Yesterday we were able to stop by Downtown Silver Spring’s newest spot, The Eleanor, for a sneak peek of what’s to come when it opens this Monday, 2/24/20.
The Eleanor is described as “the neighborhood arcade & bowling lounge that serves honest, handmade food and local beers, craft cocktails, and great wines.“
Did you know we have our very own Ukulele festival? The Gaithersburg UkeFest!
Gaithersburg UkeFest is a nationally recognized, premier ukulele festival right here in Montgomery County, MD. Gaithersburg residents Keith and Nani Lowery founded the festival in the Fall of 2018 and held the inaugural UkeFest March 15-16, 2019.
The Eleanor to Open on Monday, 2/24 (Downtown Silver Spring)
The Eleanor, a neighborhood arcade & bowling lounge that serves “honest, handmade food and local beers, craft cocktails, and great wines” will open next Monday, 2/24 at 931 Ellsworth Drive in Downtown Silver Spring.
Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring, and Rockville all came in the Top 10 of WalletHub’s Most/Least Ethnically Diverse Cities in the US.
Their full article is available here: https://wallethub.com/edu/cities-with-the-most-and-least-ethno-racial-and-linguistic-diversity/10264/#city-size
Party for Neurodiverse Teens!
Less than a week until our PALentine’s Day party for neurodiverse teens on February 15th Evolution Danz studio in Rockville from 1-4 PM.
MoCo Oscar Predictions
Andrew Italia is an attorney in Rockville, 2001 Quince Orchard High School graduate, and MoCo resident. When he was in college at the University of Maryland, he was the movie critic for The Maryland Diamondback.
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We are partnering with one of our favorite local fitness peeps, Foundry Fitness in Kentlands.
On Sunday Good Counsel graduates Dorian O’Daniel and Kendall Fuller will be playing in the Super Bowl.
In the screen capture you’ll see them FaceTiming with a Chiefs reporter after the Chiefs selected O’Daniel with the 100th overall selection of the 2018 NFL Draft.
Every now and then I like to share personal stories that show how cool of a place MoCo truly is.
Montgomery County is home to four of the top 10 culturally diverse areas in the United States (according to WalletHub). 138 different languages are spoken in our public schools, 45% of businesses are minority-owned, 40% of residents speak a language other than English, and 1/3 of our residents are foreign born (including my parents).
The iconic flavor of Old Bay is now available in a hot sauce!
McCormick describes it as “tangy with a kick of heat and Old Bay’s unique blend of herbs and spices, it makes all kinds of food all kinds of awesome.”
Gaithersburg High School alumnus, Jeanine Cummins, answered her phone and heard “Jeanine, it’s Oprah Winfrey.”