Route One Fun

Fun Along the Route 1 Corridor

Archives for 2017

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Kids’ Weekend Guide! April 7th-9th

Kiddos can burn off some energy this weekend at the Azalea Classic and the Hare & Hound Fun Run, then replenish their sugar quotient with a variety of Easter Egg hunting opps or maybe some Easter Egg Decorating or a PEEPS Eating Contest?  Maybe a Puppet Show Storytime is more your thing?  Either way, all these […]

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Adults’ Weekend Guide! April 7th-9th

Will it be a jazz quarter or an art opening or HY-SWAP or the Azalea Classic or a PEEPS Eating Contest?  Or maybe enjoy the outdoors and celebrate Arbor Day or a Wine and Racing Festival and then a little Sip & Salsa? Why pick one?  Do them all, I say!    Special thanks to […]

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Spotlight on Schools: Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary School!

In this fifth installment of the Spotlight on Schools series, we shine some light on the magic that’s happening at Cheverly’s Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary School (GNS)!  Read on to learn about GNS, its involvement in the local community & what it does to ensure its students are “respectful, responsible and ready to learn.”  Insight […]

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Kids’ Weekend Guide: March 31st – April 2nd

Storytime to ease you into the weekend, the full blast with your choice of a Bike Rodeo or Bagels with Bunny or a Model Rocket Launch or Spring School Fair or a Local Authors Book Signing event or maybe even some fishing?!  Something for everyone, right here! Special thanks to our sponsor of this Kids’ […]

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Adults’ Weekend Fun Guide: March 31st – April 2nd

You’ve really got your pick of fun & interesting things to do this weekend!  Catch Floyd Coleman speak with David C. Driskell about the scholarship of African American Art or tune into Lulu’s Fate covering Tom Waits and Hank Williams or cheer on cyclists as they zoom by at the Route 1 Rampage or head […]

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Check it Out: Local Fun! Patuxent Research Refuge

Me and the little lady stopped by the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel earlier this week for one of their free Tiny Tots programs. The program is described as a way for “children to learn about wildlife at the refuge through fun and interactive songs and rhyming.” After gathering in a semi-circle, instructor Ms. Diana Ogilvie kicked things off with some purdy fascinating facts about birds. Afterwards, we headed outside to collect more sticks and catch some sunbeams on the Refuge on a wonderfully, sunny day.