Becky Fifield
The Zoo, the Park, and a Baltimore Befuddlement
I’m not an expert on Baltimore, by any means. I’ve never lived there. I was born in Towson and grew up in Carroll County. But Baltimore...
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Becky Fifield
- Jun 10, 2014
- 2 min
Transportation Tuesday – B&O Centenary Pageant, 1927
Ladies in nymph-like attire twirling and leaping through fields – sounds like the turn of the century pageantry movement to me. The...
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Becky Fifield
- Sep 5, 2013
- 2 min
Oyster Shuckers
I used to hate oysters. Typically, tidewater Marylanders pat oysters in cracker meal, fry them, and if you need a condiment, slather on...
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Becky Fifield
- May 29, 2013
- 2 min
Wanderlust Wednesday: 24 Rather Staid Hours in Baltimore
A conference, a presentation, a cancelled train, and dinner at the Red Star in Fells Point. All in 24 hours. The annual meeting of the...
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Becky Fifield
- Jan 29, 2013
- 2 min
Transit Tuesday: How do you get to Annapolis without a car?
I was peeved. During my Christmas break in Maryland, a winter storm blew in on the day I’d picked to spend some time at the state...
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Becky Fifield
- Jan 15, 2013
- 2 min
Transit Tuesday: The Walking City
Colleagues of mine were up from DC this week for the Alliance for Response NYC program “Community-Based Recovery After Superstorm Sandy”...
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Becky Fifield
- Nov 9, 2012
- 1 min
A Visit to the Drugstore, 1786
Halloween’s passed us by, but here’s a tale of horror from the late eighteenth century: a visit to the drugstore. This advertisement...
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Becky Fifield
- Jul 26, 2012
- 1 min
Martha Washington Sells
I was looking in the mirror, thinking my hair needed a little color. Here’s what I found in the Baltimore Sun, January 19, 1866 America’s...
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