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Urbanite sees city living as a philosophy and a lifestyle. 61 300 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/mardi-gras-macs/Content?oid=1468552 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/mardi-gras-macs/Content?oid=1468552 Tracey Middlekauff <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468553/b395/mise_mardi_gras_macs.jpg" width="75" height="72" /> New Orleans sweets boutique Sucre has created a fun twist on a Carnival favorite, the King Cake. by Tracey Middlekauff New Orleans sweets boutique Sucre has created a fun twist on a Carnival favorite, the King Cake. These cute macarons come in a festive array of Mardi Gras colors, and the filling is a King Cake-inspired purple mousseline.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/mardi-gras-macs/Content?oid=1468552">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468552&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Food & Drink/Mise en Place http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/mardi-gras-macs/Content?oid=1468552&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468552&id=comments 0 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/pretty-in-pink/Content?oid=1468554 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/pretty-in-pink/Content?oid=1468554 Tracey Middlekauff <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468555/389d/mise_candy.jpg" width="75" height="100" /> Meant to evoke a pretty pink ballet slipper, these homemade crafted strawberry marshmallows—aka strawberry slippers—make a unique present for your sweetie this Valentine’s Day. by Tracey Middlekauff Meant to evoke a pretty pink ballet slipper, these homemade crafted strawberry marshmallows—aka strawberry slippers—make a unique present for your sweetie this Valentine’s Day. Perfect in a mug of cocoa or squished in between two graham crackers, they’re as much fun to nibble on as they are to look at. <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468554&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Food & Drink/Mise en Place http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/pretty-in-pink/Content?oid=1468554&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468554&id=comments 0 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/green-eggs-no-ham/Content?oid=1468556 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/green-eggs-no-ham/Content?oid=1468556 Kimberly Bright <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468557/eb25/EAT_breakfast.jpg" width="75" height="55" /> This “Green Egg Skillet Bake” focuses on the richness of cumin and hearty greens perfectly highlighted by a liberal dose of red pepper flakes. by Kimberly Bright Breakfast for dinner is becoming the norm. Restaurants and home cooks everywhere are serving it up in grand style.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/green-eggs-no-ham/Content?oid=1468556">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468556&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Food & Drink/Eat with your Eyes http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/green-eggs-no-ham/Content?oid=1468556&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468556&id=comments 0 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/let-them-eat-cake/Content?oid=1468558 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/let-them-eat-cake/Content?oid=1468558 Tracey Middlekauff <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468559/ed09/DIY_beej_cake.jpg" width="75" height="112" /> A scaled down version of Chris Byrd’s brown butter cake. by Tracey Middlekauff At the recent underground dinner put on by personal chef Beej Flamholz, pastry chef Chris Byrd finished the evening with a brown butter cake topped with Tahitian vanilla panna cotta, poached pears, salted caramel popcorn, and micro lemon balm. If that sounds a bit too ambitious for a weeknight dessert, fear not: Here is a scaled down version of the cake you can make at home.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/let-them-eat-cake/Content?oid=1468558">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468558&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Food & Drink/Recipes http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/let-them-eat-cake/Content?oid=1468558&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468558&id=comments 0 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/secret-suppers/Content?oid=1468542 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/secret-suppers/Content?oid=1468542 Tracey Middlekauff <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468544/cb15/beej_magnum.jpg" width="75" height="50" /> At this, the inaugural underground dinner put on by personal chef Beej Flamholz and team, the secrecy is part of the point. by Tracey Middlekauff Forty-odd people are seated around two elegantly appointed banquet tables. They chat by flickering candlelight in groups of two, three, and four, sipping the wines that they have brought from home to accompany the impending multi-course feast.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/secret-suppers/Content?oid=1468542">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468542&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Food & Drink/Baltimore Chefs http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/secret-suppers/Content?oid=1468542&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468542&id=comments 0 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/you-write-funny/Content?oid=1468408 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/you-write-funny/Content?oid=1468408 Cara Ober <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468409/a7d7/DeliriouslyHappy-pb-c.jpg" width="75" height="112" /> Humorist Larry Doyle's newest book is a collection of hilarious essays from the <i>New Yorker</i>, <i>Esquire</i> magazine, and other publications. by Cara Ober Larry Doyle's third and newest book is a collection of essays from the New Yorker, Esquire magazine, National Lampoon, and other publications. Formerly a writer for The Simpsons, Doyle's comedic timing and wicked sense of humor in Deliriously Happy (and Other Bad Thoughts) is front and center.