Twenty-five years ago, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down. University of Baltimore MFA student Ellen Hartley recalls a night in 1966 when she and her student husband tried to cross to East Berlin. What stopped them might make you grateful. “Halten Sie — sofort!” A guttural voice. “Schnell aus dem Auto!” Danny […]
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Sassanova’s 12 Days of Christmas: Stylish Gifts for the Ladies on Your List
Welcome to the Twelve Days of Christmas at Sassanova! Each day we’ll delight you with a piece of eye candy from the store as we lead up to Christmas. Updates daily! Check in December 20 for the final entry! Day Eleven On the eleventh day of Christmas, Sassanova celebrates the season’s hope, love and dreams […]
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For my favorite holiday ever…my favorite pie ever!
Sure, I like pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving dinner. And sweet potato. And apple. But what I really want is chocolate cream pie. This one is so good. If you want to make it more Thanksgiving-y, maybe add maple or something otherwise autumnal (I love that word, so fanc…) to the whipped cream topping.
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Time to Plan Your Leaf Peeping
It’s that enchanting Charlotte’s Web time of year, the season of “mists and mellow fruitfulness,” said the poet John Keats. Early fall. The light angles in such a way that everyone looks well-rested. Grapes are reaching their full ripeness in Maryland vineyards. Target is starting to flush with Halloween candy and farmer’s markets with pumpkins. My kids are starting to think […]
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He Married Her Best Friend
University of Baltimore MFA student Ellen Hartley found her truest love affair in a most unexpected way — through an equally emotional loss. It began with a phone call. Ellen, I’ve got dreadful news. Helen died yesterday. It was Myra, the sister of my best friend from music camp 40 years earlier. I didn’t even […]
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To O’Malley, America Is Just One Big Late-’90s Baltimore
On Saturday, Gov. Martin O’Malley headed north — to a state only presidential hopefuls visit — to speak well of himself before a group of loyal Democrats. In a speech in New Hampshire, our governor described Baltimore in 1999, the year he became the city’s mayor. He spoke of a “culture of failure,” of a […]
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON LINKS: Howard Country Farm Fetches $41M in Deferred Compensation Deal that Could Reach ‘Eight Figures’; Mickey Cucchiella announces departure from 98 Rock; ‘The Wire’ Named No. 1 Show of All Time by Entertainment Weekly; and more!
Howard Country Farm Fetches $41M in Deferred Compensation Deal that Could Reach ‘Eight Figures’ – Baltimore Business Journal Mickey Cucchiella Announces Departure from 98 Rock Morning Show in Emotional Message to Fans – Baltimore Business Journal Week’s Homicide Count in Baltimore Ticks Up by Two More– Baltimore Sun ‘The Wire’ Named No. 1 Show of […]
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A Tale of Two Cities: Cherry Hill and Roland Park
University of Baltimore Asst. Prof. and Bohemian Rhapsody Columnist Marion Winik observes heartache and healing in a city with the exact same name as her own. Along with my E-Z Pass, a parking card for work, and a pair of sunglasses so ugly I cannot lose them no matter how hard I try, I tote […]
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John Waters on Baltimore: “It’s Where the Cutest Boys Are”
In an interview with John Waters published last week on the Huffington Post, the questioner asks the famously filthy filmmaker why he “still” lives in Baltimore. (Hmmph!) But Waters’s answer is great: “It’s where I get all my ideas. It’s where the cutest boys are. I have the most fun here. It’s the most mixed. […]
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Mark Your Calendar for the Spectacular Window Wonderland Unveiling Event in Harbor East
from the Harbor East website: Come see our city sidewalks come alive as Harbor East and Maryland Art Place (MAP) present Window Wonderland – A Holiday Arts Exhibit. Various shops and restaurants around the neighborhood will feature unique holiday windows designed by some of Baltimore area’s most talented local artists. Join us for an evening full of holiday jolly, turning Harbor East into a merry masterpiece for […]
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Kid Tested, Mother Approved: Local Aerial Adventures for Children Get Thumbs Up from Youths
Kids are natural monkeys. They love to climb. Entrepreneur Matt Baker, who owns Terrapin Adventures in Savage, has tapped into the natural desire of kids to go to the tree tops with a new high-wire act: a ropes course just for kids called the Terrapin Explorers Kids Course. It’s designed specifically for children ages 5-9. Parents rejoice! Put […]
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Baltimore Dating for Dummies
Now that over fifty percent of U.S. marriages end in divorce, there are more single people in their thirties, forties and fifties than ever before. What does this mean? Where will it lead? Is this a problem to be solved, or a phase in the development of a new social order? I have no answer […]
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What Is This, 2008?! Foreclosures Are Up, Way Up, in Baltimore
In 2010, to stem the tide of foreclosures post-housing crisis, Maryland passed legislation requiring banks to seek “alternatives to eviction” before foreclosing on a borrower. And that legal dam held back foreclosures for a couple years. But now banks have broken through and properties “getting default, auction, and repossession notices” are on the rise — […]
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Will Redevelopment Boost Baltimore’s Food Economy?
Courtesy Bmore Media – Hampden resident Kate Nolan Bryden caters about a dozen weddings, baby showers and dinner parties a year. But she is holding off upgrading her Graceful Gourmand website because she hasn’t been able to find a nearby commercial kitchen for rent that would give her more room to work. Baking 140 cookies would take […]
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What Would Your Baltimore Tattoo Look Like?
Chicago-based tattoo artist Kevin Leary just came up with a page of tattoo flash based on the Wire and, by extension, Baltimore. (Where does that dolphin come from, though?) It inspired us to go looking for Baltimore-themed tattoos on the internet. Sure, we’ve all seen the Boh man on some dude’s bicep, and the Maryland […]
