🍦How to eat like a Marylander 🦃

Peak Week for Leaves, Nico's Bagels & Brunch, Wyrd's 1-year Business Bash

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Naptown Scoop
October 30, 2024

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Good morning, Annapolis. This is Naptown Scoop, the email that’s as exciting as dumping a pillowcase filled with only your favorite candy. 🍬 

In today’s Naptown Scoop:

  • Peak Week for Peeping Leaves 🍁 

  • Nico’s Bagels and Brunch brings more to the table 🥯 

  • Wyrd Bookstore’s 1 year in Business Bash 📚 ☕️

Let’s get to it.

— Lauren Burke Meyer, Dylan Roche, Chelsea Harrison, & Ryan Sneddon

Sold for Over Asking Price on Melvin Road

Brad Kappel has done it again. Listed for $7,950,000. Sold for $8,200,000.

This stunning modern farmhouse on Annapolis’ prestigious Melvin Road offered the ultimate in waterfront living — and Brad Kappel made sure it sold for top dollar. With over an acre of prime waterfront, five luxurious bedrooms, and resort-style amenities, it’s no surprise this home captured attention. But $250,000 over asking price? That’s the Brad Kappel magic.

With unmatched marketing reach, Brad Kappel ensures your home gets in front of all the right buyers — and the results speak for themselves. When it comes to selling luxury waterfront homes, no one does it better.

Want Top Dollar for your home? Make Your Move with Brad Kappel.

THE DIGEST

Eat Like a Marylander this Thanksgiving 🦃

What does it mean to eat like a Marylander? It’s not always about crabcakes and Berger cookies. Maryland Department of Agriculture and its marketing program Maryland’s Best just launched a Thanksgiving campaign dubbed “Eat Like a Marylander.” The idea is to buy meal boxes with ingredients straight from our state’s own farms. You get everything you need for the big meal, and local farmers get the business — it’s a win-win.

Participating farms include:

📦 Moon Valley Farm (Woodsboro)
📦 Jones Family Farm (Edgewood)
📦 Emily’s Produce (Cambridge)

Interested in ordering? Get info and order through Maryland’s Best. They even have great recipe ideas for apps, mains, sides, and desserts.

Welcome to Peeper Szn 🍁

Around Anne Arundel County, armchair arborists are uniting and celebrating the jewel tones of fall foliage. According to Maryland Department of Natural Resources, this week marks Central MD’s peak season for leaf peeping, with the golds and burgundies of oaks, hickories, and maples exploding like popcorn around the state. Less-developed areas and watersheds will have the best colors, but also look to ridges and hardwood forests for the brightest displays.

Peep a Comet too . . . ☄️

But don’t just focus on your daylight peeping! There’s a chance we’ll have a Halloween Comet in the skies, if C/2024 S1 decides to keep itself together long enough to get back to us. If so, the foresters say that the naked eye should be able to spot the comet to the east, near the Andromeda Galaxy. With a waning moon and warmer weather, it’s the best time of the year to be outside (and looking up). 🎃

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Where are we? 📸

Each Wednesday, watch this space for a random snap from somewhere in Annapolis (and surrounding areas 😉). Where are we? Only true Annapolitans will know. Tell us your guess on Instagram or Facebook.

This week we’ll take a street name.

And don’t forget! Tag @NaptownScoop to get your photos in the Scoop!

LOCAL BUSINESS

New Waugh Chapel bagel joint brings more to the table 🥯

Nico’s Bagels and Brunch, newly opened in Gambrills by owner Jerry Osuna, offers more than just a great breakfast. The restaurant, located behind Dicks Sporting Goods, is the longtime dream of Osuna and his son, Nico, who died by suicide in 2018. Nico was studying hospitality at Florida International University with the hope of opening a bagel shop one day. After Nico’s death, his father created Nico’s Hope for Life Foundation, whose mission is to raise public awareness and provide resources for those struggling with their mental health.

Today, Osuna, Sr. has taken his son’s legacy one step further. Nico’s Bagels and Brunch offers New York-style bagels (and great bagel sandwiches), and uses proceeds from certain bagels to fund the Foundation’s mission. Whether you’re an egg and cheese on everything traditionalist, or an Oreo bagel with strawberry schmear disruptor, the food is phenomenal and the people behind the counter are even better. — 991 Waugh Chapel Way, Gambrills, MD ($)

Wyrd Bookstore’s 1 year in Business Bash 📚 ☕️

Spread the Wyrd! On Saturday, November 2, from 5–8 PM, Wryd Bookstore is celebrating one year in business, no easy feat. At their Business Bash, they’ll have refreshments, trivia, music, and an optional literary costume contest. Best of all? They’re rewarding customers with 10% off anything you buy during the party! Book it (aka grab a ticket). — 135 Mitchells Chance Rd, Edgewater, MD

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A MESSAGE FROM WESTERN SHORE VETERINARY HOSPITAL

Librela offers long-lasting pain relief with a once-a-month injection administered by your vet.

Osteoarthritis (OA), or arthritis, is a painful chronic condition of the joints. Pain from OA can severely affect the health and well-being of your dog. Although we can’t cure OA, we can control the pain it causes, which can help your dog be more active and improve their overall quality of life.

Our doctors have been using Librela in arthritic dogs for the past year and have seen incredible results. Give us a call to discuss if this medication will help your pet!

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Poets in the Conversation Room 🖋

Time to get poetic again! A collaboration between St. John’s College and Annapolis Home Magazine, Poets in the Conversation Room is back this weekend to infuse our weekend with some poetry. On Saturday (11/2), Maryland’s tenth Poet Laureate, Grace Cavalieri, will talk with Remica Bingham-Risher, director of the poetry program at Old Dominion University, about her new book Room Swept Home. The talk is at 2 PM in Mellon Hall (60 College Avenue, Annapolis). It’s free and open to the public. Learn more.

Annapolis Chocolate Binge Festival 🍫 🍪 🍸

Sweet news! The Annapolis Chocolate Binge Festival returns Sunday, December 1, from 11 AM to 4 PM. West Street at Church Circle transforms into a chocoholic’s paradise, where vendors offer truffles, fudge, cookies, cakes, martinis, macaroons, pies, brownies, and more. Beyond chocolate, enjoy live music, meet Willy Wonka and the Oompa Loompa’s, shop for the holidays, and bask under the West Street Holiday Light Canopy. Tickets are expected to go faster than a bowl of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups on Halloween. GA tickets are $5; sample tickets are $20 for 15 (plus Eventbrite fee). Kids 12 and under get in free!

Nothing in this section is sponsored. They're just the things you need to know. I'll always let you know when something's sponsored.

EXTRA SPRINKLES

The right crew for the job

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Become a Member and Unlock Exclusive Perks!

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WEATHER

Wednesday

74 🌡️ 63 | 🌤️ | 8% | 💨 SSW 8 mph (7 knots)

Thursday

76 🌡️ 68 | 🌤️ | 9% | 💨 SSW 13 mph (11 knots)

💧🌡️ Water temperature = 65ºF
Temperature readings taken from the mouth of the Severn River the night before publication

LIVE MUSIC LOWDOWN

Wednesday

49 West | Dave Chappell and Friends | 5–7 PM
Brian Boru | B.en | 6–9 PM
Galway Bay | Irish Trad Music Session | 8 PM
Killarney House | Jason Bishop | 6–10 PM
Middleton Tavern | Ryan Kozel | 6–9 PM
Pirates Cove | Joe Hickey | 6–9 PM
The Point | Jordan | 5–8 PM
Rams Head On Stage | The Robert Cray Band | 7:30 PM | Tickets
Reynolds Tavern | TBA | 7 PM
Stan & Joe’s Saloon | Chris Dean | 9 PM

Thursday

49 West | Skribe! | 8–10 PM
Killarney House | Andrew Janosek and Friends | 6–9 PM
Pirates Cove | Jason Bishop | 6–10 PM
Rams Head Tavern | George Evans | 5 PM
Reynolds Tavern | TBA | 7 PM

Navy (6-1) and Rice (2-6) football squads face off for the first time since 2009 on November 2. Catch Saturday's contest on ESPN2 at 4 PM ET. The Mids aim for a 7-1 start during the road game, hoping to bounce back after a rough 51-14 loss to No. 12 Notre Dame. Navy and Rice are tied at 6 wins each. Navy's ready to reclaim momentum and keep their season going strong. We wouldn’t be us if we didn’t say . . . “GO NAVY! BEAT RICE!”

Upcoming Navy games & matches

Women's Soccer (9-9-1)
10/30 @ Lafayette | 7 PM

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