National Coffee Day is on Friday, but that faux holiday is celebrated every day in my house.
I’m not alone. More than 1.4 billion cups of coffee are served worldwide each year, according to Nescafe.
My three-cup-a-day habit, the foundation of my personal food pyramid, started costing a fortune…
Two buildings on the Walters Art Museum’s campus will open to the public this weekend after being closed for three years of renovations. The Carriage House and the John and Berthe Ford Gallery will host the free museum’s newest exhibit, “Arts of Asia,” which opens Sunday. The installation takes Asian art spanning more than 2,000 years and multiple countries from the museum’s collection and presents it in a new light, said the Walters’ executive director, Julia Marciari-Alexander. Marciari-Alexander…
Enlightenment’s been active this year, with other investments, a high-profile advisory board appointee and an exit.
The Baltimore City Paper will release its final issue on Nov. 1, the alternative weekly announced Friday on its website. In the post, blog editor Brandon Weigel said the paper is working on a special last issue. It will include reflections from current and former staff members, and some “archival content.” The impending closure of the 40-year-old paper was announced on July 7. Baltimore Sun Media Group, which owns City Paper, said the decision was made due to declining ad revenue, a challenge faced…
Loyola University Maryland has now thrown its hat into the Amazon ring. Rev. Brian F. Linnane, the president of the private Catholic college, penned an opinion piece in the school’s biannual magazine Friday, urging Amazon.com Inc. to pick Baltimore for its $5.5 billion HQ2 project. States and cities across the country have been putting together pitches for Amazon’s search for a city to house a second headquarters, a project the company says will create 50,000 jobs. Loyola can play a big part in…
Officials offered an inside look at the Hogan administration’s strategy for sustaining a veto of the paid sick leave bill during a town hall at the Maryland Chamber of Commerce’s Business Policy and Competitiveness Conference.
A Maryland developer has pledged $50,000 to help build a new horse stable in West Baltimore for the Baltimore Police Department. The St. John Properties Foundation offered the funds this week as a matching gift toward the $2.5 million needed to build a 12,000-square-foot stable for the department’s mounted unit on the grounds of the B&O Railroad Museum. The police department this summer announced it was moving the stables to a new location to better mesh with community members and school children…
The Port of Baltimore is on pace to bring in a record amount of cargo again, but Executive Director James J. White said the growth is causing “several challenges.”
Visitors to Baltimore’s first cat cafe this weekend might be greeted by Star, a friendly rescue with thick white fur and friendly eyes who likes to be the center of attention. Or they might be welcomed by Paris, who enjoys curling up on top of a pile of T-shirts for sale on the bookshelf near the entrance. Both cats moved into Charm Kitty Cafe’s Hampden space a week ago in preparation for the business’ grand opening Saturday. The cafe, located in Whitehall Mill, a former textile mill on the Jones…
If you didn't get a never-ending pasta pass at Olive Garden recently, it’s no biggie. You can still stuff yourself with pasta during the chain’s popular Never Ending Pasta Bowl promotion.
The Orlando-based eatery is offering all-you-can-eat pasta entrees starting at $9.99 with dining in.
No coupon…
Amazon’s pursuit of a location for second headquarters has drawn high interest from executives and elected officials nationwide — but not necessarily at all costs, according to responses to a recent poll. The Business Journals asked readers earlier this month: Do you want your city or state to offer financial incentives to Amazon to land its new “HQ2?” It’s an unscientific survey, to be sure. Some states drew responses from a single reader. (We’re looking at you, Mississippi — and,…
