We love it when our longtime readers continue to take the OTC on their adventures. David and Laurie Norcross are some of our very favorites.
By OTC Staff The month of December is pretty slow in the garden but really bustling with the arrival of holiday plants the likes of
By Julie Reardon Merry Christmas from the Blue Ridge! A friend who lives in the mountains shares this story every holiday season and it’s one
By Scott Dicken Nepal: An Adventurer’s Playground! In April 2015, Nepal was hit by a devastating earthquake that measured 7.8 on the Richter Scale, killed
By Bob Tagert Home for the Holidays 2021 Every month we write about fun and inviting destinations in the DMV. Some are close to Alexandria
Publishers Notes By Bob Tagert This issue represents 34 years of bringing the stories “From the Bay to the Blue Ridge” to you readers. It
By Kristen Bieling Keeping Your Pets off Santa’s Naughty List: Pet-proofing and Other Holiday Tips Despite spending the last year jumping on the kitchen counter,
Pets of the Month – December 2021 Butter Who has the best smile, is a connoisseur of Fetch and doesn’t get bashful when you tell him
By Lori Welch Brown Shopping with the Ghosts of Holidays Past Holidays make me melancholy. Given that the holiday season now officially begins before the
Celebrate Holidays at National Harbor 2 million lights over acres of entertainment National Harbor celebrates Holidays at the Harbor nightly with a 54-foot tall tree at the Belvedere










