FAVORITE RESTAURANT WITH A VIEW TO TAKE VISITORS
Clyde’s of Columbia
WHERE: 10221 Wincopin Circle at the Lakefront in the Town Center
INFO: The Clyde’s group owns 13 restaurants throughout the region, and no two restaurants are alike. clydes.com.
“Good food, friendly service and a beautiful view of Lake Kittamaqundi bordered with a path for an after-meal stroll.”
FAVORITE RUN/WALK IN THE MORNINGS
Around Wilde Lake in Columbia where wildlife including eagles, egrets and herons abound.
INFO: The village, one of 10 in Columbia, was named for Frazar Wilde, past chairman of the board of Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. wildelake.columbiavillages.org.
“You can even see Baltimore orioles nesting.”
FAVORITE RUN/WALK IN THE EVENINGS
Through the pathways running through the Middle Patuxent Valley near the Swansfield and Hobbit’s Glen neighborhoods of the Village of Harper’s Choice in Columbia.
INFO: The village was part of Jericho, a farm owned by the late Robert Harper Goodloe Carroll. The Swansfield neighborhood was inspired by the paintings of James MacNeil Whistler, and the name, Hobbit’s Glen, was taken from the works of J.R.R. Tolkein. harperschoice.columbiavillages.org.
FAVORITE PIZZA SHOP
Pizza Boli’s
WHERE: 10451 Twin Rivers Road, Columbia
INFO: 410-730-2255; pizzabolis.com.
“I can eat my pizza at outdoor tables in the beautiful Village Green, which Jim Rouse himself took a part in designing.”
FAVORITE DAY TRIP
Baltimore City
INFO: baltimore.org
“To Baltimore, where I was born, to visit the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Walters Art Gallery, and the Central Enoch Pratt Library, all places that I frequented as a high school student.”
FAVORITE BALL PLAYER IN TOWN
My husband, Lloyd Knowles
INFO: Howard County Parks and Recreation at co.ho.md.us/rap.
“At the age of 74, [he] is a great softball player for the over-60 team, the Howard County Reds, and the over-70 team that competes in the Maryland and U.S. Senior Olympics.”
FAVORITE ROAD TO DRIVE
Governor Warfield Parkway between Town Center and the Village of Wilde Lake in Columbia.
“It is particularly beautiful when the sunlight sparkles through the leaves of the many beautiful, big trees lining this road.”
FAVORITE LOCAL AUTHOR
Lucille Clifton, Maryland’s former poet laureate
INFO: Clifton explores the themes of family, endurance and strength through adversity in her writings. Clifton is a distinguished professor of humanities at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. She won a Pulitzer Prize for “Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir, 1969-1980.” poetryfoundation.org
“A gifted poet living in Columbia, whom I am blessed to know and whose poems speak to my soul.”
FAVORITE SPECIAL SPLURGE ACTIVITY
Tersiguel’s French Country Restaurant
WHERE: 8293 Main St., Ellicott City
INFO: Founders Fernand and Odette Tersiguel were raised in Brittany, France. Through their cuisine and hard work, they pride themselves on helping to create the “little town in Europe” feel Ellicott City has become known for. tersiguels.com.
“French food as good, if not better, than any we’ve eaten in France itself.”
