Forbes, a markedly uncool publication, ranks Baltimore #14 on its list of "America's Coolest Cities." Bethesda charted at #17, and Houston actually topped the list. Houston? Seems odd, but it...
One summer during college, I sold Electrolux vacuum cleaaners door-to-door in Dundalk. I discovered two things: I'm an awful salesman (I may have set a record for, literally, not selling anything)...
Winners of the fourth annual Mary Sawyers Baker Prize were announced last night during a special edition of MPT's Artworks This Week co-hosted by Rhea Feikin and Tom Hall. The winners are......
Lunchtime customers at Lexington Market might have noticed a curious art project on the street this week. I did. As I approached the market, a guy was setting up an easel and starting to paint. By...
Local ad agency MGH has launched a search for the quintessential speaker of Bawlmerese. Their ideal candidate is a life-long resident, over 40, with a passion for Baltimore and a great sense of...
Looking over the poll results for Southern Living's "The South's Tastiest Towns Awards," I see we placed ninth overall, behind Lafayette, Louisville, New Orleans, Charleston, Charlottesville,...
According to Travel + Leisure, Baltimore is the 17th strangest city in America. Really? I'd have figured our city was a shoo-in to crack the Top 10, but we were topped by the likes of New Orleans (#1...
Not that we're complaining, but did someone from the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts pay off the Post's Frances Stead Sellers to write this glowing article? Hey, I guess the Post is...
Popular New York-based gossip website Gawker has been using its own editors' opinions to rank U.S. states in what they're calling "The Worst 50 States in America." Yesterday they released ranks 26-33...
Last Sunday, I was grooving to the retro soul of JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound at MASS MoCA—it was the last day of Wilco's Solid Sound Festival—when the band tore into an R&B rave-up...
