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Weekly outings
March 10-12
On Wed. night, I joined six other media peeps for a great dinner tonight at Milan. A most-excellent roast chicken and nicely made Manhattan. Thursday, I stopped by the new Patrick Sutton Home store in Harbor East for a reception for artist Leslie Shellow, and enjoyed talking with Lisa Lewins, Robin Chesley and Lisa Schatz,…
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Mon., March 8
I’m a longtime supporter of the Baltimore School for the Arts, and every year at this time their Expressions show is something we look forward to. The evening started with a cocktail reception at 6:30, followed by the show at 8:00. Lots of familiar faces here (and most are here every year as well,…
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Thurs., March 4
I joined the revelers this evening at City Paper‘s annual Cosmic Cocktail bash, held at AVAM. There was a line out the door to get into this event, always a popular one. I was greeted by CP publisher Don Farley and his lovely wife Maggie upon entering. My pal Jen Marsh, CP’s advertising director…
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Thurs., Feb. 25
Lars Rusins, honcho of Baltimore Foodies, was kind enough to invite me to a Tequila Dinner at the new Miguel’s in Silo Point this evening. A group of 26 assembled for the four-course extravaganza of a meal prepared by Miguel’s (and Rub) owner Michael Marx. We enjoyed a pre-dinner cocktail of Palomas (the Paloma…
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Thurs., Feb. 4
It’s that time of year again, the annual Chocolate Affair at M&T Bank Stadium to benefit Healthcare for the Homeless. This was my fourth year serving as a judge, and it still never gets any easier choosing winners from amongst so many great food entries. The crowds turned out in force; I was talking…
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Sat., Jan. 30
The snowy evening didn’t keep the crowds from turning up at the Pratt Contemporaries Black & White Party, held in the main hall of the Enoch Pratt Central Library downtown. The event was a sell-out, and the Black & White theme was borrowed from Truman Capote’s infamous B&W Ball held at The Plaza Hotel…
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Wed., Jan. 27
This evening is the media preview cocktail reception for the new Little Italy restaurant/lounge Milan. I arrive on the early side and immediately see fellow media peeps Dara Bunjon, Randi Rom, Diane Macklin, Anne Boone Simanski, Eddie Applefeld and Reagan Warfield, who’ve claimed a nice corner niche near a glowing firepit in the lounge…
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Wed., Jan. 20
Two planned stops tonight, the opening party for the restored Hotel Brexton on upper Park Avenue and a birthday celebration for Diane Macklin at Roy’s. My stop at the Brexton turns out to be quite brief, as it is mobbed with people, most of whom I don’t recognize. I managed to sqeeze down the…
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Sat., Jan. 16
The Contemporary Museum held its Winter Party this year as a progressive party, with the initial cocktail hour held in its Center Street galleries, then moving to the top floor of the Peabody Court Hotel around the corner for dinner and dancing. In the galleries, I looked at the site-specific installations created for the…
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Thurs., Jan. 7
Tonight I joined some fellow media foodies for dinner at the Gin Mill in Canton. I remember the Gin Mill of old— when both upstairs and downstairs bars would be packed shoulder-to-shoulder on weekends with beer-quaffing revelers. The scene here now is way more sedate (it’s been completely redesigned), with dim, romantic lighting, quiet…
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