There’s a world of difference between a good idea and a business that actually turns a profit. In order to get their companies off the ground, would-be entrepreneurs need office space, equipment, talent, and plenty of good advice — things that can be difficult (or expensive!) to come by in those crucial early stages. Enter […]
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St. John’s Has Left the Building: Congregation Puts Church Up For Sale
It’s 10:30 on Sunday, and a small gathering has convened upon the Wesley Chapel in Springwell Senior Living Community. There are about 40 people on hand, a goodly number of whom are elderly residents. Some are in wheelchairs. This is St. John’s Mt. Washington Episcopal Church, which used to be housed in a stately 1928 Romanesque […]
Posted inLifeline, Mt. Vernon
Roommate Horror Stories – Shoe Stealers, Gun Nuts, and Worse
Daniel Ewald’s roommate pulled a gun on him; Shana Challmes’s roommate stole their rent — and her shoes; another commenter’s roommate “went to the bathroom” in the bathtub — multiple times. There are plenty more roommate horror stories where that came from, thanks to your friendly local city promotion non-profit, Live Baltimore. The “worst roommate […]
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Point2: Online Marketing Tools Real Estate Agents Need
The Internet has dramatically changed the way marketing is done, and this certainly rings true for the real estate business. For realtors, expanding their real estate marketing efforts online means capturing new and valuable leads that they can later convert into sales. Point2 is a leader in the development of real estate marketing tools, and has […]
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Investors Are Snatching Up Houses in Prince George’s County
Hit hard by foreclosures, Prince George’s County has become the site of the latest residential land rush in the Maryland-D.C. area. 2012 saw the median home value in the county up from the previous year, turning around a five-year downward trend, and cash sales have risen dramatically. And that means that more investors are snatching […]
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We’re on a 7,000-Year Mission: The “Stupidly Huge” Rise of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society
In 2009, the Baltimore Rock Opera Society staged their first original production, Gründlehämmer, which “takes place in the mythical land of Brotopia, a once prosperous agrarian Kingdom where the melody of an electric guitar wields power enough to tend a field of crops, to heal the sick, or to smite an enemy.” Janky but grandiose, the show […]
Posted inPolitics & Business, Real Estate & Home
Smooth Operator: Entrepreneur to Open 10 Smoothie Kings in Baltimore
Courtesy Bmore Media – Locust Point residents will have a spot to fill their craving for fruity drinks like Mangosteen Madness and Celestial Cherry High when Baltimore City’s first Smoothie King opens next month. Franchisee Minseok Yu will open the Smoothie King at 851 East Fort Ave. by April. Yu says he plans to open 10 Smoothie […]
Posted inCharles Village, Downtown, Featured, Real Estate & Home
Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks in Baltimore
We live in an economically-segregated world, so much so that it’s sometimes difficult to get a wider view and see things as they really are. That’s why I’m a fan of websites like Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks, where a savvy data journalist has combined U.S. census data with Google Maps technology to create a stark […]
Posted inInner Harbor, Lifeline
National Pinball Museum, We Hardly Knew Ya
Attracted by the cheap rent, the National Pinball Museum moved from DC to Baltimore a little over a year ago. And now the quirky attraction is closing its doors after failing “to negotiate favorable terms with [their] landlord to extend [their] rental agreement,” according to an email owner David Silverman sent to the museum’s supporters.
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Cool Rents: Chesapeake Commons
Perhaps you’ve heard? Renting is the new buying. Welcome to Cool Rents where we walk you through standout rentals in the Baltimore real estate market. Name: Chesapeake Commons Cross Streets: North Eutaw and George Streets Neighborhood: Sometimes Market Center, sometimes Seton Hill, sometimes Mount Vernon (mostly Seton Hill but v. close to Mt. Vernon) Year […]
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No More, I Refuse: On the Failure of Victim Services in Baltimore
There are many things I love about this city – so many, in fact, that I haphazardly keep a blog all the things that were essential in transforming Baltimore into my home. Put plainly, I am quite fond of this city. That being said, I don’t walk around with rose-tinted glasses. Baltimore has its fair […]
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Vino Veritas: The Wino’s Yearbook
It was recently brought to my attention that I have a significant high school reunion coming up, and because I served as class president, it is my official duty to plan said reunion, negotiate the where and how our tiny, well-dispersed class can reconvene and judge each other’s successes over the past decade. Actually, I’m […]
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Car Talk: A Memoir
UB grad student Ellen Hartley watches her wild life race past from behind the wheel. 1956: The Chrysler When I was 15, my mother drove me to the doctor’s to have a growth removed from my neck. I was old enough to get my learner’s permit but hadn’t gotten around to it yet. So I […]
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National Pinball Museum Announces Closing Sale
Sure, we’d rather that the National Pinball Museum stayed open (its short tenure as an Inner Harbor institution ended earlier this year, due to raising rents), but if it’s gonna close, we don’t mind profiting from it. Supporters of the museum recently received an email announcing that the museum would be selling off some of […]
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Bolton Hill: Engaged Urban Living
Welcome to our new series “Neighborhood Watch,” which reveals the character of a city neighborhood through the eyes of residents who live there. All photos by Tyler Merbler. It was a damp February Friday and I was out of breath by the time I reached Mount Royal Tavern. I had just missed the Circulator downtown […]