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/you-write-funny/Content?oid=1468408">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468408&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Arts & Culture/Savvy http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/you-write-funny/Content?oid=1468408&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468408&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/state-of-flow/Content?oid=1468410 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/state-of-flow/Content?oid=1468410 Cara Ober <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468411/15bc/Rybicki-Becoming-2011-Sondheim.jpg" width="75" height="75" /> Local painter Lynn Rybicki creates colorful abstract paintings to engage and uplift her viewers. by Cara Ober Before she was a visual artist, Lynn Rybicki earned a bachelor’s in music education from Towson University. Since then, she has studied painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art and has lived and painted in a large garret in Overlea for many years.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/state-of-flow/Content?oid=1468410">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468410&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Arts & Culture/My Creation http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/state-of-flow/Content?oid=1468410&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468410&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/new-kid-on-the-block/Content?oid=1468413 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/new-kid-on-the-block/Content?oid=1468413 Cara Ober <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468414/ee2f/Amy-Cavanaugh-Royce.jpg" width="75" height="113" /> Maryland Art Place's new executive director, Amy Cavanaugh Royce, shares her love of coffee, margaritas, and good Tex-Mex. by Cara Ober Short Bio: Amy was born in Washington, D.C., in 1973, spending the first four years of her life in Georgetown before relocating to northern Virginia. She grew up in an actively, often aggressively artistic family that included sculptors, jewelers, painters, illustrators, writers, and musicians.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/new-kid-on-the-block/Content?oid=1468413">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468413&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Arts & Culture/Ask the Artist http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/new-kid-on-the-block/Content?oid=1468413&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468413&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/love-hurts/Content?oid=1468402 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/love-hurts/Content?oid=1468402 Cara Ober <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468404/99ac/50-1.jpg" width="75" height="50" style="display:block; float:left;" /> <i>Fifty Words</i> at Everyman Theatre explores a couple's first night alone in nine years, after their child attends his first sleepover. by Cara Ober Marriage is complicated, especially for Jan and Adam, a Brooklyn power couple. For the past year or so they've been going through a rough patch, but they're too busy with work and parenting to deal with it.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/love-hurts/Content?oid=1468402">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468402&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Arts & Culture/Performance http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/love-hurts/Content?oid=1468402&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468402&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/baltimore-folk/Content?oid=1468406 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/baltimore-folk/Content?oid=1468406 Cara Ober <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468407/9ca9/Garrett-Anderson-Album.jpg" width="75" height="75" /> Local singer-songwriter Garrett Anderson has released a new album, titled <i>Within and Around</i>. by Cara Ober Just released in November, Garrett Anderson's newest album, Within and Around, features the singer-songwriter's characteristic folk-rock jam sound with soulful lyrics. After an album release show at the 8x10, Anderson's newest album of original tunes is available for purchase at his website. <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468406&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Arts & Culture/Savvy http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/baltimore-folk/Content?oid=1468406&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468406&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/building-blocks/Content?oid=1468355 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/building-blocks/Content?oid=1468355 Baynard Woods <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468356/98eb/housing1.jpg" width="75" height="103" /> One House at a Time has assisted in the transfer of more than three-hundred derelict properties, including forty-nine this past year. by Baynard Woods Streams of rainwater leak through the ceiling of the cold gray basement beneath a four-story vacant building at 143 East North Avenue, near Calvert Street, at the edge of the Station North Arts District. It's late November, and William Romani and Larry Grubb, respectively, the president of the board and the executive director of the nonprofit receiver One House at a Time (OHAAT), huddle in the doorway with waivers for anyone who wants to enter the basement to bid on the building.