Duff Goldman’s right-hand woman has a new role at the bakery as her boss heads west.
On a dreary day in late February, Mary Alice Yeskey attends her first Charm City Cakes staff meeting since going on maternity leave. When she officially returns to work this spring (with two-month-old son Spencer in tow), her new office will be in the former equipment storeroom for Ace of Cakes, the Food Network reality show that was filmed at the Remington bakery.
Now that the show has ended its...
The news anchor on her fear of bridges, doggie desk droppings, and her BFF Deborah Weiner.
WBAL’s Lisa Robinson, one of the hardest working women in news, shares some of the spiky wit and wisdom that gets her through the day.
What book or film most changed your life?I cannot stop reflecting on the book I just finished called Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill. He got his master’s in writing from Johns Hopkins. They taught him well. It’s inspired by the Book of Negroes, which...
Ray Bartlett's hot-rod restoration garage is heaven for gearheads—just like him.
It was a frigid December morning in 2009 and the snow was flying outside the unmarked bay door of The Hot Rod Garage in Denton. Owner Ray Bartlett had made the nearly 30-mile trek from his Kent Island home despite the weather. Earlier in the week, a man from Pennsylvania had called and said he was eager to see one of the cars for sale at the garage: a blindingly red 1934 Ford. But inside the shop...
Has the talented but well-traveled skipper finally found a permanent home in Baltimore?
Buck Showalter is redecorating.
He’s just been hired and, seemingly out of the thick August air, has transformed the Bad News Birds into the hottest team in baseball.
But the extreme makeover is not just restricted to the field.
On a wall opposite his desk in the Camden Yards manager’s office hangs a framed photo of Oriole Park in all its glory—the sun is shining, the place is packed, and no...
At Fort McHenry, Gay Vietzke finally got the job done—and not a moment too soon.
On a frigid morning in the last days of 2010, Gay Vietzke and a small clutch of staffers stood shivering on a small balcony of Fort McHenry's just-constructed visitor center, watching with quiet anticipation as a lone excavator tore into a nondescript brick building nearby. The building, which had for 46 years ushered visitors into Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, crumbled...
The Incredibly True Adventures of the Baltimore Bachelorette
The single woman sure gets lots of play in pop culture. We see her in movies, in TV shows, in so-called "chick lit." This is all well and good, I suppose, but for one glaring problem—they always seem to get her wrong!
They say to truly understand someone you need to walk a mile in her shoes. Well, put on my pumps and follow me for a mile (or two), as I dispel some single women myths.
Myth #1:...
An increasing number of patients are writing blogs to stay in touch, aid in treatment, and even raise money.
Spirited, high-pitched yelps of Norwegian are coming from the game room at the Hackerman-Patz House across the street from Sinai Hospital.
"He's playing Donkey Kong," explains Silje Lokeng, whose five-year-old son Martin has quickly mastered his latest obsession. "Just before he had the surgery, he saw a commercial for Donkey Kong. And the first thing he said when he woke up was 'Donkey Kong!'"...
The never-shy defense lawyer on porn stars, speaking his mind, and besting William Shatner.
You've seen the TV ads, with their colorful slogan: "Don't urinate on my leg and tell me it's raining." Now, meet the (equally colorful) attorney and animal rights activist behind them.
What is the best advice you ever got?Don't get married. I recently had my first baby, Schonbek. He is in one of my ads. I love and live with his mother, but I don't like ceremonies, and allowing a stranger (judge...
Sixty years after signing her first record contract, Ethel Ennis still isn't singing the blues.
Did you ever hear the one about Lady Day biting Miles Davis at Ethel Ennis's house? It's true. She bit him on the hand. And drew blood.
In the early-1960s, Ennis was living on Druid Hill Avenue, across from Union Baptist Church, and the famous trumpeter paid her a visit. A few years earlier, the two had shared a bill at New York's Village Vanguard, and Davis was a fan. At one point, he reached...
Johns Hopkins students form a quidditch sports team.
On the fields of The Johns Hopkins University, there’s a peculiar game going on. With students wearing capes and holding broomsticks, Homewood these days looks a lot more like Hogwarts.
That’s because, this past spring, students formed a group to play quidditch, the beloved sport from Harry Potter.
“Since Hopkins is a pretty nerdy school, I was surprised there wasn’t a team already,” says Shelby...
