Table of Contents
Preface xii
Acknowledgments xiv
Food and Drink
1 Chock Full of Nuts and Creams and Cherries and… 3
2 Memories That Will Warm the Cockles of Your Heart (or Tummy) 5
3 Everything's Coming up Bacon 6
4 When There's no Time to Pick 8
5 Just Pickin' the Night Away 10
6 It's Definitely the Pits 12
7 Merlin in Disguise 13
8 Sno-Ball's Chance in Summer 15
9 Under the Pink Flamingo 16
10 When You Want to Celebrate in Style 17
11 Learn How to Ace Your Own Cakes 18
12 Guten Appiti! 19
13 Mangiare! 20
14 No Better Way to Break the Fast 21
15 Food Hall Meets Y'all Come 22
16 East Meets West 23
17 Delizioso 24
18 There is an Art and a Science to This 25
19 Give Thanks Where It's Due 26
20 You Never Know What's Brewing Next 27
21 Evermore. Not Nevermore 28
22 Your Neighborhood Beer Operation 29
23 If It's Advertised on National TV, It Probably Isn't Here 30
24 Nothing to Beef About Here 31
25 They Trained Them Right 33
26 There's a Reason It's Called a Taphouse 34
27 A Modern American Tavern by Michael Mina 35
Music and Entertainment
28 Curtain Up! 38
29 Time to Beat the Band 39
30 There Aren't Even Small Actors on this Screen 40
31 You Want to Throw the Word Eclectic in There Someplace 41
32 And Bubble Your Trouble Away 43
33 Acres and Acres of Non-City Life 44
34 Memories of You 45
35 Life upon the Wicked Stage 46
36 Modern Day Geppetto 47
37 What a Blast! 48
38 Hav-a-Look! 51
39 All the World's a Stage 52
40 No Scrooges Allowed 53
41 Opera, Rock, Ballroom, and More 54
42 You Can See Out but They Can't See In 55
43 Trying for Clarity in Mental Health 56
44 Curtain Up! 57
45 To Infinity and Beyond 58
46 Tranquil Centering 59
Sports and Recreation
47 Camera, Lights, Action 62
48 You Know You Can, You Know You Can 63
49 A Long Fly Ball from Camden Yards 65
50 Choo-Choo 66
51 Creepy Crawly Critters 67
52 You Don't Have to loin the Navy 69
53 Softly We Glide 70
54 Lions, Cheetahs, Penguins, and Giraffes, Oh, My 71
55 Once More, Not Nevermore 72
56 On Your Mark 74
57 Get Your Ducks in a Row 75
58 Take Me Out to the Ballgame 76
59 Play with a Purpose 78
60 Crewing a Tall Ship 79
61 Run for the Black-Eyed Susans 80
62 Show Me the Way to Go Home 82
63 Tiptoe Through the Tulips 83
Culture and History
64 Grandma Moses Would Fit Perfectly 86
65 Baltimore Basilica or, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virginia Mary 87
66 Where There's Smoke 88
67 Mind-Pleasing Time 89
68 Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to Work We Go 90
69 Clang, Clang, Clang Went the Trolley 91
70 Making History Yours 92
71 Open Wide 93
72 Nearly 300 Years of History in 10.2 Miles 94
73 You Don't Even Need a Library Card to Enjoy 96
74 Even More Spectacular Than You Heard 97
75 Broad Stripes and Bright Stars 99
76 Spend a Few Hours at Your Convenience 100
77 Lest We Forget 101
78 Tradition! 103
79 Showing the Way to Safety for Seamen 104
80 Splish Splash, They Were Taking a Bath 105
81 You Don't Need to be a Nerd 107
82 Frozen in Time 108
83 Gateway to History and Living Culture 109
84 You'll Be Amazed Once You're Inside 110
85 Oh, Say Can You See 113
86 On a Clear Day 114
87 A Day that Will Live in Infamy 115
88 Boom! 116
89 Discovery Time 117
90 Dive! Dive! Dive! 118
91 Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage 119
92 This Was Here First 120
Shopping and Fashion
93 Bibliophiles Wanted 124
94 Gentrification Has Arrived 125
95 Overlooking Everything 126
96 Bippity Boppity Boo 127
97 Everything Old Is New Again 129
98 A Locavore's Dream 130
99 It's the "Avenue," Hon 133
100 Culture and Couture 134
Festivals by Season 135
Activities by Season 138
Index 141
