Category Archives: 2010s

Baltimore #3 Dirtiest City, Needs Army of Cats According to Travel + Leisure

America’s Dirtiest Cities: No. 3 Baltimore (Travel + Leisure, 9/2012) “Does this Maryland city need an army of cats? County officials have been reportedly getting more complaints about rats this year, which may be one reason the city creeped up from last year’s No. … Continue reading

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Essex Day 2012 Roma Gourmet Ed Reed Chicken Sausage Eating Contest

It’s a Sausage Party in Essex!

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36 Hours in Baltimore

By Charly Wilder (New York Times, 9/19/2012) “You can look far and wide, but you’ll never discover a stranger city with such extreme style,” John Waters once noted about his hometown. Maybe that’s why Baltimore’s trumpeted glass-and-steel Inner Harbor development, … Continue reading

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The New York Times Travels to Baltimore, Predictably Mentions Beehive Hairdos

By Rachel Monroe (Baltimore Fishbowl, 9/20/2012) The last time the New York Times travel section covered Baltimore, they portrayed the city as a Hon-tastic place full of “beehive hairdos and wacky museums.” Well, better than the Wire-retreads that the European travel sections tend to prefer, … Continue reading

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