Features

A moving experience

Submitted by Barbara Ruben on Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Washington and Baltimore-area residents felt the Earth move on August 23, an unsettling sensation and, hopefully, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Just in case there’s a next time, take a look at this fact sheet from the Red Cross about how to prepare for and what to do in case of an earthquake. I was surprised to see that taking refuge in a doorway is not recommended.

Author! Author!

Submitted by Barbara Ruben on Thursday, October 28, 2010

Back in 1928 at age 17, my Aunt Sara and a friend stuck out their thumbs on a Cleveland roadside and hitchhiked all the way to Yellowstone National Park.

Do you have a tattoo?

Submitted by Barbara Ruben on Thursday, November 4, 2010

More than 20 percent of adults between the ages of 40 and 64 have one or more tattoos, according to a Harris poll. For an upcoming story, the Beacon is looking for people age 50 and older in the Washington area who've been inked. What prompted you to get your tattoo? Do you love it, or do you have any regrets?

Eye of the beholder

Submitted by Barbara Ruben on Thursday, December 23, 2010

Do you color your hair to cover up the gray? Worry about your receding hairline? Have you ever considered getting a tattoo? Coincidentally, both the current Baltimore and Washington editions of the Beacon focus on people who are refining their image as they age — as well as those who are embracing their looks just the way they are. To see how some Baltimoreans are making some of these hairy decisions,  click here.

Memory lane

Submitted by Barbara Ruben on Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Did you serve in World War II, Korea or Vietnam? How did you meet your spouse? Did you love to shop at Woodies in Washington or Hutzler’s in Baltimore? The Beacon’s website now has a new place to share your reminiscences. You can post your memories of days gone by in our new “I Remember When…” forum. Our first contributor, who is 92 years old, shared his memories of hitchhiking across the country in the 1930s and as a POW in World War II.

Never too late to learn

Submitted by Barbara Ruben on Wednesday, September 14, 2011

My daughter started high school a couple weeks ago. And I have to admit that when I see the alphabet soup of her algebra homework or the physics word problems involving acceleration rates, I’m just as happy I’m not going to be having a test on the material next week.

Stories of the century

Submitted by Barbara Ruben on Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Imagine being born in a time when horses clip-clopped down city streets and fewer than 5 percent of American homes were lit using electricity. Theodore Roosevelt resided in the White House, and Harry Houdini astounded crowds with his feats. Just days after Lois Leyda was born on July 19, 1903, the Ford Motor Company sold its first Model A car. At the end of the year, the Wright Brothers made their first flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C.

Tooting our horn

Submitted by Stuart Rosenthal on Thursday, February 17, 2011

Recently, the North American Mature Publishers Association presented its annual journalism awards. I am pleased to say the Baltimore Beacon once again won top honors for papers in the 50,001-100,000 circulation category. And the Washington Beacon, produced by our same staff, fared similarly for publications in the 100,000-plus circulation category.