Willow

Shots often take the night from 0 to 60, leading to mixed results. But the team at the newly opened Fells Point lounge, Willow, want to change the shot's reputation with their menu of creative, craft shots, smartly called Abbreviations. Think "cocktails in miniature. " Lead bartender Julia Momose explains that all 11 Abbreviations are designed around infused spirits that she makes fresh and in-house. All of the infusions featured can be turned into full-size cocktails, an idea owner Ryan Perlberg hopes will "invigorate customers and bring something different to Fells Point.

Willow manages to be a lot of things all at once. The Fells Point restaurant, opened in July by the team behind RYE and Stuggy's, shares its name with the graceful weeping willow tree. With gray walls, hanging lanterns and gauzy curtains, Willow's interior is in sync with the moody look of its namesake. The space - like the staff - is casual but stylish. Willow's menu, on the other hand, is full of fresh takes on Tex-Mex and bar-friendly pizzas and burgers. Flavors occasionally veer into sophisticated territory, but overall, the food is straightforward, fun and approachable.

Old Town Laurel's oldest resident, one who stood silent witness to the birth of our country, the creation of our town and the growth of the modern world, has died. On Nov. 18, the 250-year-old champion willow oak, located at Park Place on Talbott Avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets, succumbed to the rigors of that long life and the stresses of the 21st century, and fell to the saw. Once, it was just one of many large trees that made up the oak grove that dominated that section of Laurel, and from which the city's historically black neighborhood, the Grove, took its name.

Willow, a new Latin-fusion lounge and bar in Fells Point, aims to dazzle. The elegant, dimly lit upstairs is lined with plush seating, including two large leather couches in its center. Downstairs, a back lounge and front-of-the-house seating area play bookends to the striking, triangular-shaped bar. A large, vintage-looking chandelier anchors the layout. The immaculate liquor bottle display makes quite a centerpiece behind the bar. The spare backlighting draws you in, and the three rows of mid- to top-shelf liquors are presented like trophies.

Willow manages to be a lot of things all at once. The Fells Point restaurant, opened in July by the team behind RYE and Stuggy's, shares its name with the graceful weeping willow tree. With gray walls, hanging lanterns and gauzy curtains, Willow's interior is in sync with the moody look of its namesake. The space - like the staff - is casual but stylish. Willow's menu, on the other hand, is full of fresh takes on Tex-Mex and bar-friendly pizzas and burgers. Flavors occasionally veer into sophisticated territory, but overall, the food is straightforward, fun and approachable.

Ryan Perlberg's mark on Fells Point continues to grow at a rapid rate. On July 13, after three months of preparation, the Stuggy's and Rye co-owner opened Willow, his third establishment in the popular Baltimore neighborhood. Willow is a Latin-fusion lounge focusing on Rye mixologist Doug Atwell and Julia Momose's hand-crafted cocktails and Stuggy's chef Benjamin Poison's take on Mexican food. If Perlberg's expansion resembles a corner of a "Monopoly" board - Stuggy's, Rye and Willow are all next to each other on South Broadway - it was not by design, he says.

Willow, a new Latin-fusion lounge and bar in Fells Point, aims to dazzle. The elegant, dimly lit upstairs is lined with plush seating, including two large leather couches in its center. Downstairs, a back lounge and front-of-the-house seating area play bookends to the striking, triangular-shaped bar. A large, vintage-looking chandelier anchors the layout. The immaculate liquor bottle display makes quite a centerpiece behind the bar. The spare backlighting draws you in, and the three rows of mid- to top-shelf liquors are presented like trophies.

"The Willow Tree," Hubert Selby Jr. Marion Boyars. 288 pages. $25.95.In his late teens, having left the merchant marines because of tuberculosis, Hubert Selby Jr. needed a new career. According his Webpage he decided, "I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could become a writer."He has got the alphabet down. But it is a shame that after four novels and a collection of short stories, he still has not mastered punctuation or syntax. Perhaps he found neither particularly important for a novel meant to be written in dialect like his latest, "The Willow Tree."

So close and yet so far.Around the Beltway's many miles, no restaurant may be closer to the roadway than Snyder's Willow Grove, a pebble's skip off I-695 on Hammonds Ferry Road on the south side of town.Yet, in years of driving around the road with no end, neither I nor my husband had ever stopped at Snyder's -- until a recent Sunday when we went there with our two daughters.What we found surprised us. This is a fine, old Baltimore restaurant that cooks with respect for traditional methods, serves with a touch of hominess and generally lets you relax.

