to download 7 free tracks from artists on the DMB Caravan tour via iTunes.  Dave Matthews Band - Seven Fitz & the Tantrums - Moneygrabber O.A.R. - Untitled Live Gomez - Options Dr. Dog - Black - Red Bobby Long - Dead and Done

Samos doesn't take reservations, doesn't take credit cards and doesn't have a liquor license. Yet it does have plenty of customers. What pulls people into this small, family-run operation is the food. The kitchen, supervised by chef and owner Nicholas Georgalas, dishes up zesty Greek fare in portions that would feed an All-American football player. The dozen or so tables split between two dining rooms, one offering a view of the open kitchen, are usually full — occupied by priests, workmen, staff members from nearby Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and extended families.

Eight years ago, Jim and Barbara Hutson moved from Chesapeake, Va., back home to Maryland to be closer to family. "We couldn't afford the house we sold in Arnold [Maryland] in 1999," Jim Hutson said. "So we marched east until we found Queenstown." And there, just over the Kent Narrows Bridge in Queen Anne's County, they found the development of Wye Knot Farm. A Colonial-style house struck their fancy in October 2001. With finishing touches still incomplete, the Hutsons were able to choose kitchen cabinets and to request a cubby over the fireplace for a flat-screen TV. The couple paid $271,900 for the four-bedroom, 2 1/2 -bath, two-story home and moved in December of that year.

E ight years ago, Jim and Barbara Hutson moved from Chesapeake, Va., back home to Maryland to be closer to family. "We couldn't afford the house we sold in Arnold [Maryland] in 1999," Jim Hutson said. "So we marched east until we found Queenstown." And there, just over the Kent Narrows Bridge in Queen Anne's County, they found the development of Wye Knot Farm. A Colonial-style house struck their fancy in October 2001. With finishing touches still incomplete, the Hutsons were able to choose kitchen cabinets and to request a cubby over the fireplace for a flat-screen TV. The couple paid $271,900 for the four-bedroom, 2 1/2 -bath, two-story home and moved in December of that year.

If Ocean City had had a Restaurant Week a decade ago, it's hard to imagine anyone would have noticed. Most beach-goers still felt that steamed crabs, pizza and Thrashers fries were about as much fine dining as they wanted to do. How things have changed. Upscale development in Maryland's favorite beach town has brought in plenty of people with a taste for fine dining and the money to indulge it. Look at the list of places participating in this year's Restaurant Week, which starts today, and, yes, you'll find rib places and long-time favorite Phillips.

The good news is that kids younger than 10 eat free at participating Denny's restaurants with the purchase of an adult meal, 4 p.m.-10 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. The not-so-good news is that it's easy for those meals to break the bank on fat, calories and sodium. The Little Dippers Sampler, pictured with fruit, looks like a good choice, but it's got 23 grams fat and a whopping 1,200 milligrams sodium - before you even get to the fruit or the dressings. Flying Saucer pizza has a better profile.

Devotees of Mollie Katzen's "Moosewood Cookbook" and "The Enchanted Broccoli Forest" long have admired the charming illustrations that pepper the pages of her counterculture vegetarian cuisine.Then, along came her "Still Life with Menu Cookbook," containing 48 pastel renderings amid the 200 meatless recipes.Many fans have requested reproductions of the serene paintings. In response, the author/artist has gathered 20 of her favorite full-color prints in a 12-by-9-inch paperback volume, "Mollie Katzen's Still Life Sampler" (Ten Speed Press, $12)

Las Vegas Wallpaper City Guide Phaidon Press, $8.95 These chic "anti-guides" for "anti-tourists" are slim and stylish enough to consult on the run while concealing the fact that you are just an out-of-it out-of-towner. Created by the editors of Wallpaper magazine, which is devoted to international design and lifestyle, these discreet directories employ classy photographs lightly seasoned with savvy suggestions. The Las Vegas version opens with a fold-out shot of the Strip and a photo gallery of Vegas landmarks, followed by a tour of top hotels, a sampler of top restaurants, and a whirlwind, 24-hour itinerary (breakfast at Wynn Buffet, gawking at Graceland Wedding Chapel, slots at Bellagio, drinks at Onda and burlesque at Forty Deuce)

Arundel officials discuss capital schools budget The Anne Arundel County Board of Education will meet for a workshop on the fiscal 2010 capital improvement budget and capital budget at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the administration building, 2644 Riva Road, Annapolis. A meeting and public hearing on the fiscal 2010 capital improvement budget and capital budget will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 17. The meeting is open to the public, and comment is encouraged. Information: 410-222-5000. Organization offers kids sampler workshops The Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts will offer a series of one-day sampler workshops for children this fall at 801 Chase St., Annapolis.

Las Vegas Wallpaper City Guide Phaidon Press, $8.95 These chic "anti-guides" for "anti-tourists" are slim and stylish enough to consult on the run while concealing the fact that you are just an out-of-it out-of-towner. Created by the editors of Wallpaper magazine, which is devoted to international design and lifestyle, these discreet directories employ classy photographs lightly seasoned with savvy suggestions. The Las Vegas version opens with a fold-out shot of the Strip and a photo gallery of Vegas landmarks, followed by a tour of top hotels, a sampler of top restaurants, and a whirlwind, 24-hour itinerary (breakfast at Wynn Buffet, gawking at Graceland Wedding Chapel, slots at Bellagio, drinks at Onda and burlesque at Forty Deuce)