Good Morning Baltimore!

Although one of my dearest friends is from Baltimore, I must confess that everything I think I know about the city comes from watching John Waters movies and The Wire - talk about two extremes! Well, I was thrilled to hear about all of the fun and exciting things happening in Bawlmer, including new restaurants and fun festivals.

New Restaurants

Wit & Wisdom, A Tavern by Michael Mina
Four Seasons Baltimore, Harbor East
Wit & Wisdom offers a menu inspired by the cuisine of the mid-Atlantic region, focusing on the Eastern Seaboard’s culinary heritage. Keeping the area’s history in mind, the restaurant offers American cuisine featuring locally sourced ingredients, prepared through classical wood-fire-grilling and hearth-cooking techniques - it sounds delicious! I would definitely pay Wit & Wisdom a visit - I had a chance to dine at Michael Mina's restaurant at the Bellagio in Las Vegas and the food was great.

Waterfront Kitchen
1419 Thames Street, Fell’s Point
Waterfront Kitchen is located on the first floor of Fell’s Point’s Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Museum. The menu, designed by long time local chef Jerry Pellegrino of Corks Restaurant, emphasizes seasonal ingredients, including those grown by participants in Living Classrooms Foundation's BUGS (Baltimore Urban Gardening with Students) program. BUGS, which serves inner-city grade school children, maintains a greenhouse and gardens just a few blocks away.

Special Events/Arts & Culture

Touch and the Enjoyment of Sculpture: Exploring the Appeal of Renaissance Statuettes
The Walters Art Museum
January 21-April 15, 2012
This groundbreaking show will explore the implications of tactile perception for enjoying sculpture by melding the research of a Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist studying how the brain reacts to tactile stimuli and a Walters’ curator interested in the increased appreciation of tactility as an aspect of European Renaissance art – a period marked by a new availability of small “collectibles” meant to be held.

Maryland Film Festival
Maryland Institute College of Art/The Charles Theater
May 3-6, 2012
Designed to advocate for films and filmmakers as they enter the marketplace, the Maryland Film Festival celebrates the art of film in the tradition of famous Baltimoreans like John Waters and Barry Levinson. Documentaries, short films and features are screened at several locations throughout the city.

HonFest
Hampden
June 9-10, 2012
Get out your teasing comb and Aqua Net, hon! Baltimore’s annual celebration of all things “Bawlmer” takes place along 36^th Street in Hampden and pays tribute to the neighborhoods, distinctive dialect and people of Baltimore. Enjoy live music, classic Bawlmer foods and Hampden’s eclectic merchants, and indulge your bouffant cravings and inner hon at the Glamour Lounge.


To learn more about what to see, do, and eat in Baltimore, check out the Visit Baltimore website.