Lifestyle
Man or bear? A viral meme about who women feel safer with requires expert answers
A TikTok video asked women whether they would rather be trapped in the woods with a man or a bear. Even the experts seemed firmly in one camp.
‘Llama Llama’ author lives on in daughter’s Baltimore classroom
Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama series has delighted children for nearly 20 years. The beloved author died of brain cancer in 2016, but her daughter Berol Dewdney embodies her mother’s message of empathy, compassion and the power of play in a Baltimore City Public Schools pre-K classroom.
Old Baltimore love letters fill in family history for far-flung descendants
A stash of 1920s love letters recently discovered inside the wall of a Baltimore home are filling in the blanks for two families across the country.
7 things to do: Annapolis Blues soccer returns to capital city with charity match
Here’s a look at great things to do in Annapolis for the week starting May 9.
Mother’s Day is one day. Here are the gifts we want all year.
For Mother's Day, give the gift of kindness, clean rooms and not tripping over shoes for eternity.
Commentary: Shopping for clothes is hard. When you’re pregnant, it’s even worse.
Affordability, comfort and good quality hardly seem to coexist in clothes for pregnant bodies.
Heiress’s legal drama threatened to ruin author of love letters
Love letters hidden for a century within the wall of a Roland Park home unspooled not only a secret romance but hinted at the tragedy and scandal surrounding a wealthy heiress.
Secret in the walls: Hidden letters reveal love, lust, scandal in 1920s Baltimore society
A bathroom renovation in Roland Park opened a window to a long-forgotten world. The dusty, tin box held 100-year-old love letters. Who hid them in the wall? And why? That’s where the mystery begins.
Tell us about the old things you’ve found in your home
Have you discovered a bit of history that tells a surprising story?
Baltimore-area native Angel Reese stuns in seafoam frock at Met Gala
Angel Reese, the Randallstown native turned WNBA player, left her Chicago Sky practice early and stunned during the Met Gala, which is one of fashion’s most iconic events.
It’s never too late to write your mom for Mother’s Day, even when it is.
Maybe the best I can do on this or any Mother’s Day is to write a little note to her. I know she won’t read it, but it feels good to write it as if she would.
The Climb: Mount St. Joseph’s seniors embark on century-old rite of passage
Mount St. Joe’s seniors take part in a rite of passage stretching back to the early 1900s as they prepare to embark on life after graduation.
Amid rain fit only for ducks, absurdities roll in the Kinetic Sculpture Race
The race, put on by the American Visionary Arts Museum, isn’t supposed to be taken seriously, the fastest don’t get first prize and bribes are the norm. Heavy rain only added to the absurdity of the day featuring a giant pink poodle named FiFi, oversized pink flamingos and, of course, the Soda Quakers.
Volunteers don’t take the Kinetic Sculpture Race seriously. They’re not supposed to.
An annual festival dating to 1999, the spring Baltimore event invites racers — or, as they are called, pilots — to show off their human-powered sculptures in a 15-mile course.
7 things to do: Big voices come to Annapolis to compete for $30K in prizes
Eight opera singers, three judges and $30,000 in prize money on the line should make for an unpredictable Sunday afternoon in Annapolis.
Flower Mart returns this week. Here are the road closures and parking restrictions.
The Flower Mart at Mount Vernon Place kicks off on Friday, and there will be traffic modifications in place starting Thursday.
Getting healthy takes a different priority when your goal is not to die
Us Generation Xers can no longer ignore the health challenges that come with aging. It took a scare to wake me up.
Hawk that’s been through hell escapes after another brush of bad luck
Stella the hawk, partially blind and with a chest full of shrapnel, is loose after a tree struck her enclosure at Oregon Ridge Nature Center in Cockeysville.
How do you dress for Maryland’s ‘Spring of Deception’? Two stylists have some ideas.
It can be hot, cold, snowy, sunny and rainy all in one week. Here’s how to dress for Maryland’s crazy weather.
I’m new to commuting on the Baltimore Beltway. Is it always this bad?
I’ve been commuting from Annapolis to Baltimore a couple of days each week for a few months now. We’ve got traffic in Annapolis, and sometimes it’s maddening. There was that one time a sailboat mast got caught in a powerline on Forest Drive. But I have to ask you Baltimore Beltway commuters a question: Is it always this bad?
