South Side

The Southside, a tangy cocktail made with mint, citrus juices and secrets, is an old-line favorite. It appears in the spring at tailgates in the Maryland hunt country and is still stirring at late-summer, white-shoe gatherings. Once served almost exclusively at private clubs, the cocktail has entered the public domain. Anyone of age now can enjoy a Southside by simply buying a mix and adding ice, rum, gin or vodka, and perhaps some club soda. Membership not required. Recently, I bought a bottle of Lindsay's Southside Mix, then compared the beverage it produced with the Southsides of Andy Ervin, the 85-year-old bartender at the Elkridge Club, and George Lee, the 87-year-old former bartender at the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club.

Rub , Michael Marx's barbecue restaurant in Riverside, closed in July after a four-year run. Now its successor, Hersh's Pizza and Drinks , has opened. Owings Mills natives Josh and Stephanie Hershkovitz, brother and sister, are the new owners. Josh, formerly of Petit Louis , is the restaurant's chef. The new specialty is Neapolitan pizza, topped with things like fried eggplant, homemade sausage, and prosciutto and pistachio. Also on the opening menu are a few salads, pastas and fritti — anchovy-and-sage fritters and prosciutto balls inspired by the fry shops in Rome.

ELLIS ISLAND, N.J. - A few yards away from the 2 million tourists who visit the restored immigration museum here each year lies the south side - the dark side - of Ellis Island. The nearly 30 buildings on New Jersey's side are filled with mold, vines, poison ivy, paint chips, and bird droppings accumulated over the decades. Mainly former hospital buildings and isolation wards for immigrants who carried diseases or who were mentally ill, many reached the point of near-collapse. Park Service plans Now, under a multiphase project to stem the deterioration, the National Park Service has stabilized six of the buildings, which have been off-limits to the public.

With her North team leading the South by four goals with four minutes remaining in Saturday's Girls Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic, Tatum Coffey maintained her composure as a double team rushed toward her. After tallying five goals — all unassisted — the midfielder from Toms River, N.J., sat one goal shy of tying the single game mark set last year by Kaitlyn Brosco, a tidbit she was unaware of at the time. Coffey, who would be named the game's MVP, looked up and connected with a wide-open Lindsay Toppe on the left side of the fan. Toppe drove toward the crease and pocketed the game's final goal with 3:49 left as the North team dominated second half action, outscoring the South eight to three in the last half, to capture the Classic for the fifth time in six years, 15-10, at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson.

Developers planning subdivisions in eastern Howard County must meet with neighbors before submitting plans to the county. The next meeting, about land on the south side of the cul-de-sac on Forest Hill Drive in Ellicott City, will be held at 5 p.m. May 6 on the site. Information: 410-313-2393.

The Harford County Development Advisory Committee serves as a forum for the review of subdivision and site plans submitted to the Department of Planning and Zoning by those seeking building permits. The committee will review the following proposals at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the County Council Chambers, 212 S. Bond St., Bel Air: Singer Auto Center Location: On the southeast side of B&O Road, north of Pulaski Highway. Developer: Atkins Engineering Associates Inc./Marvin Eurice. Description: Carwash, 4.09 acres.

WESTMINSTER - Citizen concerns about parking on both sides of James Street -- and the resulting traffic congestion on the one-way street --prompted the following recommendations from the city Department of Public Works.City Council members approved the suggestions at Monday night's meeting.* Yellow lines prohibiting parking will be painted on the north side of James 35 feet from the Pennsylvania Avenue intersection and 30 feet from the Winter's Alley intersection.* Parking will be prohibited on the south side of James between Pennsylvania Avenue and Winter's Alley.

