University of Baltimore Asst. Prof. and Bohemian Rhapsody Columnist Marion Winik is really cooking now! I knew I was falling in love when I broke an egg into my coffee while trying to make a man an omelet. I stared at the submerged yolk poaching in my java and thought: Girl, you are gone. Just then the butter […]
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The Week in Review: The Most Read Stories This Week in the Baltimore Fishbowl
Johns Hopkins Deals With An Identity Crisis by Rachel Monroe Bohemian Rhapsody: This is How You Find Him by Marion Winik Hot House: Tanglewood, Bellona Ave Mansion in Mint Condition by Cynthia McIntyre Which Local University’s Grads Earn the Most? by Rachel Monroe Baltimore’s Most Unfortunately Named Business by Robert O’Brien
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This Is How You Find Him
In which University of Baltimore Asst. Prof. and Bohemian Rhapsody Columnist Marion Winik is moved to attempt to describe some recent experiences using the unique voice and grammar of Junot Díaz, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dominican-American fiction writer whose recent collection of stories is called This Is How You Lose Her. Baby, you say, baby, this […]
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Week in Review: Top Stories This Week in the Baltimore Fishbowl
Bohemian Rhapsody: About a Girl by Marion Winik The Thrill and The Agony: Former Hunt Cup Jockeys Share Insight on Prepping for the Big Race by Muffy Fenwick Hot House – Pastoral Views, Pedigree and Plank (as a neighbor): Oakdene, Historic Greenspring Valley Estate, Brings It All by Cynthia McIntyre Worst Marylander of the Week: […]
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About a Girl
In which University of Baltimore Asst. Prof. and Bohemian Rhapsody Columnist Marion Winik introduces her best girlfriend forever. When I was young, I knew I would never get married. I had the whole seven dwarfs of unwifely characteristics: Bossy, Macho, Driven, Ornery, Rebellious, Intemperate, and Whack. Still, I was boy-crazy from the get-go and hormones trump all cards. I spent […]
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Another Series of Unfortunate Events
University of Baltimore Asst. Prof. and Bohemian Rhapsody Columnist Marion Winik tells a startling tale of personal theft…and personal grooming. Dear Salon Manager, My dear friend Peggy Maher gave me a gift card for spa services at Christmas last year. Last Wednesday I used my card for a pedicure and gel manicure with your lovely […]
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Tonight: Ivy Book Party for Blau/Winik’s Riotous Releases, “Wonder Bread Summer” and “Highs in the Low Fifties”
Think Laverne and Shirley, Lucy and Ethel, Lena Dunham and Zosia Mamet are double funny female duos? Well, okay…but you haven’t seen novelist — and goddess of the comic sex scene — Jessica Blau go head to head with the mother of all memoirists — and beloved Baltimore Fishbowl/”Bohemian Rhapsody” columnist — Marion Winik. Don’t […]
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Week in Review: The Most Read Stories this Week in the Baltimore Fishbowl
The Best Places to Drink Outside in Baltimore by Rachel Monroe Bohemian Rhapsody – Sun, Dog, Moon, Pineapple: An UnBeliever’s Creed by Marion Winik Hot House – An Old House Inside A New by Cynthia McIntyre Did You See Baltimore on The Daily Show Last Night? by Rachel Monroe Joe Flacco Becomes Object of Unitas Family […]
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Sun, Moon, Dog, Pineapple: An Unbeliever’s Creed
University of Baltimore Asst. Prof. and Bohemian Rhapsody Columnist Marion Winik believes in…you. In the beginning was the word. The word was but. Do you believe in God? No, but. Do you believe in the immortal soul? No, but. Do you believe in magic? No, but I believe in hormones, endorphins, serotonin, in the fireworks […]
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The Week in Review: Top Stories This Week in the Baltimore Fishbowl
Baltimorean Dina Kelberman’s Art Blog Earns Celebrity Praise – by Robert O’Brien Bohemian Rhapsody – Another Series of Unfortunate Events – by Marion Winik Big Fish – Bill Struever Loves Baltimore and He’s Never Giving Up. Never. by Tyler Merbler Time for the Plague Again! It’s a Cicada Year in Maryland by Rachel Monroe Hot House […]
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Week in Review: The Most Popular Stories This Week in the Baltimore Fishbowl
Bohemian Rhapsody – Feminism 2013: Daisy Dukes, Bikinis on Top by Marion Winik A Rare House, Rarely Available: Cottage Charm in Guilford by Christine Frederick Hot House – The Best and the Brightest: Glass House on Key Highway by Cynthia McIntyre Baltimore Feminists Prank Victoria’s Secret by Rachel Monroe Wee Chic’s Little Characters Search Gallery […]
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Feminism 2013: Daisy Dukes, Bikinis on Top!
In which University of Baltimore Asst. Prof. and Bohemian Rhapsody Columnist Marion Winik blows our antiquated minds. I was in seventh grade when the New Jersey public school system changed the dress code. The girls of Ocean Township wore pants to school for the first time that year, 1970. At which point I put on […]
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Bestselling Author Cheryl Strayed is a Fan of Our Own Marion Winik
Over the weekend, the Boston Globe published an interview with writer Cheryl Strayed, author of New York Times bestseller “Wild.” Guess which local writer she’s recommending “a lot” these days? (We’ll give you a hint: she writes Bohemian Rhapsody for this website.) From the interview: “Is there one book you find yourself recommending a lot? […]
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Newfoundland
University of Baltimore Asst. Prof. and Bohemian Rhapsody Columnist Marion Winik discusses “neural storage,” the nature of memory, and the beauty of Mexican seven-layer casserole. Recently my friend Sandye and I were drinking some local microbrew in Fells Point, and she reminded me of the time we were in Newfoundland and met these guys who […]
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Suburban Teens on Acid, 1972-1975
Over spring break, my daughter Jane and I will pay a visit to my childhood neighbor and best friend Carolyn Mahoney in Fort Pierce, Florida. Car was also my two-years-younger sister Nancy’s best friend, a fact which led to some of the more brutal episodes in the long ground war of sibling rivalry. But some […]
