Urban Discoveries Baltimore

Things happen daily in Baltimore, but even devout urbanites can yearn for a break from things, or at least a break from happening. And often, one’s home is the last place to offer a little calm. When you need some quiet space in which to puzzle over life’s transience and the plot of Mad Men, [...]

One can only stand so long beside the punch bowl, soberly looking as if lost in thought. The dance floor calls, and one had better know what one is doing when one answers. Few of us don’t love arhythmically grinding with strangers, but in case the occasion calls for something more refined, here are three [...]

Baltimore User’s Guide – Leave Baltimore Cheaply
Maybe some time apart is just the thing your relationship needs. A break from the routine, a chance to find yourself, a taste of something new. Of course, that’s only if we’re talking about your relationship to Baltimore. Your marriage, on the other hand, is over. For those of [...]

It’s probably a combination of a Catholic boyhood and college summers spent window washing, but for whatever reason there’s a soft spot in my heart for stained glass windows. Who doesn’t like the colored shadows of sacred images? If, however, you’re not the religious sort, no worries; there’s plenty of stained glass transoms [...]

Now is not the time to run out of good ideas. That’s true whether you’re a CEO, a cop, or just somebody’s boyfriend. And if you fancy yourself the creative type, then you truly can’t have your afflatus deflating. Stop chewing your pencils down to the lead. Try this list of five places in Baltimore [...]

Whether or not you’re participating in the current boycott of Whole Foods––nationwide, not just in Harbor East (1001 Fleet Street) and Mt. Washington (1330 Smith Avenue)––it’s not a bad time to acquaint yourself with some of Baltimore’s other health food stores. There are a slew of them, and while you can have too many crab [...]

Once a week, during the summers of my youth, the local movie theatre played kids movies in the mornings.  Years later the only film I remember is Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang, but, fleeting memories be damned, I liked going.  Not only because it was a chance for ten-year-old me to go to the movies by myself, but [...]