The City That Breeds

On the topic of manbags (and beef jerky)

March 29th, 2012 | 2 Comments

I’m what some would describe as a man of many hats. Full time scientist, part time freelancer, trivia host, and most recently — fledgling beef jerky baron (also mustache/charity enthusiast). While making a meat delivery servicing various office environments around town, one of the most important details is to look really cool – as walking through an office’s doorways carrying little snack packs of delicious teriyaki jerky in a Whole Foods tote lacks a certain panache. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Schadenfreude

HOLY SHIT THAT’S AWESOME! A review of Dollar Shave Club

March 28th, 2012 | 5 Comments

The Dollar Shave Club* ad has almost four million views. Chances are you are responsible for at least one of those views. It’s a pretty funny ad that promises that their blades are “fucking great.” And the concept is great: inexpensive off-brand razors delivered to your door once a month. They offer $1, $6, and $9 monthly packages with the $9 and $6 ones including shipping. Being the genius that I am, I decided to test … Read entire article »

Filed under: HSTA!

SpaceManAndy’s Advice for Stuck in Squaresville

March 23rd, 2012 | 8 Comments

Dear SpaceManAndy, I’ve become really lame. I want to blame my job, having to be up before 7 everyday but I feel like it’s other things too. I’m fresh out of college (where I was in a sorority and had fun all the time), and I live in downtown Baltimore so this should be my fun, crazy phase of life, but it’s just not. I need some motivation to go out and embrace youth before I’m … Read entire article »

Filed under: Advice, Baltimore

JA Murphy’s is now Murphy’s Law

March 22nd, 2012 | 5 Comments

I’m a bit confused here. Last month, it was announced pretty much everywhere that Spike TV’s Bar Rescue (Kitchen Nightmares for bars) would be filming at JA Murphy’s (1703 Aliceanna St, Fells Point). Then, something something about filming being postponed until further notice. Two days later, Baltimore Magazine runs a blogopost about how the writer Jess Blumberg was there for the filming, complete with quotes from owner Keith Murphy and the head of the show, … Read entire article »

Filed under: Boozetime!

Opinion: Bottle Tax Won’t Fix Imagination Deficit

March 21st, 2012 | 20 Comments

As Baltimore’s Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake delivers a preliminary budget for the city today, the focus seems to be on efficiency. Changes to the city’s health budget, cuts to the liquor board, “cloud computing” for city offices and a laundry list of other initiatives are being introduced in an effort to bolster Baltimore City’s year over year budget issues. One thing left out of the text: the increased bottle tax proposal, which has been touted … Read entire article »

Filed under: Politics