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/building-blocks/Content?oid=1468355">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468355&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> News & Features/Housing http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/building-blocks/Content?oid=1468355&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468355&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/a-new-fit/Content?oid=1468332 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/a-new-fit/Content?oid=1468332 Krishana Davis <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468333/7841/fashion1.jpg" width="75" height="50" /> Hampden's K Staton Boutique is the "one-stop shop" for women with curves. by Krishana Davis Relocating in September from Lynne's Gifts to its own storefront on "The Avenue," K Staton Boutique (1007A W. 36th St.; 410-400-9113; www.kstaton.com) has become the "one-stop shop" for women with curves, says owner Jade Greer. With three times the space, Greer has incorporated jewelry and sexy, feminine intimates by Elomi, a UK-based brand.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/a-new-fit/Content?oid=1468332">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468332&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Style & Shopping/Fashion (Women's) http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/a-new-fit/Content?oid=1468332&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468332&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/the-biscuit-effect/Content?oid=1467799 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/the-biscuit-effect/Content?oid=1467799 Michelle Gienow <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468396/26a7/localfoods1-2.jpg" width="75" height="51" /> In July 2009 Blacksauce Kitchen debuted at the Highlandtown market, selling biscuits baked early each market morning and eventually to grilling meat on site—a combination that led to the invention of the Blacksauce biscuit sandwich. by Michelle Gienow Blacksauce Kitchen owner Damian Mosley is chopping fresh rosemary and thyme, knife moving across the cutting board fast as lighting. A scant moment later, the herbs have been tossed with a large bowl of flour and he's working a pound of butter into the mix with deft fingertips, a particular kitchen magic that transforms disparate ingredients into tender empanada dough.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/the-biscuit-effect/Content?oid=1467799">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1467799&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Food & Drink/Local Foods http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/the-biscuit-effect/Content?oid=1467799&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1467799&id=comments 5 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/walking-in-someone-elses-shoes/Content?oid=1468385 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/walking-in-someone-elses-shoes/Content?oid=1468385 Martha Thomas <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468398/a48c/newsfeaturesculture1-1.jpg" width="75" height="51" /> Today, an increasingly wide array of groups across Baltimore teach empathy as a means of engendering not just healing but transformative change. by Martha Thomas Early one morning last July, Diana Bramble walked out of her house on Patterson Park to drive to work. It was 4:45, the time she usually leaves for her horticultural job in Washington, D.C. Only this morning, she couldn't find her truck.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/walking-in-someone-elses-shoes/Content?oid=1468385">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468385&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> News & Features/Culture http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/walking-in-someone-elses-shoes/Content?oid=1468385&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468385&id=comments 1 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/just-plains-folks/Content?oid=1468344 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/just-plains-folks/Content?oid=1468344 Clinton Macsherry <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468345/8ee6/foodhistory1.jpg" width="75" height="50" /> Carter went to lunch at Chiapparelli's in Little Italy and lunched on "chicken cacciatore ... the famous Chiapparelli's salad ... and homemade red wine. Carter, in fact, descends from a line of home vintners. by Clinton Macsherry A question for well-seasoned readers: What's your favorite memory of the Carter years? The "adultery in my heart" Playboy interview?… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/just-plains-folks/Content?oid=1468344">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468344&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Food & Drink/History (Food & Drink) http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/just-plains-folks/Content?oid=1468344&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468344&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/bags-with-a-purpose/Content?oid=1468324 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/bags-with-a-purpose/Content?oid=1468324 Krishana Davis <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468325/3bd9/accessories1.jpg" width="75" height="100" /> Originally launched in 2004, Sherry Wolf's bags have been seen on such celebrities as Britney Spears, Oprah Winfrey, the Olsen twins, and Cameron Diaz. Wolf now dedicates one handbag from each collection in memory of her daughter. by Krishana Davis Sherry Wolf is back splitting time between Maryland and New York designing her eponymous handbag line. She took a two-year hiatus after daughter Chelsea Rae Propper's death following a reaction to a date rape drug.