Urban Discoveries Baltimore

Little can be said here about the recent loss in Haiti. You’ve hopefully found a way to offer some gesture or small contribution to people there. Maybe you’re one of the brave and qualified few who’ve traveled there to help in person, though why you’d be reading this blog eludes explanation. If you still [...]

Rachel’s in the Holy Land, and Danny’s still in Kansas, so it falls to me belatedly to address our predicament. It’s a long story, and like most long stories it is dull and involves money. In lieu, then, of a thorough account of UDL’s past year, I’ll just say this: Urban Discoveries Blog exists and [...]

There are numberless reasons people have parties––birth, boredom, graduation, loneliness, marriage, and despair all come to mind. But every party is at bottom a way of setting something apart, whether that be a group of friends or an otherwise forgettable night. Regardless of the occasion, there are a few things that make the hosting of [...]

African American Heritage Festival
July 3–5
M&T Bank Stadium Lots B and C
Chubb Rock and Wordsmith, Rob Base, Soul Underground, The Jazz All-Stars, Teena Marie, En Vogue, Anita Baker, and the Sankofa Dance Company. $5, children under 12 free. Reserved seating for headline acts $40 to $80. 410-333-1560

Artscape
July 17–19
Mount Royal Avenue and Cathedral Street / Charles [...]

Pardon the self-promotion, but we’d just like to point out a few places you can read us this week that aren’t, well, here.

Midnight Sun, the Baltimore Sun nightlife blog, let us guest a few posts.  Here’s Matthew on the working drink, Danny on some of Baltimore’s best cocktails, and Matthew on porch drinking etiquette.
We also [...]

Hey Baltimore, this week think of me as the guy on the sidewalk with the fancy watches in his jacket, only my jacket is the Internet and the watches are expensive meals in local restaurants. To put it plainly, I didn’t really generate any brilliant scheme or angle or incentive myself, I just happened on [...]

Whether you’re in the market or just like wandering through empty houses as a good Sunday afternoon date activity, we’ve picked out some appealing prospects for your browsing pleasure.
Got lots of money (or like to pretend you do)?
405 Warren Avenue — Federal Hill; valued at $1,014,820

This spacious four-bedroom, four bath Federal Hill townhouse is perfectly [...]

The Charm City Craft Mafia’s blog delivers some sad news: Hampden fave Chelle Paperie (851 W. 36th Street ) is closing its doors this week (but don’t worry; they’ll still be selling pretty papers online). We’ll take a teensy bit of comfort in their 40 percent off clearance sale, though.
More sadness: despite valiant [...]