A Clean Slate

When Adam and Dana Pariante decided to take the leap from New York to Baltimore, they wanted a living space that would re-create the urban atmosphere of their hometown. “We settled on Silo Point because it had that New York feel to us,” says Adam, who is originally from Brooklyn but currently runs a food distribution company in Baltimore. After touring the available condos in the building, the couple set their…more

Halcyon Holidays

Traditions run deep in Halcyon Farm’s six decades of Christmas parties. Interior designer and former Baltimore Museum of Art board chair Stiles Colwill, along with Jonathan Gargiulo, a director at New York’s John Rosselli Antiques, invite friends and family to a celebration Colwill’s parents began in the 1940s. In the years since Colwill inherited the Green Spring Valley horse farm, the trimmings have grown more creative, personal and sumptuous. “I hang…more

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A Family Affair

“What’s for dinner?” Oh, the dreaded question, one posed by children big and small about 5 p.m. each day. Wouldn’t it be great if the answer were simply, “Go pick it”? It is for these five families, who, like families all over Baltimore, are growing their own dinners in backyards, in shared community plots and in window boxes. These parents say that cultivating fruit, vegetables and herbs teaches their children about…more

Quiet spaces, green oases

Legendary are the large, historic parks of Baltimore: Clifton, Druid Hill, Patterson, Carroll, Leakin, Wyman and more. But there are a host of smaller, intimate green spaces in and around the city that one happens upon incidentally. These little gems help to create an increasingly important “green necklace” that laces Baltimore. They also offer passers-by moments of unexpected joy, respite and even healing. A Commemorative Garden [sally’s garden, maryland institute college…more

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