Eastern Shore Lifestyle

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Dining in St. Michaels

St. Michaels has some of the finest restaurants in the state of Maryland, and is absolutely the place for fresh seafood, eating blue crabs dockside, or eating a four star meal.  Who knows, you might even get a table next to St Michaels' newest residents, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.

Englishman on the Chesapeake

Mark Salter, chef at Inn at Perry Cabin in Easton has demonstrated his cooking with the top international chefs world. Click here to see one of his very entertaining shows "Englishman on the Chesapeake" and learn a great peach recipe. The video was a 2005 pilot for the "Food Network" directed by Fred Smyth, shot and edited by Will Howard.

Cooperative Oxford Lab

Since its origin in 1960 with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the Oxford Laboratory has been engaged in a long history of research focused on marine pathology and building a better understanding of how to sustain the health of living coastal resources. In 1970, the laboratory was transferred from FWS to NOAA. This video shows a sample of the work done by the men and women at the lab.

Talbot Paramedic Foundation

About the same time International airports were making defibrillators available to the general public, Talbot County was installing them in drug and hardware stores, restaurants, bowling centers, county buildings, golf courses and other locations all as a part of Operation Save Heart funded by businesses and the county. The project has saved lives and received many awards including the International Association of Fire Chiefs in 2001 for being the first small community to do so.

Talbot Gourmet - Wine

Talbot County has several vinyards. Click here to see a half hour documentary from the vinyard to the table.

Waterfowl Festival

The third weekend in November is the ultimate weekend for the sophisticated sportsman or art lover. Twelve venues throughout Easton feature world-class wildlife paintings, sculpture, carvings and photos. Collectible decoys, sporting gear and adventures to delight every outdoorsman. A wine tasting pavilion not to be missed. Also scheduled are World Championship Calling Contests, decoy auctions, retriever, fly-fishing and stunt dog demonstrations, kid's activities, and evening concerts. A festive atmosphere topped by great food and music make this event a must each November. Free parking and shuttle service. Click the video window for a tour of the 35th annual show.

St. Michaels Food and Wine Festival

St. Michaels Food and Wine Festival is held every April at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD. The festival features tasting of over 150 different wines, seminars, exhibitors, and fantastic food demonstrations by famous chefs (and tastings!). The festival benefits several worthy charities.

Chesapeake Film Festival

It is the mission of the Chesapeake Film Festival to entertain, enrich and inspire by bringing the finest in narrative, documentary and short film to the Chesapeake Bay community. The films we intend to showcase are broadly focused to illuminate both the diversity and the universality of the human condition. 

Tilghman Island Prayer Breakfast

Tilghman Island Prayer Breakfast is held every year at Harrison's Chesapeake House. WIll Howard, local businessman tells his story "In search of the Narrow Gate," on the event's 20th Anniversary.

Easton Volunteer Fire Department 200th Anniversary

Easton Volunteer Fire Department celebrated it's 200th Anniversary with a spectacular parade on April 19th with hundreds of participants including area fire companies, law enforcement, many bands including the Mummers, Anheiser-Bush Clydesdales, antique cars and more. Click here to watch the entire 82 minute parade.

Operation Christmas Talbot County

Operation Christmas is a community event which takes place on Christmas Day at the Easton Volunteer Fire Department. Over 60 volunteers distribute hundreds of dinners, clothing and thousands of gift items to 700 persons in the county, 200 of which dine in for a hot Christmas dinner, chaired by Easton businessman Shelton Lord Scott 410-822-1475. Click here to take a 10 minute look at the experience.

McMartin & Beggins Furniture Makers

Talbot County has an abundance of excellent crafts persons. Since 1987, Jim McMartin and Jim Beggins have been restoring antiques and building furniture. Both partners began their careers as wooden boat builders, a trade steeped in tradition and a proving ground, of sorts, for developing mastery with hand tools. The early years of the business saw abundant restoration work which has gradually given way to increased new furniture construction. Their exposure to an extensive array of antiques has inspired them as craftsmen. We visit them in the middle of a project in this 30 minute video.

Maryland Life

Maryland Life magazine regularly writes stories on Talbot lifestyles. We recommend it to all of our visitors. Click here to watch a 60 second video we produced for them.

Watermen's Song

 Dr. Ed Klein, author, singer and song writer puts his lyrics about being raised on the Chesapeake Bay with video shot by Visitors TV Network Will Howard, edited by NOAA Marine author and naturalist Dorothy Howard. The singer of the song is Mike Mesko. He and his wife Brooke own Town and Country Liquors.

Maynard Lowery

Maynard Lowery was a gentle soul who's specialty was building "Cat Boats." He is fondly remembered by all those who knew him in Tilghman. We stopped in to interview him in the fall of 2006.

Chronicles of a police reporter

Easton businessman delivers a speech about his memories as a journalist for the Associated Press at the University of Maryland and as a police reporter in Baltimore city in the late 60s and 70s. Howard has been a contributing writer for Chesapeake publishing as well.