Category Archives: Roadside Attractions

Welcome to Hoeland

Who Stole the M from Homeland, Baltimore? (The Baltimore Fishbowl, 5/10/2012) Continue reading at The Baltimore Fishbowl. Related: Welcome to Homoland

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Michael Phelps and his High-Altitude Sleeping Chamber

By Jill Rosen (The Baltimore Sun, 5/7/2012) “Once I’m already in my room i still have to open a door to get into my bed,” he said, laughing a bit. “It’s just like a giant box. It’s like ‘boy and … Continue reading

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How Maryland Got Its Names

By Shirley Grace (Maryland Life Magazine, 4/25/2012) “According to what I found in the glorious Maryland Room of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, George Washington gets the credit for Maryland being known as the Old Line State. But did you … Continue reading

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PETA’s Vegan Bikini Girl on Baltimore’s Fire Trucks?

By Rachel Monroe (Baltimore Fishbowl, 4/24/2012) Vegans are hot! Click for hi-res PDF. Animal-rights group PETA doesn’t shy from controversy — in fact, quite the opposite. So I suppose it’s no surprise that when Baltimore City Councilmember William “Pete” Welch … Continue reading

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