September 27, 2012 It’s finally here! The best weekend of the year: The Baltimore Book Festival. From Friday, September 28 through Sunday, September 30, Mount Vernon becomes a literary marketplace. Over 200 authors will be on hand, as will dozens of tents surrounding the Washington Monument, and piles and piles (and piles) of books to [...]

September 18, 2012 We spend a lot of time talking about the businesses along Charles Street. But, just a few steps away from our asphalt thoroughfare, lies one of our city’s most important natural resources – the Inner Harbor. Courtesy University of Baltimore   The Harbor isn’t technically part of the Chesapeake Bay – it’s [...]

September 12, 2012 Mick O’Shea’s is the Cheers of Baltimore. Walk in, and, odds are, the bartender already knows your name. (They even remember what you ordered last time!) Mick’s is popular with tourists and locals alike – it has that homey vibe that makes you want to return again and again. So it’s hard [...]

September 7, 2012 Say a new hair salon opens up down the street from where you live. Odds are you’ll drive or walk past it, and notice that it’s new. But if the owner of that hair salon wanted to get more customers than the few people who pass by her store, she would need [...]