A local shares with readers his favorite things to do in Baltimore and why they are his favorites - whether because they're the most fun, the most economical, or the most bizarre. The guide is packed with amusing sidebars that explain, for example, why Baltimore is called "Charm City" and how to speak "Bawlamorese."
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Great Book On Baltimore:
CITY SMART: BALTIMORE is a great book about Baltimore and its surrounding suburbs, with descriptions of where the best shopping and dining are. However, because the book was written several years ago, the radio listings need to be taken like the humor in AMERICAN WEDDING, SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH, DRIVE ME CRAZY, SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, 13 GOING ON 30, DATE MOVIE, HARVARD MAN, and the two GARFIELD MOVIES featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt. This is a minor quibble, though, because this is... more info
Tells it like it is:
The thing I like about this guidebook is its honesty. I've lived in Baltimore all my life and I recognize my city in this book's pages. It's genuinely entertaining and exposes a few warts as well as the good stuff. Plus, it has top 10 lists from Gov. Shaefer and from John Steadman, my all-time favorite Baltimore sportswriter.
Sugarman, a surname that says it all...:
This guide is sweet! Again Joe Sugarman, in a light and appropriate tone for a city guide, points out the best in town... If you want to visit Baltimore without fear of loosing time and wasting money walking in circles: read this guide. Read it and you will enjoy Baltimore; loose it and you will not be aware of the beauties you're loosing in this marvellous city.
This guide might not be the *most* extensive, but all the info that has been packed in it is selected: I don't want to see everything... more info
Negative Undercurrent:
Besides this book, I purchased at the same time The Insiders' Guide to Baltimore, which is $2.00 more and 150 pages longer. I give this City Smart guide 2 stars, compared to a 5 star rating on the Insiders' Guide. The reason for the wide difference in rating the two books: This book, City Smart, is trying to be hip, flippant, and tounge-in-cheek. Instead, it comes off as very negative. I purchased the two books at the same time, read this one first, and when I was done I really wasn't sure I wanted to visit... more info
Privacy policy: we don't collect information
about visitors except for standard technical server logs. We don't send unsolicited emails. We don't
sell the information that we don't collect about you to anyone. When you follow
links to other sites, their privacy policies apply. Thanks for visiting!
