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Entries from November 30th, 2009

Monday Morning Links Round-Up – November 30th

November 30th, 2009 No Comments

This week we’re going to start off with Cool Hunting’s Baltimore: A Word of Mouth Guide (via Urban Revival), because it makes us happy to live in this city.
But we’re going to have to follow it up with this Christmas song (via the Baltimore Snacker), because it makes us so happy we’re delirious.
Welcome to Baltimore, [...]

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Arabbing Nights

November 26th, 2009 No Comments

You’ve certainly heard them holler, and chances are you got a good deal on that apricot. For the first couple years I lived in Baltimore, I didn’t even know what they were called, and I suspected that the guys hawking fruits and vegetables from elaborate horse-drawn carts were part of an anachronistic MICA thesis project. [...]

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Baltimore User’s Guide: Holiday Art Markets

November 25th, 2009 No Comments

So not today and not tomorrow, but the day after that, the day after Thanksgiving — Black Friday, if you will — is pretty much accepted as the biggest shopping day in America. We’re not sure why; the one year we ventured out into the storm, we scurried back as quickly as we could, [...]

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Baltimore Real Estate Round-Up: Lake Walker!

November 24th, 2009 No Comments

Lake Walker, says the Real Estate Wonk, is a hidden gem of a neighborhood. And while the hidden was easy to verify (meaning we didn’t know about it), the gem required a bit of research.   So, after hours and hours and hours of research (cough, cough), we’ve come to the conclusion that Lake Walker is [...]

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Monday Morning Links Round-Up: November 23rd

November 23rd, 2009 No Comments

Baltimore Future takes a look at mass transit, trains and digging in the city.
Thanksgiving is this week!  If you don’t want to cook – or maybe it’s just you or two – both Dining@Large and Adventures in Baltimore Restaurants have a bounty of turkey day restaurant options.
Black Coffee and a Donut explores Baltimore’s donut underbelly, [...]

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Upcoming Events – Weekend of 11/20

November 20th, 2009 No Comments

Open your heart and your heartburn medication, Baltimore; Thanksgiving is here again. The national day-of-gratitude-cum-eating-contest happens only once a year, but the feelings of warmth and nebulous goodwill can last for months, or at least until the Christmas decorations go up. Whether you’re skipping town this week or sticking with the Greatest, we wish you [...]

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Hand in Glover

November 19th, 2009 No Comments

Few events occasion more excitement among Baltimore’s subcultural elite than the arrival in town of a truly self-obscuring celebrity. Successful enough to have caught the attention of many and creepy enough to have turned off most, Crispin Hellion Glover is a Baltimore kind of movie star. Achieving mainstream popularity with a supporting role as George [...]

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Baltimore User’s Guide — Local Coffee Roasters

November 18th, 2009 1 Comment

I kind of like when people are pretentious about coffee. Or, sorry — I tend to use the word “pretentious” gratuitously — I like when people are knowledgeable about coffee, when they have preferences, when they buy vintage coffee grinders on eBay and then actually use them, when they complain that the grinder’s burr speed [...]

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Baltimore Real Estate Round-Up: Upcoming Open Houses!

November 17th, 2009 No Comments

Open houses are the speed dating of realty, and we mean that in a good way.  You can see twenty people/properties in a single afternoon without any sort of commitment (in fact, you’re not supposed to like all of them), there are usually snacks, and if you haven’t found “the one” when it’s over you [...]

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Monday Morning Links Round-Up – November 16th

November 16th, 2009 No Comments

Thanksgiving, our favorite food holiday, is right around the corner, and if you’re worried about the great pumpkin pie shortage of 2009, you might want to try Bmore Sweet’s Sweet Potato Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting.  Yum!
Of course, not everyone feels like cooking on Thanksgiving.  Thankfully plenty of local restaurants will be open, including [...]

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