Stephen Humphrey was on the charter boat Wrecker off the coast of Ocean City, Md., as he trolled for yellowfin tuna weighing 100 pounds or more. Then something much lighter took the bait.
Humphrey, 38, of Ellicott City, didn’t know what was on the line, but he knew it was something different from what he had been looking for and reeled it in. Soon, he recognized the fish as a great barracuda and called the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to measure it in hope of entering a state record. Read More...
I’ve been a florist in Richmond, Wash., for more than 30 years. In that time, I’ve developed close relationships with many of my clients.
One of my favorites was Rob Ingersoll. Ingersoll came in often and we’d talk. Like me, he had an artistic eye. I’d try to create really special arrangements for him. I knew he was gay, but it didn’t matter — I enjoyed his company and his creativity. Read More...
On a recent Friday night, Christmas lights twinkled over the dance floor at Haydee's Restaurant in Mount Pleasant. In the rainbow glow, Little Red & the Renegades, a steel-drum-powered local zydeco band, ripped through a Bayou-ized version of the Beatles' "Money (That's What I Want)."
Among the groovers on the small floor: a middle-aged white couple doing a casual foxtrot and an elderly bow-tied black guy doing something that looks like the Electric Slide. Read More...
