Hampden

Glimpsed

Scott Holt

Junior's Wine Bar is a favored hangout among Baltimore's trendsetting professionals, so it only figures that its manager would be a trendsetter himself. Scott Holt, better known as Scooter, knows how to welcome customers with style. The Hampden resident has also found that he has something in common with the beverage his restaurant features: His style has mellowed with age.

Dining for $25 or less: Grano

Grano, the new Hampden pasta joint, is indie-movie cute. You know those movies where some type-A executive loses it all, rediscovers his muse and ends up opening the place of his dreams, a modest bakery or a sweet little cafe, the kind with just a couple of tables and a handful of stools at the counter, where the hero's quirky friends can chat while the emotionally restored hero prepares their meals.

The week that was

In Hampden, a beehive of activity

Honfest crowds no fun in Hampden

There's no fun about Honfest ("Hon-estly, hon, it's just fun," June 13).

'The Hons aren't dead'

Adorned in an Amy Winehouse-inspired black wig and dressed in a neon pink mermaid skirt, a matching feather boa, a pink-sequined T-shirt and dusty pink house slippers, Robert Glick stood out yesterday among the thousands of people crowding The Avenue for the 15th annual Honfest in Hampden.

Backlash against kitschy Honfest grows

Suddenly, it's hard out there to be a Hon.

Watchdog

Bus stop benches unsuitable for sitting

The problem A wooden bench at a Towson bus stop has been broken for more than a year.

Hampden Family Center's Flamingo Fling

It wasn't just the guests who gussied up for Hampden Family Center's annual party, Flamingo Fling. This was the first such event to be held at the Clipper Mill Pool Pavilion. And it had been dressed accordingly. There was the party's signature color - hot pink - everywhere. Tables scattered around the pool area were draped in fuschia brocade, each with a rose centerpiece, in which even the water was pink. And you couldn't miss the pink flamingo punch served up in martini glasses that featured pink flamingo stems.

Neighbors' quick action saves 'babies'

Rex Cox and a neighbor were on the front steps of their Remington rowhouses yesterday when they noticed thick black smoke billowing from a home a block away. As they ran toward the fire, one of them called the owner, Charles Krout, and told him his house was burning.

Watchdog

Loading zone gets a load of complaints

THE PROBLEM // A Hampden resident says a nearby business doesn't get enough deliveries to warrant a truck-loading zone out front.

Schools make headway

Last year, Tashera Savage squeezed her father's hand and held onto his gaze as he lay dying of a gunshot wound outside her house. Such a profoundly troubling experience could easily have derailed the city high school junior.

Shoppers saving the planet, one reusable bag at a time

For more and more people, the supermarket checkout line question "Paper or plastic?" simply isn't relevant.

A whole different animal

Five years ago, John Slaughter had his fingers on the pulse of the stock market.

Kathleen Mary Swords

Due to errors in this obituary, the text has been temporarily removed and will be replaced with a corrected version.

After beating on bus, victim rebuilding life

Sarah Kreager had picked up her prescription anti-depressant and boarded the No. 27 bus in Hampden that would take her and her boyfriend downtown to a methadone clinic.

Watchdog

Missing bus schedule leaves riders in dark

THE PROBLEM // A notice at a Hampden bus stop promises an updated schedule will be posted - in June 2007.

Laura Vozzella: Maybe it's for the XXX Games

Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff aren't just showing off their swimming in Missouri. They're showing off their new Speedo LZR Racer swimsuits. And that means they're showing off their birthday suits, too.

Smokers get the boot

The rain was bad enough. But having to stand in it just to light a cigarette was really the limit.

A charmed Christmas

If you're in Baltimore for the holidays and can't get into the spirit, consider yourself a Grinch -- no city does Christmas like this city. Nearly every neighborhood gets into the act: From modest rowhouses in Highlandtown to large homes in Guilford, lights are strung, lawn displays are erected and an annual decoration overdrive commences.

Lombard as center of Jewish life

The crowds and the noise, the live chickens at Yankelove's Poultry, the bagels at Wartzman's and the cream cheese at Smelkinson's, the sidewalk fruit stands and pickle barrels ... they've all vanished from East Lombard Street, once the heart of Jewish East Baltimore.

Mayor's missing forum action

From the pews of an East Baltimore church, residents listened to the mayoral candidates answer questions about how they would combat crime. In a Hampden recreation center, voters heard them zip through their stump speeches in three minutes flat.