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Former Investment Banker Brings Popular Arlington Ice Cream Shop To Maryland
When it comes to making ice cream, sherbert, and sorbets, Rollin Amore has a very simple strategy: To make good flavors. He makes unique ones, too.
“I come up with each flavor,” said Amore, “and if it doesn’t pass my test, I throw it out.”
The method to Amore's madness seems to work, as the 70-year-old owner will soon be bringing his Arlington ice cream shop Mimi's Handmade—named after one of his daughters—to Rockville, MD.
By late July or early August, Amore plans to have at least two more Mimi’s Handmade shops open—the one in Rockville, MD and another in Fairfax. By the end of the year,…
Ritzy DC Area Hotels Top List Of Best Places To Stay In America
Looking for a place to stay in Washington DC?
Yelp's newly-revealed list of Top 100 Places to stay in 2023 recommends six area hotels.
The list highlights highly-rated hotels, inns, campgrounds, guesthouses, resorts and stays and is based on ratings and reviews from the Yelp community, the article says.
The DC-area hotels on the list include:
16. The Hay-Adams, DC
54, Blue Rock, Washington, VA
60. Waldorf Astoria, DC
62. Hotel Madera, DC
81. The Inn At Little Washington, Washington, VA
95. Conrad Washington DC
Click here for the complete list from Yelp.
District Woman Crosses Line To Win $50,000 Playing Maryland Lottery
Despite claiming a five-figure prize playing “Powerball” in Maryland, a Washington, DC woman has her eyes set on even bigger riches.
The lucky lotto player, who prefers to buy her tickets in Maryland, crossed over the dividing line between her hometown into Prince George’s County, where she purchased her winning ticket at the Eastern Avenue BP gas station in Mt. Rainier.
There, she turned a $2 quick-pick ticket into a $50,000 third-tier “Powerball” prize.
The woman says that she’s an avid lotto player who has won over the years - her largest Maryland Lottery win is $1,356, and she also cl…
