Over the past several months, I’ve written candidly in this space about my belief in print — and my determination to continue publishing The Maryland Beverage Journal in the format it has used for generations. I meant every word of it. Print has alwa...

“Most cultures made beer before they had an alphabet.”  —Matthew Weiner, Mad Men creator When I started writing for the Maryland and Washington Beverage Journals in the summer of 2003, I had already been a movie reviewer and entertainment journalist ...

Hopping Down the Fells Point Trail “For anyone who has never been here before, we’ve been taking the combination of fried chicken and champagne – one of the greatest combinations of things ever – and mashing it together! Fried food and bubbles just g...

Nothing to Keep Quiet About Entrepreneurs Chad Ferrari and Andrew Schuster were both greatly influenced by their fathers. So, when it came time a few years back for these two career bartenders to open their own place – in this case, The Liquid Librar...

In writing this ongoing series of articles on funny and quirky-named bars, restaurants, pubs and taverns in and around Maryland, how could I not eventually do a feature on Naughty Dogs Restaurant, Pub and Grill in Bel Air? It IS a restaurant and a pu...