How to Cancel a Date Gracefully
Here we are again on a Sunday, Baltimore. Nowhere to go (unless you want to go to this), fuck-all to do, and a hangover to cure. We figure Sunday is a good time to wax philosohphical, at least until...
View ArticleHow to Make a Polite Introduction
It’s Monday Baltimore. It’s a new week, and the perfect time to introduce the first in an occasional series of posts called House Rules. House Rules will focus primarily on Barroom etiquette. The art...
View ArticleIron Man Double Feature @ White Marsh Tonight
Once again the Chop plays the black sheep and goes against the grain. While the rest of you are trying to cure your Cinco de Mayo tequila hangovers by sitting in the dark at the Maryland Film Festival...
View ArticleIs This a Date?
It’s a thoroughly modern world these days, Baltimore. The days of presenting debutantes, old-fashioned courtships and calling cards are by and large over, and they’re not coming back any time soon....
View ArticleWho Should Pay on the Last Date?
You know, the discussion of who should pay on a first date is a pretty old, circular and tired argument. There are tens of thousands of opinions on the question in books and magazines and all over the...
View ArticleCity Paper’s Free Movie Night @ Charles Theater Tonight
The good news? It’s movie night. The bad news? There is no bad news. We all get to go to the movies for free. What could be bad about that? The City Paper loves and appreciates its readers so much that...
View ArticleHow to Handle a Mispour: A Bartender’s Guide
Anyone who’s seen the inside of enough bars can easily tell a good bartender from a bad one. There are certain places which have great reputations for service, and hire nothing but good bar staff....
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