Baltimore Grows

With the impending blizzard, what else will there be to do other than a) shovel snow, and b) visit your local pub.  The answer is c) go sledding.  Here’s a list of the best places to go sledding in Baltimore.  Please feel free to add any that you know of in the comments section!

1. Baltimore County Board of Education (aka Greenwood) on Charles Street in Ruxton/Towson area of Baltimore County.  This was my favorite growing up. It’s about a 5 minute drive north of the city county line.  Watch out for the big ditch at the bottom!

2. Patterson Park – Near the Pagoda offers some good hills.  Great place to hobnob with the neighbors.  Adults and kids alike.  Also good place to join a snowball fight.

3. Federal Hill Park – Also a good place for a snowball fight. Be careful which hill to pick, as some will launch you out over Key Highway.

4. Suicide Hill – At the Baltimore Country Club (4712 Club Road) in Roland Park.  This has always been rated the best sledding hill in Baltimore, but rumor has it the club has constructed fences across the hill to keep would-be sledders away.  If do you try to go there, beware – it is trespassing.

5. Leakin Park – Off of Windsor Mill Road on Eagle Drive.  Past the tennis courts near the Crimea Mansion

6. Oregon Ridge State Park – 13401 Beaver Dam Road.  This is a former ski slope.

7. Herring Run Park – Harford Road and Argonne Dr. near Lake Montebello

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Ever heard the term “there’s power in numbers”.  Well, there’s a website that’s turning that power into savings for you and me!  That site is Groupon.  The way is works is they post a different deal every day.  Some recent examples are $15 for $30 worth of food and drink at Blue Hill Tavern, $45 for a 1 hour massage at Apothecary Wellness Spa, and $15 for $35 worth of food and drink and Don’t Know Tavern in South Baltimore.  The businesses that are offering the deal require that a certain number of people sign up, once they have, the deal “tips” and you get the coupon…er…groupon that is.  The “groupon” is generally good for a year.  Otherwise, there’s no catch. 

They seem to post a lot of things for those of us that live within the Baltimore City limits.  It doesn’t cost you anything to join, so it’s worth checking out.  Follow the link below:

http://www.groupon.com/baltimore

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According to an article in the Maryland Daily Record, the new Kona Grill to be constructed at the inner harbor will have a large patio facing Pratt Street.  Construction has started on the restaurant which will be located at the corner of Pratt and Light Streets in the Verizon Building.  Grand opening is set for this spring.  Although not officially part of the Pratt Street redesign proposed by Baltimore City, the new streetside dining in proximitiy the most prominent  intersection downtown is a step in the right direction of bringing street level activity to what has been considered by many as more of a thoroughfare.  Kona will join Capital Grill, PF Changs, Panera Bread, and Sullivans who also offer streetside dining nearby. 

Follow the link below to read the full article:

http://mddailyrecord.com/2010/01/27/kona-grill-to-bring-patio-dining-to-pratt-st/

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