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Like stealing candy from a police officer
There’s a reason why something that can be done easily is “like stealing candy from a baby” instead of “like stealing candy from a police officer.” The latter scenario will […]
Monday law blog round-up
Happy Monday and welcome back! Was a man shot in Mount Vernon the victim of a hate crime? HT: Baltimore Crime. Who would buy meat from a van, anyway? Letting […]
The growing cost of obesity in Maryland (and the rest of the country)
Here’s something to chew on as we enter the holiday-food binge: Maryland is among six states where more than half of all residents will be obese by 2018. That’s according […]
Forbidden fruit
I received a lovely Edible Arrangements fruit basket at my desk this morning. Since I can find a law angle to almost anything, I’ll tell you that there was a […]
Deli Update V – the final one!
If you’re in Towson right now and thinking about lunch, you finally have another restaurant to consider. Yes, our long local nightmare has ended: The Perring Place Express Deli is […]
The menu on Death Row
Slate had an interesting story yesterday about the last meals of death row inmates in anticipation of convicted “Beltway Sniper” John Allen Muhammad’s execution last night in Virginia. (Muhammad chose […]
Towson deli update IV
I walked past what used to be the Court Towers Deli today in Towson and saw something I haven’t seen in 19 months: people eating. The Perring Place Express Deli […]
New Towson deli delayed…again
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, no corned beef for anybody. Last week, I wrote a new restaurant replacing the Court Towers Deli across from Circuit Court in […]
Haikus about Pittsburgh
No movies tonight The drama is in the streets See yinz on Monday –Manny Thiener, Pittsburgh, PA Today, the Wall Street Journal ran a front-page soft feature article about a […]
New Towson deli delayed a week
I wrote a blog post earlier this month about a new restaurant set to open Sept. 14 in the old Court Towers Deli in Towson, across the street from Circuit Court. […]
Long-awaited Towson deli to open soon
I wrote about the closing of the Court Towers Deli in April 2008. Since then, I’ve watched the ground-level space sit vacant on Pennsylvania Avenue, a block from Baltimore County Circuit […]
Lexington Market vs. the Ferry Building
Lexington Market outranks San Francisco’s Ferry Building Marketplace in one food writer’s book. And she even likes the fact you can buy squirrel there. That scribe of discernment is Jane […]
