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How often do you get to eat in an actual filming set? The diner used in Barry Levinson's 1982 movie ...
Christopher Corbett, a professor of English at UMBC, released his third book: Poker Bride, a history of the Chinese in ...
I was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and I’ve lived here all my life. As a result, I know that there ...
Second week of January, 2008 Sometimes I think I could cross the country on nothing more than coffee, gas, $9 truck ...
Footlong Franks Goes Too Soon: The poetic stuntman David “Footlong” Franks was found dead in his Fells Point apartment the second ...
Bless me father for I have sinned: I am an unreliable narrator. Last week’s debut column about crisscrossing the United States ...
Editor’s Note: In 2008, while scrambling between Baltimore and Los Angeles for work with stops in Tennessee for pleasure and the ...
"I die with the conviction, held since 1968 and Catonsville, that nuclear weapons are the scourge of the Earth; to ...
Places
Inspired by an impressive collection of postcards and images at kilduffs.org, I decided to begin another project that’s been on my mind a while — creating a visual history of the Inner Harbor.
As an adopted Baltimorean, like many people the Inner Harbor was one of my first introductions to the city. In my memory, the […]
Get into the spirit of Halloween by visiting places that appeal to the morbidly curious. We know where you can walk through a spooky catacombs, view miniature models of death scenes, and see an actual human corpse as you learn about body-snatching.
Quirks
We here at Welcome to Baltimore, Hon! don’t usually do endorsements or show a preference among this city’s many fine bail bond establishments.
But just this once we’ll make an exception. The almost hypnotic mix of old-time religion and startling vocal artistry in this commercial nearly had us praying for release on a payment plan.
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Neighborhoods
When we moved into to an old post office next door to St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Eastern Avenue, the church building was only a concrete slab and a steel skeleton.
My oldest son, a baby at the time, slept soundly through the construction noise outside his bedroom window. We watched the building grow over […]
The Baltimore Sun thoughtfully provided a helpful map to show where participants in today’s Baltimore Marathon are most likely to be robbed or shot. Click for a full-size image.
History
Inspired by an impressive collection of postcards and images at kilduffs.org, I decided to begin another project that’s been on my mind a while — creating a visual history of the Inner Harbor.
As an adopted Baltimorean, like many people the Inner Harbor was one of my first introductions to the city. In my memory, the […]
Early in the pre-dawn morning of January 19, 2009, my son, Phillip, and I saw the Poe Toaster, the person who leaves cognac and three roses at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe.
Not only saw him, but we talked with him. And had our picture taken with him.
But we didn’t know it at the time. Only […]


