Two organizations designed to improve Rosslyn have decided to merge. After 21 years in business, Rosslyn Renaissance (RR) will cease to exist and its urban design work will be taken over by the Rosslyn Business Improvement District (BID). RR was created by the Arlington County Board in 1991, and lists its mission as “to work with residential, commercial, cultural, and government communities to realize Rosslyn’s potential as a distinctive urban environment through a focus on urban design and development.” “Rosslyn Renaissance has helped to lay the foundation for Rosslyn’s future growth,” said Board President Jeffrey L. Kovach in a press release. “The BID will build upon and continue RR’s work, planning for Rosslyn today and in the future.” RR’s work has helped with accomplishments such ... Continue reading →
Photo provided by Susan Spencer-Wendel The Hungarian capital sits on a vast network of hot mineral springs and is renowned for its medicinal baths. At the Szechenyi baths (above), some are for men and women and some are single-sex baths. Susan Spencer-Wendel finds her way forward by going back to where her marriage began. By Susan Spencer-Wendel Special to The Palm Beach Post Updated: 7:32 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012 Posted: 7:10 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012 BUDAPEST, Hungary — I sit in the 100-degree water nestled as close to the font of the thermal mineral spring as possible. Above me are the blue-and-green mosaic-tiled domes of the Gellert baths, adjacent the near-century-old hotel of the same name. Honeyed light streams through glass ceiling tiles ... Continue reading →