Britni Petersen

Away from the crowded streets, the smog and the big-city lights, where impatient drivers fade out as soon as the watercolor horizon opens up, there’s that Blue Ridge-encompassed, history-infused town called Harpers Ferry that really makes West Virginia feel wild and wonderful. And what makes it this way? It could be the mountainous river views, the lush, bountiful greenery, the quaint stores or the downtown that’s preserved in time. Or, maybe it’s the picturesque and historical, two-acre Magnol

Fifty miles outside of Baltimore, along the beautiful Eastern Shore in Chester, lies an idyllic and luminous 102-acre farm that’s causing all sorts of buzz … literally. Amongst the open fields of wildflowers, frolicking butterflies and the occasional stoic bald eagle perched on one of the farm’s grand pine trees are thousands of happy, buzzing bees that are lucky enough to call this haven, Chesterhaven Beach Farm, their home. Owned by beekeeper Kara Brook and her husband, Howard, the farm is w

Good news Ariel fans: Mermaid sightings are no longer tall “tails.” Sea goddesses are living amongst us, and they’re encouraging us to dive in, too. Like the recent and oh-so beloved unicorn trend, mermaid styles have splashed all over Pinterest boards and fashion blogs these past few years. Yet, there are locals who are going much deeper into the world of siren-hood. They’ve turned an under-the-sea aesthetic into an actual way of life — sans singing crab friends, of course (sorry, Sebastian ho

One year ago, on a no other more perfectly timed day than May the 4th, Kelsey and Marc Bell tied the knot in front of 90 of their closest friends and family at a “Star Wars”-accented wedding. The sci-fi loving couple met years ago in Baltimore while both were working as nurses in the same hospital unit, and they really hit it off. Once their relationship bloomed, they ended up as travel nurses together along the East Coast, where, then, the rest was history. While this adventurous pair resides

A little patience, a little fate and a little nudge from her mother. That’s how Marly Goloskov of Reisterstown found her midlife chance at true love. In 1992, Marly, divorced for six years with two kids under 13, discovered that her cupid-playing mother had signed her up with a singles group, Jewish Singles Social Network, that was advertising in the Baltimore Jewish Times. “JSSN was basically the beginning of JDate before computers,” Marly says. “There was a men’s book and a women’s book, and