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I have lost my Thomas Wolfe connection. While I was rereading Look Homeward, Angel a year or so ago, I was approached by someone who told me there

New Year's Eve of '01-02 was the first spent with the woman who is now my wife. We went to Federal Hill to watch the fireworks. It was bitter

The Dizz, located at 300 W. 30th Street, has been named Baltimore’s best neighborhood bar by the City Paper. For twenty-two years, Elaine Stevens has run the establishment,

A Letter from Joppa / October 2009 “Isn’t it a shame that Haussner’s is closed? They made the best breaded veal cutlet I ever had . . .” -

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

Before we start talking about the 160th anniversary of the death of Edgar Allan Poe, let's make one thing clear: Philadelphia will never get Poe’s body out of

As viewers of Food Networks' Ace of Cakes know, producing the confections of Charm City Cakes is likely to involve power tools and a blow torch. Detroit

One of Baltimore’s many nicknames is “City of Firsts”….These “firsts” are testament to the innovations that Baltimoreans have developed throughout the city’s history. Numerous advances and innovations in

View Larger Map After a fair amount of work and a lot of trudging around town with a camera and handheld GPS, I'm pleased to unveil the first phase