From a gentle rise overlooking a quiet tributary of Langford Creek, the main house of Wings & Whitetail Farm surveys the landscape as it has for 265 years. Once called “Bungay Hill,” this 18th century home in Kent County, Maryland is one of the county’s most important historic properties. Currently available for purchase, it is a rare opportunity to own one of the finest country estates on the Eastern Shore.

In Rock Hall, the Old Oars Inn Bar and Restaurant on Main Street was a beloved third space. A watering hole par excellence, you could chat with a waterman over a $.75 Budweiser and a burger, meet a friend for dinner, or just nurse a drink and wind down your day. As a meeting place, it worked out well because it was hard to miss—the proud bow of a Chesapeake Bay deadrise had been prominently fixed to the right side of the building.

But just like holding out for those teeming river crabs of high summer, folks who have waited until now to buy their home are benefiting from a renewed supply and shifting market.

Every spring, there’s a lot of competition in the osprey world for the ideal nesting site, and aerial battles are common as osprey duke it out for the best tree, dock piling or telephone pole. It’s spring fever, Eastern Shore-style, and seems like a familiar scenario to anyone in the current real estate market.

“Home should be an anchor, a port in a storm, a refuge, a happy place in which to dwell, a place where we can love and be loved.”  -Marvin Ashton

Our peace on earth is here, on the Eastern Shore.  As I decorate for Christmas this year, celebrating one year in our new home, I am grateful for taking this risk and celebrating the life we have recreated for ourselves in this beautiful place. 

There’s no other way to say it—2020 and the first part of 2021 have been a wild ride. The incredible pandemic-fueled real estate boom has created a truly unprecedented seller’s market, especially for buyers looking for a piece of the Eastern Shore good life.

From the water or from the land, the first impression of North Point Marina is the same— welcoming, immaculate, and well-equipped. Located in the protected waters of Rock Hall Harbor, North Point Marina has commanding, 180 degrees vistas of the open Chesapeake.

Every year, as the leaves start to shade into browns and golds, they start to show up. At first, a trickle, and then in droves, their growing numbers make it clear the word is out—the Eastern Shore’s sheltered waterways and quiet fields are a beacon of safety and calm.

It’s the time of year on the Mid-Shore we experience the phenomenon known as the “Eastern Shore traffic jam,” caused by a combine or other large piece of farming equipment driving down the road from one farm to another at a snail’s pace. Backed up behind them, sometimes for a mile, is a long line of cars waiting for the tractor to finally turn off. It’s a rite of passage in spring, met with a uniquely Eastern Shore attitude—no one honks, no one swerves, no one is in a terrible rush, and everyone just calmly bides their time.

Imagine driving down a quiet leafy street, bordered by small 19th century family homes—a perfect slice of Americana. But lift your eyes and surprisingly, you’ll notice water all around you. Welcome to Lawton Avenue.

I believe in the power of professionalism. But a recent trip to Europe with my husband really brought home the ways expertise and skill can transform an experience.

If you’re thinking about moving or buying a second home, here’s seven reasons to pick towns with cool main streets, like Centreville, Rock Hall, Chestertown and Stevensville.

More seasoned realtors may struggle to recall their first listing, but for me, it feels like yesterday.

When people visit me for the first time, the first thing they ask is, why are so many houses for sale around here? Then they lean in and whisper, ‘what’s wrong with the neighborhood?’

You know what they say about fishing? Good things come to those who bait. Corny, I know.

There's something about the word Home that our men and women in the military understand better than the rest of us ever could.

Thinking of buying a vacation home?  Here are 5 tips to consider before you head out to go house-hunting.

When you have a team of professionals who are the best at what they do, just get out of the way and let them do what they do best. Don't ask them to do something different and don't get in their way.

I’ve never been one to turn down a challenge.

Remember the days before cable TV when all you had was an antenna on the roof or maybe bunny ears on the TV in your bedroom?