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Lights and decor, réveillon meals make Christmastime special in New Orleans
Patti Nickell | Tribune News Service Every year when the holiday season rolls around, the focus is on picture-perfect small towns blanketed in snow and populated by rosy-checked revelers caroling their...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for December 10, 2024
General Daily Insight for December 10, 2024 Healing doesn’t always need to be a difficult process. It’s a good time for open communication as the Moon trines messenger Mercury. The real rewards will...
View ArticleWeisman Park in downtown Annapolis gets lampposts offering shelter as part of...
Weisman Park in downtown Annapolis received a revamp recently with a landscaping restoration, sidewalk repair and two new lampposts sporting life-like arms holding umbrellas. “Everyone benefits from...
View ArticleWine, etc.: Champagnes and sparkling wines to consider for the holidays |...
Champagne producers have spent a lot of time and money distinguishing themselves from producers of sparkling wine. Champagne is, after all, a region and thus the producers are entitled to exclusive use...
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Baltimore Scene by Sloane: Hamburgala | PHOTOS
Hamburgala – the annual fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maryland — might have been an adults-only event,but children were everywhere… at least, in spirit. The ballroom and...
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Retro Baltimore: Maryland’s response to Pearl Harbor attack, start of war
The day itself may live in infamy, but Baltimore’s response to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, is etched in history as well. Within a week, city residents made swift strides to...
View ArticleNikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a...
View ArticleRoasted orange delivers big flavor in this smoky chicken traybake
By Christopher Kimball, Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Traybakes are valued for their simplicity. Everything cooks at the same temperature for the same amount of time, which doesn’t always translate...
View Article3 recipes to help you through the busy holiday season
Beth Dooley | (TNS) The Minnesota Star Tribune The holidays loom large. Parties, gift-shopping, school programs, recitals, family gatherings — there’s really no time to cook. Related Articles...
View Article4 new Netflix Christmas movies, from best to worst
Moira Macdonald | (TNS) The Seattle Times Need an early Christmas gift? Here you go: four brand-new Netflix holiday movies, filled with sexy snowmen, festive male stripping, five-part harmony and...
View ArticleAn end to the hubcap margarita as Nacho Mama’s plans to close both locations
Beloved “Maryland-Mex” restaurant Nacho Mama’s will be closing both of its locations by mid-January, the restaurant group that owns both Nacho Mama’s and Mama’s on the Half Shell said in a news release...
View ArticleGift ideas for people planning their next trip
Lynn O’Rourke Hayes | (TNS) FamilyTravel.com Wrap a ribbon around your travel plans. Here are five family-friendly ways to give the gift of travel to those close to you. Adventure lovers Give your...
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5 under-the-radar travel destinations the UN says you should visit
Lebawit Lily Girma | (TNS) Bloomberg News As a year of travel that was marked largely by overtourism protests in Barcelona, Oaxaca and Venice draws to a close, the appeal of offbeat vacations continues...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for December 11, 2024
General Daily Insight for December 11, 2024 We would all do well to move at a careful pace. The Moon enters sturdy Taurus at 10:55 am EST, so there’s no need to rush into anything. Luna also forms...
View ArticleQuick Fix: Horseradish Crusted Snapper with Arugula Pasta
By Linda Gassenheimer, Tribune News Service Horseradish mixed with mayonnaise makes a zippy and creamy topping for snapper fillets. The fillets take about 5 minutes to cook on a sheet pan under the...
View ArticleDon’t shun pinot grigio! The good versions of wines you think are bad
By Elin McCoy, Bloomberg News Eavesdrop in trendy wine bars, as I frequently do, and you hear drinkers dissing ever-popular pinot grigio as so bland and boring, lowbrow and déclassé that only those who...
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Baltimore Scene: Night of 100 ELVISes | PHOTOS
Fit for the King. Two nights and one Sunday brunch filled with non-stop musical celebration of the King, Elvis Presley. The event returned to Lord Baltimore Hotel with 15 Elvis entertainers and 15...
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Review: Timothée Chalamet is the best thing about the Bob Dylan biopic ‘A...
While watching a screening of the new Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” attended by the film’s star last week, I kept asking myself the same question. Who, exactly, is this movie for? Two...
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Tech review: Gift options for the cord cutter
Jim Rossman | Tribune News Service Cord cutting used to refer to abandoning pay TV and putting up an antenna to watch free over-the-air TV. Then cord cutting expanded to include streaming services like...
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Thailand’s starring role in ‘The White Lotus’ is about to pay off
Stephanie Yang | (TNS) Los Angeles Times KOH SAMUI, Thailand — Mike White, the creator of the HBO series “The White Lotus,” was in Thailand searching for the perfect place to film the show’s third...
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