With just over a week to go to his No-Buy Month spending challenge, Brent doesn’t think he can avoid socially mandated spending. — lfk. A tempting weekend awaits. I’m going out tonight for a former co-worker’s going-away party in Mount Vernon. She’s a…
Mount Vernon
I may be a little late in reporting this, but I have photos. When Lee Morton of XS told me last week that the Mount Vernon hot spot had moved forward with its new lounge in spite of the economy,……
Last week I did a Top 10 list of romantic restaurants for the budget-minded on my blog, Dining@Large. Because I believe you’ll have a better time with your sweetie celebrating at a restaurant before or after Valentine’s Day when places aren’t as crowded,…
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I was troubled to read that the City Council is considering cutting the free commuter bus service slated to begin in July 2009 (“City Council gets report on savings,” Feb. 11). I strongly urge the council not to cut this service, and I would even be in…
Raphael Langford has always been known as one of the most elegant figures on Baltimore’s social scene. Even getting sidelined by a serious illness last year didn’t knock the 64-year-old Mount Vernon resident off his “classic” style track, as evidenced…
The economy hasn’t been kind to Christal Perry’s pocketbook, but she’s not letting that show in her hair.
The private-school teacher’s side job as a settlement agent has suffered because fewer people are buying homes, but the Randallstown woman keeps one…
He’d been controlling his temper all day, plotting how to say what was on his mind. His chance came at 6:45 that evening.
Andrés Alonso, Baltimore schools chief executive officer, arrived in Mount Vernon to meet with a few dozen of the city’s most active…
A massive water main break early Sunday caused extensive flooding in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore. Several residences and businesses lost water service or had low pressure, and a city official said it could be two days before the area…
Zachi Cafe & Gourmet Market
237-239 W. Read St., 410-462-6200. Open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
Best bite: kofta sandwich, $7.99
Also tasted: Middle Eastern chicken, $7.99; Yassin salad, $7.50; Aya salad, $7.25;…
