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Development Spotlight – Supermarket, Lowe’s, &c.

December 3rd, 2009 3 Comments

“Busy, busy, busy,” is what Mr. Vonnegut said whenever something started, or finished, or just kept going. Hearing about plans for a large mixed-use development––including a new grocery and a Baltimore’s first Lowe’s –– in Remington and South Charles Village, it comes to mind. Yes, it’s going to need two neighborhoods.
Anderson Automotive, which has held [...]

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Baltimore User’s Guide: Learn Something. For Free.

November 3rd, 2009 1 Comment

Now, Baltimore, we don’t want this to go to your head, but the Daily Beast thinks you’re pretty smart. In their recent survey of American metropolitan areas with more than a million residents, Baltimore finished 10th out of 55 cities, and that’s nothing to sneeze at. Now while these surveys should be [...]

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Restaurant Rumors

September 3rd, 2009 No Comments

Charm City foodies have recently been all abuzz about the long list of restaurant closings around town. Places unable to weather the recession range from the old and beloved (The Brass Elephant) to the new and trendy (Ixia). (You can see a longer list here; we’re too depressed to list them all.) Which is why [...]

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Baltimore User’s Guide – Do Not Go Gentle

August 12th, 2009 No Comments

Anyone can call it a night, and most nights, most of us do. But there’s a real craft to pulling an all-nighter––one few ever truly master. Whether you’re a vampire, a gamer, an insomniac, or just a sleepy-eyed professional, if staying awake is part of your routine, then you’ve by now memorized the hours and [...]

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Charm City Screameasies

June 24th, 2009 No Comments

The New York Times ran a piece recently about a peculiar fad among bars––across the country, but especially in the city that never stops talking about itself. The theory is that the ultra-posh and grimetown-hip alike prefer to buy their overpriced swill in dives nobody knows about. Which is hard, because if you know about [...]

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Frugal Tuesday: Magic Lantern Edition

June 9th, 2009 No Comments

The season is here for grass stains, paper-bag wine, and canoodling in public. Baltimore’s venerable tradition of outdoor summer movies is back. There are a slew of locations at which to participate in this magical rite, and new, unofficial venues are always popping up. Check out this list, then scour your own neighborhood for the [...]

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Frugal Tuesday: Icterus galbula Edition

June 2nd, 2009 No Comments

One of the nice things about living in a town with a baseball team that, well, has a somewhat relaxed post-season is that it’s possible to decide to go see a game on a whim at the very last minute. Affordably.
We’ve got a slew of solid sports bars, among them: Dizzy Issie’s in Hampden (300 [...]

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Baltimore’s Best Picnic Spots

May 6th, 2009 No Comments

Whether you’re eating cucumber sandwiches or Lake Trout in a sack, sometimes you just want to do it in the grass. And while Baltimore may not seem the most sprawlable polis in the loose confederation of city-states, there are still a few pastoral vistas to be found. Here’s our list of dawn-to-duskers:
1. Canton Waterfront Park [...]

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If We Had a Million Dollars…

April 29th, 2009 No Comments

First things first:  we don’t (hence the Frugal Tuesdays, etc). And we think there’s a sort of dignity, a hard-working pride in not having oodles of money just lying around. You have to work harder — you have to work for your dream home, say, instead of just buying it. But sometimes we still like [...]

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Neighborhood Profile — South Charles Village

April 10th, 2009 No Comments

This is the first in our new series of neighborhood profiles, where we give you an insider’s view of some of Baltimore’s best neighborhoods. Want to tell the world about your neck of the woods? Shoot us an email and maybe you’ll see your own tips in this space in future weeks…
South Charles Village/Old Goucher

When [...]

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