June 17th, 2010
TaDa, Berlin, Maryland, Home Accents, Hand Painted Glassware, Gifts, Jewelry
It’s interesting how when the town of Berlin, Maryland is described, it is mentioned that is like traveling back into the past. It’s not just back into the town’s own past history but also my own.
I have mentioned that this is where my children spent their primary school years so believe me when I tell you that Berlin became my home, as well. And, every time I visit, I cannot help to reminisce.
Berlin is in Worcester County. The town is west of Ocean City, Maryland and dates back to the 1790s.
This is another of those towns where the citizens have worked hard to preserve its history and charm. The renovations of the town and its historic preservation are, definitely, a cooperative effort.
Restaurants and shops line Main Street in Berlin. This town is well known. The movie industry loves it. Two major motion pictures have been filmed here. In 1998 Runaway Bride with Richard Gere and Julia Roberts and in 2001 Tuck Everlasting with Sissy Spacek, Ben Kingsley and William Hurt.
I decided to visit Tada on Wednesday because it is the perfect place for what I was looking for. A wedding gift. I figure that Patty and Blair would be able to help me since they knew the bride.
TaDa is located at 18 N. Main St., Berlin, MD 21811. Tel. 410-641-4430. Website is www.blairelizabeth.com.
The mother and daughter team that owns this beautiful store? Patty Falck and Blair Elizabeth (Blair Falck Parsons). Yes, she got married.
Coming into TaDa at this time of the year gave me the same impression as when I visited in the Fall. The beautiful colors, now even brighter as the summer season is upon us. The displays are perfectly located. Only someone with an artistic eye could put them together in such a way.
Patty is an artist. She paints for her store but accepts custom orders. Her painted glassware has a following.
Blair is also an artist; designing and making her own jewelry. Mother and daughter are definitely a team.
TaDa has something for everyone. Wether you are looking for home accents, a gift for someone close, art, tableware, they have it.
It was a Wednesday and all of a sudden the store was packed. Patty and Blair were so at ease talking to everyone. The customers really engaged them in conversation. And, that’s what I love about shopping in the local stores in all of our towns; you get to know their owners.
This store is always on my “must stop shop”, and it still takes my breath away.
Have a great day….it’s beautiful out…
Tags: Berlin, gifts, gifts for the home, Hand Painted Glassware, Home Accents, Jewelry, Maryland, TaDa
Dear Gloria,
It’s always great to see you,take the trip down memory lane and to catch up on our families.
Blair and I wanted to thank you for the wonderful article you posted about TaDa. We really appreciate your support and kind words.
Fondly,
Patty
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Dear Patty,
I came into your store Tah Dah Home both on Friday September 16, and again on Saturday September 17, 2011. On Saturday the current went out but it did not stop me from purchasing my special friend Henry the Octopus. When I met him on Friday I was haunted by him, his eyes, the softness of the greys and creams that you used to paint him……. There is a whimsey yet a sadness about him……… I had to have him in my beach home.
Patty, when I learned about your husbands’ terminal illness and I learned that you are the artist behind Henry it all made sense. You have a very deep kindness and whimsey within your soul, but I sensed that it was tempered and tested with true pain. A true artist can not escape these kinds of feelings and they flow into their creation. Henry is from your soul.
I too have experienced severe illness and unspeakable loss within our family. I too see life with whimsey and color, muted soft colors and vivid colors from the rainbow of a child’s imagination.
My husband’s sister passed away 16 years ago of Non Hodgkins Lymphom. She was 33 at the time and on this past Sat. she would have been 49 years old. My husband was a bone marrow donor all those years ago at Johns Hopkins but the cancer took Bonnie anyway. We inherited her then 5 and 7 year old little girls. They are 21 and 23 years old now and one of the girl’s has Asperger’s Syndrome a type of Autism.
My heart and prayers go out to you and your family. I see the strength in you and your girls that will get you through this. If your husband’s physical body continues to betray him, he can rest assured that his girls will go on and he can rest assured that he will continue to be proud of them.
I was touched by your shoppe, by your art,and by your heart. I am a frustrated artist and decorator by advocation and a Registered Nurse by Profession. My husband and I have raised 6 children, 2 by birth and 4 by life circumstances. Now that they are all raised, I have the opportunity to go places, and meet people such as you.
God Bless you, and your family, God Bless your husband as he deals with his illness and God Bless you as you care for and support him.
Nice to have met you. Debbie O’Brien RN BSN 484-919-1995
PS. I am taking Henry to be framed tonight and I can not wait to put him on the very special just right place at our Beach House on Fenwick Island.
duckie2281953@yahoo.com
Thanks so much for your comments to my site and for the kind words for all of the Falck family. I have forwarded them your e-mail.
picked up some wonderful gifts this weekend.
anne
Thanks for your comments to the blog.