Howard Magazine

Going to Frederick as a child, Garden City, South Carolina and summers on the beach in Brazil.

There's no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic hit many local restaurants hard, with some closing doors for good. Luckily, many favorites have managed to stay afloat, and now, in 2023, new spots are opening up to restaurant-goers who are more eager than ever to get out there and enjoy some new food.

Fall’s must-have items from Howard County stores.

At 19, Jordan Waters is living her childhood dream of being a professional guitarist and doing it on stage three nights a week for one of Billboard’s hottest singers.

Three things with Lee Andersen

Grab a snorkel at Macgill’s Common Pool and swam through the reefs, fish, octopi and sea urchins from materials like rubber gloves, plastic bags, foam pool noodles and drinking straws.

Three days earlier, at a tense town meeting, developer James Rouse assured 250 anxious residents that, despite the rally, his dreamscape would survive.

Offshore restaurant and Encore music venue, together known as The Collective, moved into the popular plaza once home to Clyde’s of Columbia and its attached music venue, The Soundry.