FEATURES
By Jill Rosen and The Baltimore Sun | April 8, 2013
Those stories you tell about your roommate from hell just might pay off. Live Baltimore is running a contest, offering a $100 prize package for the best worst roommate tale. A front-runner is Jennifer Anne Jobson, who talks about her freshman year roommate, who was sharpening a big knife the first time they met. One day, the girl -- who liked to eat fried chicken in bed -- took the knife to Jobson's mattress, some of her clothes, their rug and their bean bag chair. She also used it on a squirrel, which she left, dead, in Jobson's bed. Another person had a roommate that peed in the bathtub.
FEATURES
By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | March 28, 2013
The last time Yasmin and Adil Degani bought a home, they took the traditional route. They went with a commission-based real estate brokerage to show them homes and guide them through the homebuying process. This time around, in an effort to save money and time, they decided to try an emerging path. The Odenton couple went with Redfin, a "technology-powered brokerage" that employs salaried agents and encourages buyers to use online profiles of homes to determine what properties to tour.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Catherine Mallette, The Baltimore Sun | March 20, 2013
"Is there any way out other than the main stairs?" I asked. My husband, our real-estate agent, the seller's agent and I were standing in the finished basement of a home in Owings Mills. It was a vast space: a nice bathroom, a media room, a room big enough to waltz in and another room with hidden panels in the walls for stashing who knows what. There was even a fireplace at the bottom of the stairs, creating a spa-like atmosphere. But no, the selling agent said that there was just the one staircase, noting that some people like having only one way into the basement because exterior doors attract thieves.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Kit Waskom-Pollard, For The Baltimore Sun | January 30, 2013
With country music blaring, honky-tonk decor, and a menu stacked with smokehouse favorites, Cowboys & Rednecks (also known as CNR) is hardly shy about its theme. We half expected the hostess to greet us with a "Yeehaw!" CNR's owner, Federal Hill resident and big-time country music fan Guy Naylor, opened the bar in late 2011, imagining that it would be a fun addition to his neighborhood. Local bar-hoppers agreed; CNR is often packed to overflowing on weekend nights. CNR's success as a bar is uncontested, but its status as a go-to restaurant is less confirmed.
EXPLORE
By Beverly Southall, 410-378-4577; 410-933-6073, pvnotes@verizon.net | January 9, 2013
A Basket, Vera Bradley and Pandora bingo will be played today (Friday) at the American Legion Bernard L. Tobin Post 128, 44 N. Parke St., Aberdeen. Tickets are $12 ticket, $5.00 for extra. Doors open at 6 p.m., early bird is at 6:45 p.m. and bingo begins at 7 p.m. Sponsored by Aberdeen High School girls basketball. Tickets available by calling Brenda Conjour, 410-273-7332. Food and drinks available. Bring a canned good and/or non-perishable for bonus prize ticket. The all-you-can-eat breakfast at Harmony Lodge will be held on Saturday from 7 to 10 am. Happy birthday wishes go to Ruth Sales on her 103rd birthday celebrated on Dec. 28. Birthday wishes go to my niece, Isabelle Glatts, who turned 14 on Jan 3. She is the daughter of Susie and Jimmy Glatts and little sis to Kelsey.
NEWS
By Justin George, The Baltimore Sun | December 16, 2012
Whitney Collins' head hung low Sunday as he walked down South Charles Street in Federal Hill in his purple Ed Reed jersey. He had abandoned his pricey seat at M&T Bank Stadium more than 10 minutes before the Ravens game had ended to numb the pain of a lopsided loss in a nearby vodka bar. "I said, 'Forget this,'" he said. "I'm going to watch it at the Stalking Horse so I can drink more. " Monday, he said, loomed like a thorn patch, taking an already bruised ego after Baltimore's 34-17 drubbing from the Denver Broncos, and rubbing it raw with taunts he expects in his U.S. Navy office in Washington.