Sunday, May 13, 2012
Just in time for the Big Day, Patch recognizes moms nominated by readers.
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
It's Mother's Day weekend, and you know what that means—flowers, chocolates, maybe brunch or breakfast in bed for Mom. Patch wanted to help. We honored Maryland's moms by encouraging their families to laud their tireless child-raising efforts on Patch sites across the state. We asked readers in the Patch coverage area to upload photos of their moms and tell us what was great about the mother figures in their lives. Wow, there are some amazing moms out there, and we wanted to recognize them with a contest this year. After all the uploads were collected, a mom from each county we cover was randomly selected as a $50 gift card winner. All the winners are featured in our gallery. But it's not too late to share stories and photos about your …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Readers voted for Clyde's of Chevy Chase as the best place to take mom for Mother's Day brunch.
Readers voted overwhelmingly for Clyde's of Chevy Chase as the preferred place to take mom for Mother's Day brunch. In Patch's recent poll of brunch spots in the Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Potomac areas, Clyde's of Chevy Chase won 54 percent of the vote. In second place was Old Angler's Inn, in Potomac, with 10 percent of the vote. Mother's Day brunch is the busiest brunch of the year at Clyde's, said Tony Moynagh, the restaurant's general manager. "It'll be several times busier than normal," he said. Between 1,500 and 2,000 people are expected to have brunch or dinner at the Friendship Heights restaurant on Sunday, May 13, Moynagh added. There won't be a special menu for Mother's Day brunch, although the brunch menu does change slightly …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Mother's Day is around the corner—have you ordered the flowers yet?
Mother's Day is this Sunday, May 13. It's best to get your flower orders in early, in case an increasing demand for flower orders throughout the week pushes up the prices. To support local businesses, check out these nearby florists: What's your go-to florist for Mother's Day?
Thursday, May 3, 2012
What's this year's trend for Mother's Day gifts? Keeping it traditional or branching out?
Mother’s Day is coming up. Florists are finishing up orders, restaurants are filling reservations for brunch and elementary kids everywhere are tending flower cups and finger panting pictures. What are you doing for Mother’s Day? Do you keep it traditional with flowers and brunch, or do you branch out with other family activities? Let us know what you’re gifting your mom, and share your Mom’s Day creativity with your neighbors.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
For a chance to win a $50 gift certificate, upload a photo of your mom and a note about why she rocks.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Poets write about them. Strong men cry in their presence. We honor them each year with a special day punctuated by hearts and flowers, and perhaps even breakfast in bed. Don't just settle for all the customary ways to celebrate how awesome your mom is. Instead, upload a photograph of her to this article and write a caption telling us what's so great about the moms of Montgomery County. Next Friday, May 11, at noon, we'll randomly pick a winner and call her the "Best Mom of Montgomery County." Now that's a gift. But if that's not enough, we'll also award you a $50 gift certificate to spend any way you want on mom. Contest rules are attached. Patch will also compile photos of moms from across the state for a "Moms of Maryland" photo …
Monday, April 30, 2012
Where's the best place to take mom for brunch on Mother's Day?
Patch sites in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac and North Potomac-Darnestown are teaming up to find the best place to take mom for brunch on Mother's Day. (So far, we've looked at favorite workout spots, favorite Chinese restaurants, favorite places to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, favorite places for a kid to get a haircut, favorite tax preparers, favorite power lunch spots, favorite golf courses and favorite florists.) It's easy to participate: Simply vote for your (or your mom's) favorite brunch place in the poll below: What makes your favorite the best of the bunch? Click on the link in the list above, then—on its Patch Directory listing—rate it and review it. The poll starts on Monday, April 30, at 5 a.m., and closes at 9 a.m. on …
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Want to make a Green Mom happy this Mother's Day? Try some of the following suggestions and see the smile spread across her face. You'll please a Green Mom, help save our planet, and benefit yourself as well!
Green Moms guide us – and chide us – all the time. Reminders, expressions, frowns and head tilts when we don’t live as green a life as they’d like us to. They’re vigilant, and for good reason. Living a greener life helps our planet, and green moms care about our planet and they care about how greener living helps you – your health, your mindset, your pocketbook and your future. Here are 10 ways to make a Green Mom happy this Mother’s Day and any day. We hope you try at least one or two! 1. Eat a piece of fruit or some veggies instead of a fast-food snack. Eating fruits and vegetables is a great way to help the planet and yourself. Fresh, local and organic food is the start of a chain of events that help our planet greatly from …
Carol B
1:04 pm on Sunday, May 13, 2012
I'd like to wish a special happy Mother's Day to all of the men who have served as both mother and father to their children, instead of abandoning them to someone else's care--and to all of the mothers who have done double-duty as single parents, or as wives and husbands of an active-duty spouse. Carrying a foetus only makes one a biological mother: it's doing the hard, hard work of raising a … more ›