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/bags-with-a-purpose/Content?oid=1468324">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468324&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Style & Shopping/Accessories http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/bags-with-a-purpose/Content?oid=1468324&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468324&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/oracle-of-east-baltimore/Content?oid=1468359 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/oracle-of-east-baltimore/Content?oid=1468359 Rafael Alvarez <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468360/d5b6/people1.jpg" width="75" height="50" /> Honored as the black Walt Whitman of our age (he is lyrical, kind and gentle, even on bad days), Afaa Michael Weaver grew up in "the Valley" in far northeast Baltimore where his kin owned a bar called the Apache Lounge. by Rafael Alvarez The question—naïve and whimsical, as though beauty really can save the world—floats around Afaa Michael Weaver and hard hometown facts at the corner of Lakewood Avenue and Oliver Street where he went to grade school. What is the bridge that Weaver crossed to transform himself from a factory worker named Michael to a heralded poet, disciple of the Eastern arts—"I am bound by Taoist oaths"—and New England college professor named Afaa?… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/oracle-of-east-baltimore/Content?oid=1468359">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468359&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> News & Features/People http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/oracle-of-east-baltimore/Content?oid=1468359&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468359&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/eye-to-eye/Content?oid=1468334 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/eye-to-eye/Content?oid=1468334 Cara Ober <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468336/0586/featuredartist1.jpg" width="75" height="28" /> By imposing a Midwestern landscape onto starkly different environments, <i>Portable Horizon</i> questions commonly held social and political views, creating new perspectives for both sides of the divide. by Cara Ober In one glimpse, the marble steps, brick buildings, roaring buses, and pedestrian herds disappear into the horizon, replaced by a broad swath of calm blue sky. Like a living movie, the new landscape vacillates with the position of the viewer, rendering congested places into open panoramas, where empty space recedes far into the distance.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/eye-to-eye/Content?oid=1468334">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468334&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Arts & Culture/Featured Artist http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/eye-to-eye/Content?oid=1468334&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468334&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/house-love/Content?oid=1467800 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/house-love/Content?oid=1467800 Rebecca Messner <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468372/a809/residential1-1.jpg" width="75" height="50" /> Ron Tanner and Jill Eicher love their three-story Victorian, which once was the bane of the neighborhood and had been owned for a decade by a notoriously riotous Johns Hopkins fraternity. by Rebecca Messner There is a lot of love in Ron Tanner and Jill Eicher's house. There are the small, seemingly insignificant details—the hand-turned balusters on the staircase, the art deco light fixture in their foyer (the third, and final fixture, they say), the shelves of antique Steiff stuffed animals in the second-floor study.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/house-love/Content?oid=1467800">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1467800&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Home & Design/Residential http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/house-love/Content?oid=1467800&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1467800&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/what-youre-saying/Content?oid=1468394 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/what-youre-saying/Content?oid=1468394 Urbanite Readers <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468395/ec1b/January2012Cover.jpg" width="75" height="91" style="display:block; float:left;" /> Readers sound off on the city's new chefs, growing a better city, and D.C.'s superior status by Urbanite Readers A New, New Year's Resolution Re: "New Year's Resolution," Michael Corbin's final post on our online Crime & Punishment blog:… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/what-youre-saying/Content?oid=1468394">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468394&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> News & Features/Letters http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/what-youre-saying/Content?oid=1468394&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468394&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/good-graffiti/Content?oid=1468346 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/good-graffiti/Content?oid=1468346 Anissa Elmerraji <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468347/b5bf/gardening1.jpg" width="75" height="100" /> Seed Bombs fill spaces that need some love, like construction sites and abandoned lots, with bursts of color and life. by Anissa Elmerraji Is it still vandalism if you use plants instead of paint? That might be a question to ask painter and guerilla gardener Brian Slagle, founder of Lucy and Amelia, a Frederick company that specializes in Seed Bombs.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/good-graffiti/Content?oid=1468346">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468346&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Style & Shopping/Gardening http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/good-graffiti/Content?oid=1468346&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468346&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/iconic-collage/Content?oid=1468326 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/iconic-collage/Content?oid=1468326 Anissa Elmerraji <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468327/2274/art1.jpg" width="75" height="52" /> Mark Cottman showcases work like <i>This is Baltimore!