Now that the ice is melting and we no longer have to worry about breaking our necks when we walk down the sidewalk, we’re itching to get out of the house. Here are our events picks for this weekend and beyond:
Worried that your big screen TV just isn’t quite enough for Superbowl Sunday? Lucky for [...]
Entries from January 30th, 2009
Events listing, weekend of 1/31
January 30th, 2009 No Comments
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So Much Water, So Close to Home
January 30th, 2009 No Comments
This spring in South Baltimore, hope is the thing with jackhammers and a wrecking ball. With all the dismal economic news that’s going around, we wanted to take a little time out to shine the spotlight on an ambitious project that’s forging ahead — Turner Development’s Westport Waterfront.
With backing from the Carlyle Group and the [...]
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Can't See This in the 'Burbs – Mr. Boh and the Moon
January 29th, 2009 No Comments
I shot this photo from the sidewalk near the intersection of Conkling and O’Donnell streets. I looked up and the juxtaposition of circular shapes caught my eye. Art and design are all throughout the natural and man-made worlds, if we can open ourselves to seeing it. I find Baltimore a good place to look.
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Retail Spotlight: Red Tree
January 29th, 2009 No Comments
Red Tree, located on the Avenue in Hampden (921 W. 36th street), sells a wide variety of unique and hard to find goods. Needless to say, it’s one of our favorite places to visit when we don’t know exactly what it is we’re looking for, only that it has to be perfect.
Urban Discoveries Living: Who [...]
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Baltimore is for Winners
January 28th, 2009 No Comments
Feeling lucky? We’ve found a couple of contests tailor-made for Baltimore residents. (Don’t say we never gave you anything!) All you need is imagination, creativity — and maybe some cake-baking skills.
First things first: Whenever we think about the proposed free downtown circular bus, we get all fluttery inside. It promises to take people — tourists [...]
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Frugal Tuesday: Less Money, Fewer Problems
January 27th, 2009 No Comments
UPDATE: Missed out on last night’s free movie? We found a Wednesday-only freebie just for you: Adventures in Baltimore Restaurants alerts us that Panera Bread is giving out free coffee & breakfast sandwich samples on Jan. 28 until 9 p.m. They’re urging customers to contribute to the Children’s Home Foundation, and matching [...]
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Monday Morning Links Round Up — January 26 Edition
January 26th, 2009 No Comments
Elizabeth Large informs us that Baltimore pastry chef Sabine Breintenstein (of local fave Donna’s) made Michelle Obama’s birthday cakes.
Sheila Dixon tells Audacious Ideas what she thinks about green technology.
No Manches watches the inauguration at the Senator Theatre, and AstroGirl reports back on the local community taking action to keep the debt-ridden theatre from closing.
BMoreSweets alerts [...]
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An Alternative to Jeopardy
January 26th, 2009 1 Comment
If you’re geeky like us — and by like us, we mean a Jeopardy-watching, Trivial Pursuit-obsessed type who just might have been on their high school “QuizBusters” team — then we’ve got a night out for you. A few of them actually. It’s pub trivia and it’s all over Baltimore.
The James Joyce, an [...]
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Four Seasons Project Scrapped—What’s Next?
January 23rd, 2009 No Comments
The bad news first: We won’t be getting our Four Seasons condos anytime soon. Plans for the luxe Four Seasons Hotel and Residences originally called for a 44-story waterfront building; lower floors would serve as a hotel and upper floors would be sold as condos. As you’ve probably heard, the new, scaled-back plan instead [...]
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Is the Red Line Flat-lining?
January 22nd, 2009 No Comments
We’ll just come right out and say it — we’re pro-public transportation. Parking is a hassle and cars are generally expensive. So we were delighted to hear of the Red Line, the proposed expansion of the current light rail system. An east-west line would provide more freedom of movement in Baltimore, facilitating access [...]
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