An armed robber suspected of taking money from 11 west-side businesses was foiled by two florists in a 12th try, Baltimore County police said yesterday.The string of robberies began a month ago, said Cpl. Vickie Warehime, and included drugstores, gas stations, an ice cream store and a pharmacy.The most recent robbery was yesterday, when a man matching the description of the suspect in the other crimes held up a gas station in the 900 block of Ingleside Ave., Warehime said.The suspect is described as black, 25 to 35 years old, 5 feet 9 to 5 feet 11 inches tall, with a medium build and a thin beard or goatee.

Shots often take the night from 0 to 60, leading to mixed results. But the team at the newly opened Fells Point lounge, Willow, want to change the shot's reputation with their menu of creative, craft shots, smartly called Abbreviations. Think "cocktails in miniature. " Lead bartender Julia Momose explains that all 11 Abbreviations are designed around infused spirits that she makes fresh and in-house. All of the infusions featured can be turned into full-size cocktails, an idea owner Ryan Perlberg hopes will "invigorate customers and bring something different to Fells Point.

Ryan Perlberg's mark on Fells Point continues to grow at a rapid rate. On July 13, after three months of preparation, the Stuggy's and Rye co-owner opened Willow, his third establishment in the popular Baltimore neighborhood. Willow is a Latin-fusion lounge focusing on Rye mixologist Doug Atwell and Julia Momose's hand-crafted cocktails and Stuggy's chef Benjamin Poison's take on Mexican food. If Perlberg's expansion resembles a corner of a "Monopoly" board - Stuggy's, Rye and Willow are all next to each other on South Broadway - it was not by design, he says.

Jada Pinkett-Smith is inviting the world to listen in on an intimate family conversation with her daughter and her mother. The three generations -- Pinkett-Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Jones -- sat down this year around a round, red table and taped the talk that ensued. They just released the trailer for the short film they made from the discussion which they're calling the "Red Table Talks. " The Baltimore-born actress and her family are calling it "an intimate and honest conversation about love, life, fame, and family.

Old Town Laurel's oldest resident, one who stood silent witness to the birth of our country, the creation of our town and the growth of the modern world, has died. On Nov. 18, the 250-year-old champion willow oak, located at Park Place on Talbott Avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets, succumbed to the rigors of that long life and the stresses of the 21st century, and fell to the saw. Once, it was just one of many large trees that made up the oak grove that dominated that section of Laurel, and from which the city's historically black neighborhood, the Grove, took its name.

After working 32 years in the U.S. diplomatic corps, Tom and Madeline Wajda were looking to retire, but instead bought a farm in southern Pennsylvania and found a new business in the field of purple. Lavender, that is — and lots of it. So much that the couple created a festival in 2001 to celebrate the crop. Back then, a few hundred people showed up, but this year's Pennsylvania Lavender Festival, which begins Friday, is expected to draw 3,000 visitors for lectures, tours and weed walks.

On September 8, 2009, ARCHIBALD BROADWATER; beloved husband of Doreen Broadwater (nee Weller); devoted father of Kay, Gary and Trent; loving grandfather of Shannon, Cassidy and Nicholas; dearest great-grandfather of Kelsey and Evan. Friends may call on Friday from 9 to 11 A.M at the family owned BRADLEY-ASHTON FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2134 Willow Spring Road at Dundalk Avenue, where services will be held at 11 A.M. Interment to follow in Bel Air Memorial Park.

Each year, robins, daffodils, and tax forms signal that we've turned a corner on winter. But when the mink-on-a-stick catkins of pussy willow (Salix caprea) swell and a pale green haze veils the cascading `hair' of weeping willow (S. babylonica), you know that spring can't be far behind. Yet in addition to advertising spring's coming attractions, willows offer - depending on variety - year-round charms. Some have bright-hued stems that add spectacular color to the winter landscape. Some, like weeping golden willow (S. alba `Tristis')

FIRE* Hampstead: Hampstead, Manchester and Arcadia of Baltimore County responded to a chimney fire on Willow View Court at 9:27 Sunday. Units were out 40 minutes.

Friends may call on Wednesday from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. at the family owned BRADLEY ASHTON FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2134 Willow Spring Road at the corner of Dundalk Avenue where services will be held at 7 p.m. Interment on Thursday at 10:45 a.m. in Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery.

On April 14, 2009 CATHERINE PHILLIPS, beloved wife of the late David R. Phillips, devoted mother of Raymond Phillips, Linda Siehler,William Phillips and Darlene Haggerty. Also survived by eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends may call on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. at the BRADLEY ASHTON FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2134 Willow Spring Road where services will be held on Friday at 10 A.M. Interment in Oak Lawn Cemetery.