Professional Services

Dolphin Tank Helps Women Entrepreneurs Succeed

Women entrepreneurs in the life sciences, healthcare and technology industries are getting a jump on the competition via Springboard Enterprises’ innovative pitch events. Article by Mindy Toran | Photography by Provided by Springboard As a medical resident, Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne saw more than her fair share of nosebleeds, most of which did not require treatment in the ER. Other than taping two tongue dispensers together to help patients pinch their noses and stop the blood flow, there...

Life + Culture

Giving Back

Husband and Wife Team Edward and Christina Sledge Focus on Family, Philanthropy, and Community Article by Debra Wallace | Photography by Christa Booth High school sweethearts Christina and Eddie Sledge reconnected in 1999, eloping during a snowstorm with “two quarters in their pockets.” Twenty-five years later, they are proud parents of two daughters, Tiara (24) and Olivia (17), and the founders of Sledge House Media, a company built during the pandemic to share their love story, and help...

Health + Wellness

Paws with Purpose

How Starfleet Service Dogs is Redefining Training for Working Dogs Article by Debra Wallace When trailblazing scientist and animal advocate, Dr. Jennifer Barnhard, instructs her eight-week-old Siberian husky, Dauntless, for a future career, she knows she is changing her corner of the world.  Dauntless doesn’t have a career yet, but the pup is learning foundational skills for search and rescue, water rescue, and service work. As she grows and her personality develops, her career path will...

Life + Culture

Philanthropic Driven Leadership

CEO Courtney B. Spaeth Is a Powerful Force for Positive Change Article by Debra Wallace | Photography by Jack Hartzman Giving back has always been important to Courtney B. Spaeth, and she brings those values to both her professional and personal life. Her philosophy is: “To whom much has been given, much is expected.” Spaeth, the engaging and dynamic CEO of growth [period] , a successful business development and transaction advisory services firm, strongly believes that giving back to the...

Finance + Legal Services

Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral Care

Top-rated Jewish funeral home serving families throughout Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia. Article by David Robert Lambert | Photography by Provided by Sagel Bloomfield Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral Care is proud to serve the Jewish community with dignified Jewish & green burials to families throughout Maryland, Washington DC, and Northern Virginia. In a Jewish funeral, the focus is on prayers, psalms, and a eulogy, with mourners often participating in the...

Life + Culture

Dan Simon Says

You Don't Have to Choose Between People and Profit Article by Marie Robey Wood | Photography by Provided By Founding Farmers Restaurant Group Dan Simons co-created and co-owns Farmers Restaurant Group(FRG), which includes eight Founding Farmers restaurants across DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, and Founding Spirits, a restaurant-distillery in Washington, D.C. The group also operates a full-service catering and events company. Founded in 2008, the company serves more than three...

Life + Culture

The Grove Bar & Grill

A Locally-owned Restaurant that Aims to Please Article by Marie Robey Wood | Photography by John Rorapaugh The owners and staff of The Grove believe in listening to their customers – and listen they did when designing their restaurant. Located at 7747 Tuckerman Lane in the Cabin John Village shopping center, its unique exterior façade is a hard-to-miss lush artificial green wall. According to Managing Partner Andrew Kreisberg, “We want to be a restaurant focused on Potomac and surrounding...

Food + Beverage

Eat Like a Local

My Top Five Picks Article and Photography by Hayley Gottesman & Jules King Ize's Deli & Bagelry: Challah Bagel Ize’s Deli & Bagelry has an influx of different bagels options ranging from  French Toast to Everything to Jalapeno. Expect stacked breakfast sandwiches, hearty deli classics, and a warm, no-nonsense vibe. Coffee Maman: Iced Americano With its blue-and-white French country charm, maman feels like a cozy escape. The coffee is smooth, strong, and everything looks (and tastes)...

Food + Beverage

Let's Talk Cheese

Family-owned Wegmans Provides Exemplary Products and Customer Service Article by Debra Wallace | Photography by Provided by Wegmans Food Markets When shoppers at the Wegmans in Rockville sample and buy pieces of authentic Italian Parmigiano Reggiano or Triple-Cream French Brie, they are usually unaware of how much preparation, care, and hard work go into each of these products. When the Rockville store opened in June 2025, the cheese demonstrations and other samples quickly became a customer...

Home + Design

Bringing Your Houseplants Indoors

From tropical paradise to the conditioned indoors Article by Elizabeth McKinley | Photography by Provided You know that the Maryland summers are hot and humid, and while we want to dive indoors to the perfect 70 degrees, houseplants are yearning for the outside. Hot, sweaty, and humid is what they would keep their AC to, replicating the natural habitats of rainforests, bogs, and tropical paradises. Putting your houseplants in shady areas outdoors helps promote growth over the summer, but...