Urban Discoveries Baltimore

Urban Palimpsest uses Big Boyz Bail Bonds pens  and so do we!
Adventures in Baltimore Restaurants and the Baltimore Food Examiner combine to form a rundown of New Year’s Eve  restaurant specials, while Bmore Fab has a NYE nightlife guide.
BMore Sweet took part in the Daring Bakers’  Gingerbread house challenge.  And while their entry looks great [...]

The Great Baltimore Blizzard of 2009! Baltimore Brew and Pigtown Design have photos, while Advice from A Year Round Tree Expert offers winter pruning tips so snow weight doesn’t splinter your trees.
As the Baltimore Snacker reminds us, there are no balls like Schweddy Balls.
The Investigative Voice covers the city’s latest water [...]

A while back we talked about the benefits of green roofs, but we never thought of roofs as an energy source  like Audacious Ideas did this week.
Bryan Voltaggio isn’t just the first runner-up on Top Chef this week, he’s also head chef at Fredrick restaurant Volt.  Black Coffee and a Donut managed to snag a [...]

The Urbanite takes a look at the holidays in Arcadia.
Could health care be universal in Baltimore?  Audacious Ideas thinks it’s worth a try.
Ooh, yum.  Bmore Sweet has the twelve days of Christmas Cookies.
Sheila Dixon is guilty, but the defense might have a mistrial on its hands due to Facebook, says Baltimore Brew.   Seriously.
We second the [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Audacious Ideas starts us off this week by taking questions about race in Baltimore.
Dining@Large has a list of the top ten pig-out spots in town.  We feel fatter just reading about them.
The Baltimore Food Examiner tells us about Milan, a new restaurant opening by the holidays in Harbor East/Little Italy.  Their talk of Italian-inspired sushi [...]

Halloween may be past us, but you can still make these spooky delicacies from Bmore Sweet.
If you got too many meat tricks and not enough vegan treats you might want to try Emily’s Café & Desserts, a new vegan café and bakery, suggests Dining@Large.
And if you need something to wash down all your leftover candy, [...]

Café Hon lost its flamingo and Baltimore Brew is not happy about it.  And for the record, neither are we.
There’s a pumpkin pie shortage coming, says Dining@Large.  Worry courses through our veins!
The four-day work week – four ten-hour days instead of five eight-hour ones – has been a success in Utah.  Perhaps it’s time to [...]