Arena of the Planeswalkers was the Magic: the Gathering retheme that came out in 2015, and it's still dirt cheap. Might be worth considering for a similar experience.

The Howard County Fit4U membership is a great value for your money. For just $300 per year you get access to the Roger Carter, Gary Arthur, and North Laurel Community Centers, which collectively have a weight room, cardio room, aerobics room, pool, indoor track, climbing wall, and basketball and tennis courts.

Jailbreak decidedly has the best blue cheese dipping sauce. It's handmade and there's big chunks of cheese in it.

I've often passed by a place called Beiler's Structures in Burtonsville that advertises Amish craftsmanship, but from the looks of it, they specialize in outdoor furniture, gazebos, sheds, and that sort of thing.

Panera's salads aren't bad.

There's also a youth running club in the area called Girls on the Run.

Possibly the Dive Bar and Grill in Savage Mill. The Mill as a whole is dog-friendly, but it's better to call ahead and make sure.

Artichooke

From page 90 of the Howard County Activity Guide it looks like all the pickleball classes for the winter were cancelled. Maybe call the point of contact to see if any spring classes are being planned.

Yeah, we're registered as a monarch waystation.. You need milkweed, a source of nectar, and water. We planted sunflowers and green and gold, and the birds planted partridge peas and bone set. The sunflowers in particular are fun to watch because they support so many animals, they're like their own little ecosystem: aphids, ants, grasshoppers, mantises, spiders, butterflies, bees, wasps, birds, and squirrels.

We also planted milkweed in our front yard this year, and got dozens of monarchs. We actually inspired a few of our neighbors to do the same, and we even got a very insect-phobic neighbor to hold a butterfly for a few seconds.

There's lots of good information at the Howard County Recreation and Parks page.

Savage Mill is also a fun place to visit with frequent events.

I don't think hunting is nearly popular enough to replace the lack of natural predators, but every bit helps.

The problem with deer overpopulation is that it prevents forest regeneration, which leads you get soil erosion, which allows for more runoff, which leads to polluted water, and it also helps invasive species proliferate (because deer don't eat those). It's all sorts of bad news for the local ecology.

We extirpated the wolves and the mountain lions, and have nearly extirpated coyotes, which were their only natural predators, so their population exploded, and they lost their fear of predators.

Suburban environments are also ideal environments for fringe grazers like deer. (Deer don't actually prefer deep forest.)

This is why I support deer hunting. It's the next best option to reintroducing wolves.

To see what happens when you do reintroduce predators, look at what happened when they reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone and otters to the Pacific Northwest.

Mom's Organic Market in Jessup has a vegan deli inside and of course lots of great vegan options in the grocery aisles.

NuVegan Cafe is in College Park (and it's right next to a Board & Brew, a board game cafe that also has a couple of tasty vegetarian options.)