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The Neighborhoods of Silver Spring, MD

Silver Spring has Sprung!  Silver Spring, MD is the perfect balance of urban and suburban lifestyles.  This suburb, considered to be the first of Washington, DC,  has undergone a significant renaissance adding new residential, retail, office, and entertainment venues.  Silver Spring provides an abundance of diverse restaurant choices, arts and cultural activities, Rock Creek and Sligo Creek parks as well as being home to major employers such as the FDA, Discovery Communications, and NOAA.  Downtown Silver Spring is also home to the Fillmore concert venue and the American Film Institute’s Silver Theater. Visit downtown Silver Spring to shop at the open air farmer’s market or practice your “triple toe loop” at the ice skating rink, or enjoy a free concert or attend the Silver Spring Jazz Festival in the summer.

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February Snow Days

February 26th, 2014. 

I am not sure why so many Mid-Atlantic grown ups are complaining about the weather. Their kids are not. The kids love the snow. School delays (ok, today MCPS may have missed a good opportunity for a delayed start), sledding, cocoa, lots of movies, etc.

It is FEBRUARY, people. If you want to complain about the weather, save it for March.  March is never a good month in DC, either, so prepare yourself. March is wet, gray, muddy, ugly. February is cold but it is white and it is predictable.

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