Favorite local sports team
The Charm City Roller Girls
WHERE: The team has monthly matches at Clarence “Du” Burns Arena, 1301 S. Ellwood Ave.
MORE: Their next home match is against the Junkyard Dolls on Sept. 13.
“They have heart and soul, and they are wild and crazy women.”
Favorite local pub
Pete’s Place
WHERE: 322 N. Franklintown Road in Baltimore.
“I love the funk and charm of Pete’s Place.”
Favorite city park
Leakin Park
WHERE: West Baltimore, at 1900 Eagle Drive. The park is intersected by Franklintown Road and can be accessed from Winterbourne Road and Hilton Street.
INFO: Visit Chesapeake and Allegheny live steamers, a miniature train that offers rides for children and adults on the second Sunday of each month April through November.
“I lived next to it for 25 years, before [the city] fixed it up with bike trails. It was a real wilderness then, filled with old cemeteries. I found a body there once, I’ll never forgot that day.”
Favorite Baltimore memory
Fells Point
INFO: The Fells Point Visitor Center at 808 S. Ann St. in Baltimore.
“Fells Point the way it used to be — when artists, crazy people and tugboat drivers could hang out in a bar and all get along. Tugboat Annie’s was really a tugboat bar, but those days are gone.”
Favorite Maryland radio announcer
Anthony McCarthy
INFO: McCarthy can be heard on WEAA 88.9 every Friday from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
“He has always been one of my favorites. He’s smart and well informed. For a guy from another city, who is both black and gay, he has made a name for himself.”
Favorite restaurant
The Dogwood in Hampden
Carma’s Cafe
WHERE: The Dogwood Restaurant is located at 911 W. 36th St.; Carma’s is located at 3120 St. Paul’s Place.
MORE: The Dogwood trains up-and-coming chefs from the Dogwood Gourmet Institute. Carma’s serves specialty sandwiches, coffees and Italian sodas
“For lunch, it has to be Carma’s Cafe in Charles Village, a great place to get a sandwich.”
Favorite regional vacation spot
Assateague Island
WHERE: Assateague Island National Park is located on the Eastern Shore; the north entrance is at the end of Route 611, eight miles south of Ocean City.
MORE: Famous for its wild ponies, Assateague has beautiful natural beaches and miles of walking trails.
“I love the woods and the water. I’ve been going there since the ’50s.”
Favorite spot to read A book
Home
CURRENT READ: My daughter and I are reading “The Midwife’s Apprentice.”
“Under my pines or sitting by the side of the house in woods.”
