Baltimore, Maryland With new design hotels and a high-low culinary renaissance, Baltimore is getting its groove back. The Latrobe Building in central Baltimore has long been a symbol of the city’s shifting fortunes. It opened in 1912 as luxuriously appointed apartments for young men who’d found prosperity in what was then a flourishing port. But…
Why is Baltimore so big on snowballs? History offers at least four big reasons. There is nothing like a snowball to beat the heat on a Baltimore summer day. Handmade snowballs could be readily found around Baltimore as early as the 1850s and 20th century machines helped further popularize the confection of shaved ice and…
Baltimore, Maryland There are lots of exciting reasons to visit Baltimore these days — including national caliber arts festivals, crustacean-cracking feasts, Oktoberfest parties aplenty, baseball playoff fever, and even a celebration of pickles for good measure. Indeed, fall is the ideal time to spend a day in Charm City, when the bars are cozy and…