</i> in his gallery in Federal Hill. by Anissa Elmerraji Something clicked for Mark Cottman when, in 1999, he gave up a career as an architectural engineer and started painting full-time. 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Charles St., 443-872-0943, www.markcottmangallery.com) in Federal Hill where he showcases artwork like This is Baltimore!This is Baltimore!… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/iconic-collage/Content?oid=1468326">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468326&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Style & Shopping/Art http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/iconic-collage/Content?oid=1468326&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468326&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/bond-street-social/Content?oid=1468376 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/bond-street-social/Content?oid=1468376 Martha Thomas <img src="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/imager/b/toc/1468377/ba57/restaurant1-1.jpg" width="75" height="50" /> Bond Street Social encourages its social mission by offering drinks in 80-ounce pours (that's right, 80, with a zero, for 50 bucks, also with a zero). by Martha Thomas The noise level at Bond Street Social is high, to be sure. It ricochets from the ceiling, with its wagon-wheel style chandeliers and bounces from the glass walls of the fireplaces that blaze throughout the restaurant on a chilly night.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/bond-street-social/Content?oid=1468376">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468376&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Food & Drink/Restaurant http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/bond-street-social/Content?oid=1468376&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1468376&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/jenny-jump-boseman/Content?oid=1468337 http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/jenny-jump-boseman/Content?oid=1468337 Charles Talkoff Fiction by Charles Talkoff by Charles Talkoff Jenny Jump Boseman played guitar and sang and she was getting somewhere touring months at a time and when I met her she had just more or less broken it off with the musician she had shared a place with in New York and she had recorded a song or two (it was not clear exactly) for a film coming out on an independent label and she sat next to me before the show and introduced herself and we talked and the next morning she smiled big said it was great here's my number if you're in the city by which she meant New York by which she meant I'd fuck you again she left in a rush of long flowing black hair rocket launch fast gaining altitude and gone she sent a postcard from Nashville and another from someplace in Texas called Pleasure said she'd almost broken her left wrist a near disaster that got her thinking about things like insurance and fate and asked me to write and I sent a short note and got a lengthy letter written on the road somewhere between Indiana and Colorado asking for something more than a short note so I wrote a long letter and told her the story of the night crossing from the Greek island on the Turkish ferry to Turkey to get my visa extended because I couldn't find the chief of police on the Greek island who could extend my visa and how the shrew who ran a hotel on the island told me that I'd never be able to find him because he was interviewing the new girls and it took me a minute and then I understood the long chain of girls spilling out of and being pushed out of Russia gone finished into something else forming into another thing called Russia-remembered and she wrote back saying she was in Los Angeles beside a pool getting a tan being a happy cliché thinking of me her letter on hotel paper with three palm trees in a row on the upper left time elongated because in the letter it is the was then and perpetual now of the moment she wrote it and also then the later and now of when I read it and she spoke of her second guitar being stolen and the second time I saw her we were in a bar in Baltimore she'd asked me to meet her and she came at me fast from across the room big smile and the next morning I listened to her cd and it wasn't bad at all and that night sitting on my stoop in the heavy slow heat of dripping undulating August a car rolled by top down a pretty girl in her summer dress listening to Jenny Jump Boseman live the crowd laughing then cheering the next song coming on from her performance at Runners Fast West in Los Angeles and she sent a postcard from Italy of all places saying she was there touring with a local band that did country-blues and sitting in a sort of club somewhere near maybe Modina she saw this guy she said he looked exactly like you and it got her thinking and she said I wish I could stop but if I stop I'll drown and the next time I saw her she was on a late late talk show looking good she gave a big smile and she said the thing that helped keep her on the road was getting long letters from people she knew and then they chatted and she played another song and she was good 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Dustin Wong, who was born in Hawaii but spent most of his life in Japan, was still fairly new to Baltimore when he was given a tour of the city by his grandmother—a tour that seemed surprisingly detailed.… <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/the-circles-of-life/Content?oid=1467801">Read more</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1467801&amp;id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Arts & Culture/Music http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/the-circles-of-life/Content?oid=1467801&show=comments#readerComments http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/baltimore/Rss.xml?oid=1467801&id=comments 0 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0500 Urbanite Magazine