3rd Floor Views

Are you thinking about buying or selling a house? Wondering which communities are good for families? Listen to our discussion with Annapolis realtor Liz Montaner and find out what’s happening in the 2021 Maryland Real Estate Market.Also, check out our new Best Places to Live directory, which helps families learn detailed data on great neighborhoods in Maryland!

In advance of our WeLead event on May 7, spoke to Judy Buddensick from Frances Marketing Group, LLC, AliceAnne Loftus from Leading Ladies with AliceAnne Loftus Donna Jefferson, publisher of Chesapeake Family Life, and Michelle Lucente from Lady Boss Operations with Michelle Lucente the women behind WELead, a Virtual Leadership Event for Women.You can register for the event now! The first 100 registrants will receive a luxury gift box with exciting swag and more!

We spoke to Lesley Romanoff, Director and Lead Teacher at Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School (TPCNS). Romanoff discusses how 2020 has changed TPCNS, lessons learned, and thoughts on what changes will be permanent.

On this week’s Third Floor Views, we talked to Dr. Stephen Godfrey, Curator of Paleontology at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Md. about how to find fossils! We got great tips and information on the best local spots to find fossils with your family, what you need to look for, and what type of fossils you might find along Chesapeake Bay beaches.Want to learn more about fossils and paleontology? Dr. Godfrey recommended these sites as a good starting place!Calvert Marine Museum Paleontolo...

On this week’s Third Floor Views, we spoke to Imani Black, founder of Minorities in Aquaculture to hear about her journey as an oyster woman, what life on the water is like as a woman, and sustainability in aquaculture.She comes from a family of watermen on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that dates over 200 years. Black graduated from Old Dominion University with a degree in Marine Biology degree. She was also a Division 1 lacrosse player. Black is an African American oyster farmer building a caree...

One year into our lives during a global pandemic, stress and anxiety are still high, and that includes in our children. On Friday, March 12 we discussed stress, anxiety, and depression in kids one year into the pandemic.Our Guests:Aaron Rakow, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and Co-Founder and Director of Operations of MedStar Georgetown WISE Center. The WISE Center aims to reduce mental health and educational disparities in Washingto...

On Friday, March 5, Third Floor Views discussed the importance of diversity in children’s literature. We spoke to two local women who have started companies to deliver diverse books to kids, and offered suggestions on how to diversify your children’s at-home library.Our GuestsBunmi Emenanjo, founder of Atlas Book Club.Atlas Book Club aims to expose children to different cultures and introduce them to world history, which helps them learn about the world and the concepts of empathy and cultura...

Rhonda Pindell Charles has been a part of the Parole community of Annapolis her entire life, including attending Parole Elementary, Annapolis Junior, and graduating from Annapolis Senior High School in 1972 as a scholar athlete.Pindell Charles graduated from Morgan State University in 1976, and served as an Attorney with the Office of the Attorney General for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, as well as more than 20 years as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Baltimore City.We’ll be...

Wondering about sending your kids to summer camp? Hear from the experts and find out what camps are planning for summer 2021 in terms of camp size, COVID precautions, signups and more.We chatted with Mike Strawbridge of Bayside Summer Camp, Cory Evans of South Mountain YMCA Camp Conrad Weiser and Sarah Krizek of Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park on Friday, February 19 to learn about what their camps are up to for the summer, how they’ll be different from other years, and how they’re going to...

In this week’s Third Floor Views, we talked to fashion designer and author Marina Makaron about her new book, Mashka and Mishka Get Trapped in a Rainbow, which explores gender identity.In the book, Mashka and Mishka are siblings who can only see each other in the reflection of a mirror but can never see themselves in the mirror. One day they wake up in a mystical land with a singing sun near a skyscraper city of flowers, the Floreton. With the city’s ruler, Tiny Royal de Vasil, they must save...