With her North team leading the South by four goals with four minutes remaining in Saturday's Girls Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic, Tatum Coffey maintained her composure as a double team rushed toward her. After tallying five goals — all unassisted — the midfielder from Toms River, N.J., sat one goal shy of tying the single game mark set last year by Kaitlyn Brosco, a tidbit she was unaware of at the time. Coffey, who would be named the game's MVP, looked up and connected with a wide-open Lindsay Toppe on the left side of the fan. Toppe drove toward the crease and pocketed the game's final goal with 3:49 left as the North team dominated second half action, outscoring the South eight to three in the last half, to capture the Classic for the fifth time in six years, 15-10, at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson.

These government-related public meetings have been scheduled: TOMORROW County Council The legislative session scheduled for 8 p.m. has been canceled. WEDNESDAY Zoning hearing examiner's public hearing 6:30 p.m., County Council Chambers, 212 S. Bond St., Bel Air, 410-638-3349. Zoning Case 5458: Maryland Reclamation Associates Inc. South side, Gravel Hill Road, Parcel 439 & 457, HDG www.co.ha.md.us/council/zoning.cfm. To request disability-related accommodations, call the number in an entry seven business days before the meeting.

When Lyndsey Munoz got the call to play for the North team in the Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic, it took a minute to sink in. North? Isn't her school, St. Mary's in Annapolis, pretty far south? "I was like, 'Cool,' when he told me I made the team. It didn't even register with me that everybody else was on the South team," Munoz said. Every other player from Maryland is on the South side for Saturday's fifth annual Classic at 5:30 p.m. at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium, but a glut of goalies shifted Munoz north.

A winding road narrows in St. Mary's County toward the tip of a peninsula. Here, a partially hidden entrance with a sign that reads "St. Marie's" heralds the home of Loretta "Tiny" and Francis Taylor. It is an enchanted, short ride up the driveway, which is bounded on both sides by verdant lawns, toward the main Georgian-style house. Against its white siding and three tall columns of its portico, myriad flowers and blossoming trees burst forth in colors both pale and bold. A brick walk leads to the home's front door, providing the first, brief glance of water before entering the interior foyer.

Matt Bjonerud is the young, urban professional who opened his Baltimore rowhouse to a homeless couple last winter. They're still with him this summer. The man still panhandles. But his wife found a job. They no longer sleep in a tent. That's progress. The first time I told you about Bjonerud - it was in March, Easter Sunday - he had just brought the couple in from the cold. They had been living in a ramshackle encampment of homeless people adjacent to a parking lot on an industrial backstretch on the city's south side - far out of sight of most of us, except for when they panhandled on Russell Street.

The Harford County Development Advisory Committee serves as a forum for the review of subdivision and site plans submitted to the Department of Planning and Zoning by those seeking building permits. The committee will review these proposals at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the second-floor conference room of the Harford County government building, 220 S. Main St., Bel Air: Bata Business Park-Lots 1 & 2 Location: South side of Pulaski Highway (U.S. 40), east side of Bata Boulevard. Developer: Water's Edge Corporate Campus LLC/G.

The Southside, a tangy cocktail made with mint, citrus juices and secrets, is an old-line favorite. It appears in the spring at tailgates in the Maryland hunt country and is still stirring at late-summer, white-shoe gatherings. Once served almost exclusively at private clubs, the cocktail has entered the public domain. Anyone of age now can enjoy a Southside by simply buying a mix and adding ice, rum, gin or vodka, and perhaps some club soda. Membership not required. Recently, I bought a bottle of Lindsay's Southside Mix, then compared the beverage it produced with the Southsides of Andy Ervin, the 85-year-old bartender at the Elkridge Club, and George Lee, the 87-year-old former bartender at the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club.

CLARIFICATION An article in Sunday's Travel section gave the impression that Chiodo's Tavern in Pittsburgh was open for business. The bar closed in 2005. THE SUN REGRETS THE ERROR THOMAS WOLFE SAID YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN, but if somebody offers you $500 to try, it can be worth the trip. "Five-hundred bucks?" an old Pittsburgh friend asked. "They are giving you 500 bucks to do Pittsburgh? You could buy the whole town for two grand." Not anymore, I said.