Baltimore City Archives - Ron Tanner's site for readers and writers

I park in a neighborhood adjacent to the university where I work. It's a tony neighborhood, with houses that are...

10 October, 2011

Jill and I went to the state fair with our friend Tim this week. Maryland's state fair --...

09 September, 2010

The sale price of Baltimore's Bauerschmidt mansion has been reduced to a paltry $590K. One of Baltimore city's grand...

20 May, 2010

I need a one-day liquor license for a fund-raiser I'm doing in Baltimore next week (Baltimore's Literary Cabaret)....

29 April, 2010

Jill and I took a field trip to Baltimore’s most toxic industrial area, Wagner’s Point. This was Jill’s...

19 March, 2010

Mrs. Park, the widowed Korean lady who did my laundry, has disappeared, her shop shuttered since September, the store emptied,...

16 February, 2010

Every year the City calls me in for jury duty. But, because I'm very liberal and over-educated, nobody picks...

08 February, 2010

On our way to dump our Christmas tree Saturday afternoon, we picked up a stray dog. A small, female...

23 January, 2010