
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
simulated sex with a potted palm tree." Before The Sun, he was a reporter at the Miami New Times. He's also written for Miami magazine, the Orlando Sentinel, the Sarasota Herald Tribune and the Gainesville Sun. Got tips? Gripes? Pitches? He's reachable at
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here to keep up with the dumb music he's listening to.
Midnight Sun covers Baltimore music, live entertainment, and nightlife news. On the blog, you'll find, among other things, concert announcements, breaking news, bars closings and openings, up-to-date coverage of crime in nightlife, new music, round-the-clock coverage of Virgin Mobile FreeFest, handy guides on bars staying open past 2 a.m. on New Year's Eve and those that carry Natty Boh on draft. Recurring features include seven-day nightlife guides, Concert News, guest reviews of bars and concerts, Wednesday Corkboard, and photo galleries, as well as reader-submitted photos. Thanks for reading.
Comments
Nice! Have a good vacation!
Posted by: sarahkk | June 18, 2008 11:03 AM
oh wow, maybe you can find a dyson airblade on your vacation!
http://www.slate.com/id/2193740/
Posted by: locust point man | June 18, 2008 11:36 AM
The top 5 or 10 of the most restorative/relaxing summer urban oasises or retreates for those who cannot get away just yet. Each the best of their kind or theme.
Posted by: GDA | June 18, 2008 12:05 PM
have a great time!! (you better bring all of us back some souvineers!!)
Posted by: SS2 | June 18, 2008 12:15 PM
Locust Point Man, I will keep my hands wet and my eyes peeled. GDA, that's not a bad idea. SS2, you'll get what I give you and nothing more ...
Posted by: Sam Sessa | June 18, 2008 10:28 PM
Locust Point Man, I will keep my hands wet and my eyes peeled. GDA, that's not a bad idea. SS2, I make no promises ...
Posted by: Sam Sessa | June 18, 2008 10:28 PM
Hi Sam - Can you find out what's going on w/the restaurant/space at Fort and Jackson St.? It looks like it is a new restaurant by the guy/chef from Bicycle. When will it open?
Also, what's going on w/ the space that was Ban Jara Thai restaurant?
Posted by: strawberry | June 18, 2008 11:09 PM
I took a vacation/blogging sabbatical myself recently, and it was wonderful, I hope you enjoy yours!
Posted by: Al Shipley | June 19, 2008 9:35 AM
The dyson airblade can be found in the inner harbor bathrooms across from Tir Na Nog
Posted by: James | June 19, 2008 9:40 AM
A digression:
Tír na nÓg, when I saw the name, I had a vague recollection of a music duo from Ireland in the seventies.
From Wikipedia's entry's,
"Tír na nÓg (Old Irish Tír na n-Oc ), (IPA: [tʲi:ɾʲ n̪ˠa n̪ˠo:g]), called in English the Land of Eternal Youth or the Land of the Ever-Young, is the most popular of the Other worlds in Irish mythology,..." "Here happiness lasts forever, no one wants for food or drink*. It is the Irish equivalent of the Greek Elysium or the Valhalla of the Norse.": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%ADr_na_n%C3%93g
As for Tír na nÓg the Celtic duo/band; Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%ADr_na_n%C3%93g_(band)
& MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/tirnanogduo
* An appropriate name for a bar and grille.
Posted by: GDA | June 19, 2008 11:08 AM
I remember reading in the BBJ a few months ago that the owner of the Bicycle was opening an Italian restaurant- I believe that's in the location at Fort and Jackson.
Posted by: Susan PG | June 19, 2008 11:44 AM
Strawberry,
The old Fort/Jackson location is going to be a English/Scotish styled restaurant called Ullswater. Former Banjara got bought by the Mothers conglomerate and will be turned into a bar...no idea on the 'theme'...
Posted by: The Beav | June 19, 2008 12:08 PM
You have an editor?
Posted by: bryaninTimonium | June 19, 2008 6:49 PM
The old Soigne, Sly Fox was bought by the owners of the Bicycle and they are opening an Italian restaurant.
Posted by: jason | June 20, 2008 4:23 AM