Category Archives: Dining

Baltimore Bill, the Weather-Predicting Crab, Forecasts an Early Winter

(PRNewswire, 9/26/2012) Today marks an important day in Baltimore history. In front of an eager crowd at the Inner Harbor, Baltimore Bill, the weather-predicting crab, forecasted an early winter. For years, Baltimore Bill has been a local weather expert and the … 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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