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Entries from May 31st, 2009

Monday Morning Link Round-Up – June 1st Edition

May 31st, 2009 No Comments

Baltimore Slumlord Watch gets interviewed by B!  They even make the cover of the print edition.  Whooo-hoo!
It’s a touch old, but Baltimore InnerSpace talks about the (still) hypothetical Green Line and how to make the Baltimore Metro a bigger part of the city’s transportation framework.
Adventures in Baltimore Restaurants tells us about a 10 for $10 [...]

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Upcoming Events – Weekend of 5/29

May 29th, 2009 No Comments

Everything good this week is happening in the wrong place. Or maybe I mean the unlikely place. Which is okay, because I can tell you what and where. Just saying.
This weekend the Annex Theatre, which is a glorified and glorious warehouse space in Station North (419 E. Oliver Street), presents ‘Reality & Revenge: Green is [...]

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Development Spotlight: B&O American Brasserie

May 28th, 2009 No Comments

If you’ve been jonesing for a new historically significant place to eat, you’re about to get your fix. This July, the B&O American Brasserie will open in the old B&O building in the Inner Harbor (2 N. Charles Street) as the first step to reintroducing the building as a Hotel Monaco (the first Kimpton Hotel [...]

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City Living is Better – Clean Up Your Commute

May 28th, 2009 No Comments

So in case you didn’t know, May is clean commute month here in Baltimore.  In honor of the “holiday” we’ve been walking more and taking our jetpack less, but that’s just us.  Most of our non-jetpack friends are carpooling more.  Which is totally lame and dumb.
Okay, so we’re kidding… we take the jetpack as much [...]

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Baltimore City Users Guide: Futbol!

May 27th, 2009 No Comments

Oh man, oh man, oh man! The beautiful game – soccer – is coming to Baltimore. Chelsea, of England’s premier league, is taking on A.C. Milan, of Italy’s Serie A, in an exhibition down at M&T Bank Stadium (info here, though a subscription is required for the full article). The game takes place on July [...]

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When We Talk About Baltimore

May 27th, 2009 No Comments

Like the girls my granddad warned me about, Baltimore’s got a reputation. In both the case of the girls and that of the town, the claim is truer the less one examines it. Which is how reputations work. Never mind that we’re the city that brought you club music, Michael Phelps, and tea-bagging (the good [...]

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Frugal Tuesday: XY Edition

May 26th, 2009 No Comments

At a certain point in my short-lived career as a prowling man about town, my buddies and I stopped going to bars where girls also went. This stretch of time, though celibate, was really rewarding. I got a lot better at pool and a lot less competitive about my abdominal muscles. In honor, then, of [...]

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Baltimore Markets – Hollins and Avenue

May 26th, 2009 No Comments

We feel bad, dear reader.  We’re pretty sure we let you down.  You see, way back in March – when summer was still a tender daydream and gray winter still too bright in our memories – we covered four of Baltimore six markets. We left you with incomplete information, something we don’t like doing at [...]

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Real Estate Round-Up — Housebound

May 25th, 2009 No Comments

Baltimore has its fair share of charming rowhouses and cosmopolitan condos… and, let’s face it, they’re eye-catching. So it makes sense that when we take a look at real estate options around town, we tend to think compact/urban/close to downtown. But one of the nice things about Baltimore is that you can also live in [...]

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Monday Morning Link Round-Up — Memorial Day Edition

May 25th, 2009 No Comments

Change Baltimore solves America’s drug problem and then rebuts itself a few days later.
The Investigative Voice takes a closer look at the recent suspension of three school police officers involved in a fender bender  and decides that maybe things are less than kosher.
The Urban Palimpsest goes to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair.  Conclusion: It’s neat-o.
Baltimore [...]

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