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
8 Painting a Way Out of Racism and Addiction

MONEY MATTERS
9 Save Energy. Save Earth. Save Money.

OUR SPACE
10 Color Trends: Why Black is Back

TRAVEL STORY
12 Baltimore in Pictures