A recovering addict offers eyewitness accounts of homeless life on Baltimore's most fascinating blog.
"In a recent survey, 100% of all the homeless bloggers polled concurred: COLD WEATHER SUCKS!! Okay, it was so cold out last night, 15 degrees at 3 a.m., that when I finally was forced to crawl out of...
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on her unexpected rise to mayor, policy priorities, political connections, and the failings of Sheila Dixon.
City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake had long been discussed as a likely candidate to succeed Sheila Dixon as Baltimore's mayor. Still, when she assumed the office on February 4, after...
Paul Reed Smith has joined the likes of Fender and Gibson in the pantheon of electric guitar makers.
"Guitars are almost like iPods," says Paul Reed Smith. "I've never seen anybody in a bad mood with an iPod in their ears. It's a mood adjuster. It's almost like really sophisticated, expensive...
Economy be damned, Pat Turner keeps the buzz going on his new Silo Point condos.
Silo Point sits on a ragged section of Baltimore's once-industrial waterfront, a stone's throw from Fort McHenry, where the harbor heads out to the bay. The building's stark profile—long neck and...
How Ricky Fried became the first man to coach the U.S. women's lacrosse team.
As the son of an Army infantry officer, Ricky Fried spent his childhood bouncing around the globe with a lacrosse stick as his constant companion.
"I always had a stick in my hand since I was three...
The museum founder on good choices, bad likenesses, and Obama's popularity—in wax.
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum continues to be one of Baltimore's most popular attractions, bringing in more than 200,000 visitors annually. We caught up with Dr. Joanne Mitchell Martin, who...
Why is local veterinarian, entrepreneur, and bon vivant Kim Hammond spending so much time in East Africa?
Kim Hammond's obsession with Africa began, like a lot of things in his life, with a girl.
In 1997, the veterinarian, founder of the Falls Road Animal Hospital, and notorious man about town, found...
How a former electrician jump-started the Arena and brought Springsteen and The Stones to town.
Frank Remesch stands onstage at the 1st Mariner Arena and marvels at the throng assembling before him. In 90 minutes, Bruce Springsteen will be leading fans through a sing-a-long version of "Hungry...
Today's etiquette experts are trying to recapture a lost art.
A few years ago, Andrew Rose was at a meeting with senior wealth advisers from Legg Mason. One of the meeting's participants arrived a little late, and when she entered the room, Rose stood to greet...
We said goodbye to captains of industry, athletes, and beloved members of the community. A look back at those we lost.
Bernard Manekin, 95
(October 4, 1914 – September 5, 2009)
As the Mr. Outside dealmaker to his brother Harold's Mr. Inside bean counter, Bernard Manekin, who died this past September at the age of 95...
