It seems, to us anyway, that renovation projects are pretty popular these days. Maybe we just weren’t paying attention in the past, or maybe bloggers, in all of their televised glory, have sharpened our awareness. Whatever the case, we appreciate a renovated rowhouse; it’s better than building new for a number of reasons: [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Retail Spotlight'
New Green Businesses
April 3rd, 2009 No Comments
Good reasons to take public transportation abound — it’s environmentally friendly, cheap, and fairly convenient — but for some folks it’s just not possible. We realize this; there are a lot of things in this city that aren’t close to a bus or light rail stop. So if you’re concerned about going green [...]
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Baltimore's Best — Vintage Stores
March 27th, 2009 3 Comments
Okay, maybe thrift is all the rage now – but we just want to make sure you know that we were into it way before it was cool. Sure, we love Mount Vernon’s antique row (800 block of Howard Street) and all those cluttered, kitsch-filled stores in Hampden. But we’ve always found the best stuff [...]
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A Book by its Cover
March 24th, 2009 No Comments
Recently, spending more time at home has become both prudent and chic. Even those of us who don’t have to are tightening the nonfunctional pelvic bangle, if only for appearances. Thing is, moderately wealthy people, you need to keep buying stuff. That not doing so is hip right now is exactly the evidence that you [...]
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Retail Spotlight: Handbags in the City
February 18th, 2009 No Comments
Handbags in the City is an upscale shop specializing in… handbags. When we found out that they had two locations in the city (840 Aliceanna Street in Harbor East, and 5614 Newbury Street in Mount Washington Village) we thought it was a good time to learn a little more about handbags and fashion.
UDL: Who are [...]
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Retail Spotlight: Red Tree
January 29th, 2009 No Comments
Red Tree, located on the Avenue in Hampden (921 W. 36th street), sells a wide variety of unique and hard to find goods. Needless to say, it’s one of our favorite places to visit when we don’t know exactly what it is we’re looking for, only that it has to be perfect.
Urban Discoveries Living: Who [...]
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