http://rockvilleliving.com/blog/ Ramblings of a suburbanite living in Rockville, Maryland en-us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://rockvilleliving.com/blog/entries/2008_11_environmental_cost_of_war/23 Yesterday, I acquired two new heroes, Lincoln and Alice Day, whose film was shown at the Rockville library Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://rockvilleliving.com/blog/entries/2008_09_rockville_sugarloaf_bicycle/22 On weekends, I usually end up being a bicycle widow. After the ritual filling of water bottles and stashing of power beans, my husband pulls his "trusty steed" out of the garage and heads for points north Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://rockvilleliving.com/blog/entries/2008_09_bealls_grant_revisited/21 Since I first heard and posted about the proposed Beall's Grant II project last April, the project has come under more intense scrutiny from the public. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://rockvilleliving.com/blog/entries/2008_09_mowing_without_gas/20 I've been using a Brill 380 battery-powered lawn mower for the past two summers and have been pretty happy with the job it does on our lawn. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://rockvilleliving.com/blog/entries/2008_09_daryl_davis_band_jazz_festival/19 My latest band-crush is the Daryl Davis band, who closed the Rockville Jazz Festival on Saturday. I don't know which makes me happier Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://rockvilleliving.com/blog/entries/2008_04_green_and_affordable_housing/1 Rockville leads the way with affordable workforce housing once more with a new project in the works: Beall's Grant II. Undertaken by Montgomery Housing Partnership Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://rockvilleliving.com/blog/entries/2008_04_blip_tv_and_the_west_end/3 First of all, I'm so glad to have had the chance finally to see The West End do their thing live. What a fun show! Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://rockvilleliving.com/blog/entries/2008_02_robin_party_of_7/4 This morning about a million birds decided to grace the old maple tree in our front yard, something that always makes me happy to see and hear, and which I encourage by trying to keep the nearby birdbath full Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://rockvilleliving.com/blog/entries/2008_02_pom_mom_bragging_rights/5 Having spent the past weekend filming, feeding, watching and celebrating with the RMHS Poms and other RM Pom parents, I feel like I've earned a few pom mom bragging rights. Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://rockvilleliving.com/blog/entries/2008_01_not_too_early_for_gardening/7 I love Christa Carignan's gardening blog. When I look at the ten-day forecast at weather.com and see that I'll be freezing into the foreseeable future, it's nice to go and read about someone Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT