🏠 “The River House” finally moves. After years of price cuts, Dan Snyder’s former Potomac estate closed its Concierge Auctions bidding yesterday and is now pending a sale for $13.26M, with proceeds benefiting ACS. Read the wrap [DCUrbanTurf]

👗 Law by day, boutique by night. Family-law attorney Jessica Markham is profiled for building Jurisdiction Clothing, her inclusive women’s apparel brand in Cabin John Village, while still running her law practice. Read the full story [Above the Law]

🎄 Maggie Rose comes home. Grammy-nominated singer Maggie Rose who grew up in Potomac returns for her annual hometown Christmas shows this Friday & Saturday at the Bethesda Theater, mixing soul, country, and holiday favorites. Read the details [WTOP]

🥩 Terra Gaucha starts carving. Maryland’s first Terra Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse is now open at Twinbrook Quarter by the new Wegmans, serving endless tableside-carved churrasco alongside a sprawling salad bar. Check out the menu

🔥 Dave’s Hot Chicken arrives. The cult-favorite fried chicken spot is officially open on Rockville Pike near White Flint, offering seven heat levels and a menu that knows exactly what it is. Scope the menu (hint: it basically just chicken)

🐾 Free adoptions, happier holidays. Montgomery County Animal Services waives adoption fees this weekend for its “Home for the Holidays” event, with Saturday appointments and Sunday walk-ins for remaining pets. Book a meet-and-greet

🛍️ Bring a bag or pay up. Starting Jan. 1, Montgomery County bans plastic carryout bags at most businesses and sets paper bags at 10¢ each, with limited exemptions. Get the details

🏌️‍♀️ Zoe makes the national cut. Potomac’s Zoe Cusack earns a spot on the USGA’s 2026 U.S. National Junior Team, joining 24 elite golfers nationwide for top-tier coaching and competition. See the full roster

Every town needs that one spot, the place where you can meet a brunch friend, satisfy a vegan cousin, impress a coffee snob, or cure a dessert craving before bedtime.

Potomac just got that place: Dulce Crepes.

The menu is a greatest-hits lineup: sweet and savory crepes, waffles, paninis, omelets, toasts, indulgent shakes, smoothies, acai bowls, and rich coffee drinks built for lingering.

Bring a friend, the whole crew, or just your appetite.

Start your morning there or end your night there.

Now open in Park Potomac. Go early, you’ll want to say you found it first.

*This section is sponsored by a friend of the Loop

Potomac Estate Sale | Fri-Sun @ 10708 Stapleford Hall Drive
10am-2pm each day 🏠

Winter Fest | Fri-Sun @ Song Dog Farm Distillery
The County’s newest grain-to-glass distillery goes full hygge with farm fire pits, Hot Toddies, tours, food trucks, crafts, and Santa photo ops for humans and pups. Fri 5-9pm, Sat & Sun 12-7pm, reservations in link🔥

Nail Art for Tweens & Teens | 4:30–5:30pm @ Potomac Library
A hands-on DIY mani lab for ages 10–18 with non-toxic polish, tools, and stickers, because Fridays deserve a little unapologetic sparkle. 💅

Merry Market with URBNmarket | Sat-Sun @ Westbard Square
Browse 40+ artisan vendors selling handmade gifts, snacks, candles and more while live music and holiday activities bring festive cheer to Westbard Square’s holiday weekend pop-up. 11am-4pm both days🎁

Winter Solstice Hike | 10am–12pm @ Riley’s Lock (Lock 24)
Celebrate the year’s shortest day with a volunteer-led stroll along the C&O Canal, past mill ruins and Potomac views that make winter feel luminous. Dress warmly & bring water 🌞

Vintage (Real) Heart Cake Decorating | 1pm @ Dov & Company
Guest cake artist Lorena teaches vintage piping and dreamy borders on a real heart-shaped cake, so you leave with a bakery-pretty dessert you made yourself. Tickets in link 🎂

Winter Jubilee | 1–4pm @ F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre
Rockville’s Civic Center Park turns into a kid-approved winter wonderland with crafts, face painting, costumed characters, karaoke, sing-alongs, and Rockville Science Center cardstock “gingerbread” houses. Tickets in link ❄️

Candle Making at Grusendorf Log House | 10am–12pm @ Seneca Creek State Park Office
Step into Seneca Creek’s 1855 Grusendorf Log House for old-time hand-dipped candles with a volunteer ranger for history you can light and gift. “Not suitable for young children” 🕯️

Free Vinyasa Flow Yoga Class | 4–5pm @ Potomac Flow Yoga
Catch a free all-levels vinyasa flow with Padmini Rajan, a lifelong practitioner nearing her 200-hour training certification. Drop-ins welcome 🧘

The door of the white barn on River Road swings open.

Someone hands you a steaming cup of something cheerful, the scent of homemade chili drifting through air that smells faintly of pine and possibility.

You wander past glittering ornaments, French-inspired trinkets, garlands that look borrowed from a tiny village square.

This Sunday all Christmas décor and ornaments are 30% off, which feels less like a discount and more like encouragement.

You came for “just a look.” You leave with Christmas. Potomac French Market.

*This section is sponsored by a friend of the Loop

Meet Toby: The 79-Pound Snugglebug Who Just Wants A Lap

Toby has spent over a year waiting for his forever family. For a 10-year-old pup, that is a heartbreakingly long time.

He should be snoring gently on someone’s couch. Not wondering why no one picked him.

He is a big, tan-and-white Mastiff mix with an even bigger heart. This sweet senior is housetrained, sleeps through the night, and is playful in that low-maintenance, “one good walk and I’m good” kind of way. He’s good around kids, calm around other dogs, and incredibly affectionate.

Ready to meet him? Visit Montgomery County Animal Services this weekend during their “Home for the Holidays” event when they’ll even waive Toby’s adoption fee.

^{*Dates & times subject to change based on weather and/or venues making your life more difficult}

Forward the Loop to that neighbor slows down on certain roads “just to look”.

-Potomac Loop Team