I grew up in Kansas. And Kansas, though beautiful with wide prairie skies and wheatfields, is missing two things that I’ve come to love about Baltimore: water and sailing. Kansas has creeks, streams and the occasional river, sure, but lakes are fairly scarce and sailing pretty much non-existent. (Though maybe I just wasn’t looking hard [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Fells Point'
Eat This Now — Rockfish from Miss Irene's
April 1st, 2009 No Comments
In this new weekly feature, we’ll spotlight seasonal dishes from local restaurants. Eaten something particularly noteworthy recently? Please let us know (and take a picture if you can) — maybe your meal will be the next feature!
First up: Fell’s Point’s Miss Irene’s (1738 Thames Street). The newly-renovated waterfront restaurant reopened a few months ago [...]
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Baltimore Markets – Northeast and Broadway
March 26th, 2009 No Comments
So we managed to cover two of Baltimore’s markets last week (In case you missed it, here they are.) But that leaves four outstanding. And since we consider ourselves nothing if not comprehensive, we decided to cover two more this week. Without further ado, we bring you the Broadway and Northeast Markets.
Northeast Market is located [...]
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An Alternative to Jeopardy
January 26th, 2009 1 Comment
If you’re geeky like us — and by like us, we mean a Jeopardy-watching, Trivial Pursuit-obsessed type who just might have been on their high school “QuizBusters” team — then we’ve got a night out for you. A few of them actually. It’s pub trivia and it’s all over Baltimore.
The James Joyce, an [...]
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Is the Red Line Flat-lining?
January 22nd, 2009 No Comments
We’ll just come right out and say it — we’re pro-public transportation. Parking is a hassle and cars are generally expensive. So we were delighted to hear of the Red Line, the proposed expansion of the current light rail system. An east-west line would provide more freedom of movement in Baltimore, facilitating access [...]
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Scenes of the Crime?
January 11th, 2009 No Comments
As you have likely heard, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted this past week on 12 counts of perjury and theft.
Charges claim that when she filed important financial disclosure forms, she failed to list many valuable gifts given to her by her then-boyfriend, developer Ronald Lipscomb. Lipscomb was charged with bribery earlier.
Many of Lipscomb’s former [...]
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