On the Dock

MAY 2010 - OCT 2010
Volume 16 Number 1

COVER STORY
20 Creating a Castle East of the River

Most people spend about 12 hours per day in their home. Most of us spend even more time in our homes on weekends and snow days. So, why shouldn’t our homes be as fitting to us as we want it to be? Why shouldn’t our homes be our castles? Follow and learn from one man’s quest to make his home, his castle.

FOCUS: 

Build/Renovate Your Own Castle
23  Aging in Place

24  Now in Anacostia

DEPARTMENTS 

THE PUBLISHER’S POINT
4 Obama Expands the

Privileged Class

PRAISING THE PAST
5  Pierre, the Haitian

THE OTHER SIDE

6  Maryland’s Infamous Distinction

THE MIDDLE PASSAGE:  A STORY OF SURVIVAL
Painting a Way Out of Racism

and Addiction

MONEY MATTERS
8  Save Energy. Save Earth.

Save Money.

OUR SPACE

10  Color Trends: Why Black

is Back

TRAVEL STORY

12  Baltimore in Pictures

HEALTH
14  Anchor of the Savanna: Baobab

16 Why We Get Sleepy

RECIPE
25  Grilled Moroccan Chicken on Skewers with Curried Couscous

BOOK REVIEW
26 Turning the Page: From Book Readers to Literary Activists

COMING UP       
27  Pride Toronto, Chicago Blues Festival, 25th National Black Family Reunion and more!

ENTERTAINMENT
28 The Apollo Celebrates

75 Years!

COVER CREDIT

Left to right: Homeowner Myron Smith, architect Genell Anderson of AMAR Group and contractor John Bailey of Bailey Building Construction Group. Photo by Camille Mosley-Pasley of Pasley Place Photography, 202.581.4114, visit www.pasleyplace.com. Artwork on the wall by Attitude Exact Gallery.).