Cabbie Tells Stories of Little-Known Neighborhoods

Native Baltimorean wishes residents would take advantage of what city has to offer

By Jacques Kelly (The Baltimore Sun, 9/21/2012)

“…I liked the tale of the Fells Point bartender whose car was towed to an impound lot off Lafayette Avenue in a lightly traveled part of West Baltimore. Agitated that he’d have to cough up $280 to get his car back, the bartender started verbally trashing the neighborhood where the car was taken. Logan patiently took the time to show him that only a block away it was really a middle-class enclave of 1920s porch-front homes with well-tended gardens. It was, however, a part of the city largely unknown and untraveled by white residents.”

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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. 6. But plenty of voters still see Charm City’s lovable side, ranking it well for its classical music and quirky locals.”

An “Army of Cats” you say?  Click for a gallery of 30 photos of Cats in the Army.

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Salesman helped make a name out of National Premium and Natty Boh

By Frederick N. Rasmussen (The Baltimore Sun, 8/30/2012)

Whenever you drink a National Premium or Natty Boh, think of Jerome “Jerry” DiPaolo, the colorful National Brewing Co. salesman and executive who helped make it one of the most recognizable and respected beers for more than 40 years in Baltimore and Maryland.

It’s sad that DiPaolo, who recently died at 95, never got a chance to enjoy the new National Premium. Once his former employer’s flagship product, it is now back in bars, but not on tap, and on liquor store shelves.

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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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