For whatever reason, Baltimore’s Christmas traditions seem centered around Hampden. There’s the Mayor’s Christmas parade, Miracle on 34th Street, and shopping local on the Avenue. But beyond the holiday season there’s the everyday Hampden goodness: a giant flamingo, John Waters sightings, beehives galore, HonFest and the Hampden Street Festival, and the highest concentration of restaurants [...]
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Upcoming Events – Weekend of 12/4
December 4th, 2009 No Comments
Welcome to that magical time of year when the noun ‘holiday’ can be used as an adjective to modify any event, product, or activity, regardless of its relevance to any historical or current holy day. It may not feel much like December––so much as an interminable pre-dawn shower with no hot water when the power’s [...]
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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 –– Down at the Heels
August 5th, 2009 No Comments
Where I’m from shoes matter. Scuffing a stranger’s kicks can get you a broken nose—and that’s just the men’s shoes. I was a shoe salesman in Atlanta shortly before I moved here, so one of the first things I noticed about Baltimore was that shoes just don’t seem very important to people here. That’s all [...]
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Baltimore City User's Guide: Beer in Baltimore.
June 17th, 2009 1 Comment
So we don’t know how you like to grill, but when we do it we like to partake in a sip or two of suds. A cold beverage makes a hot job go by much faster. So we’re here to help you find Baltimore’s best places to get the brew of your choice.
The Wine Source [...]
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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 is Tops
April 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Let’s all pat ourselves on the back for a second. Doesn’t it sometimes feel like the only top-10 lists people associate with our fair city have to do with things like murder and drugs? Well, we know better, and it seems like finally the national media is finally catching on as well. Not that we [...]
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Baltimore's Best Neighborhoods for Foodies
April 15th, 2009 No Comments
How about bringing back the constitutional? Ladies and gents of a certain social status used to do it all the time. A walk around the grounds after dinner for the sake of one’s digestion. Let’s start that up again. And the easiest way to rig it is to live near a lot of nice restaurants. [...]
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