
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
erik.maza@baltsun.com. Click
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.
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i got rid of the awful tag I had at work being, "the only guy in the office not to see Batman yet."
Posted by: Allan | August 4, 2008 8:52 AM
Spent most of the night at Don't Know. Had my 1st mojito at Little Havana's. Not a bad drink, a little to minty tho.
Posted by: CK | August 4, 2008 9:30 AM
Did Drew from Greektown have his computer stolen? Get fired? How did he not post first?
Posted by: Smith | August 4, 2008 9:38 AM
Went to the Hudson's Street Stackhouse this weekend. Beer selection does rival Mahaffey's. No food though, the bar manager said maybe in the next weeks weeks.
Posted by: Drew from Greektown | August 4, 2008 10:07 AM
I did go see the Black Crowes at Wolfe Trap last night. Not a huge BC fan but I am however a HUGE fan of Wolf Trap. You can bring A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G in there with the exception of a keg. So we enjoyed the beautiful night under the stars with a 4 piece Chicken Box and a vat of Electric Lemonade (citrus vodka and lemonade). The sound was awesome. Grace Potter opened up. Love me some Grace. Best part was there were never any lines. No bathroom lines, concession lines or even a line to leave. I wanna go see a show there every night!
Posted by: colleen_baltimore | August 4, 2008 10:11 AM
Nothing. Glorious nothing.
(By which I mean gym, grilling, laundry, touring a new Baltimore inhabitant around the city, and two hours on Sunday lounging by the pool and reading. You should see me on a weekend I do something.)
Posted by: Patchen | August 4, 2008 10:43 AM
Friday - went to see Single Carrot's production of Richard III at Loud of Fun (good stuff), then went to the depot for some 80's dancing...yeah new order.
Saturday - Walked around the city with my buddy and got beers at places we had never been: The Drinkery, milton's grill, Tugs, Pisces, and The intercontinental hotel bar...the later two were a bit pricey (expectedly so, since they are nice hotel bars) but the service was great and we had a never ending supply of pub mix....yeah wasabi peas. Saturday night went to ottobar to see Earlimart. pretty good.
Sunday - went up to the county for a house warming BBQ. As my friend asked "what is all that green mossy looking stuff?" oh...right...grass.
and here's to low humidity this weekend.
Posted by: ryan97ou | August 4, 2008 10:58 AM
I moved to Mt Vernon from Fells Point. Can't wait to explore the new hood.
Posted by: ero | August 4, 2008 11:23 AM
It took us FOREVER to get to Ocean City on Friday. I think the back way was a mistake. So, it was closer to 6 before I had the Pain in De ___ in my hand at Seacrets, but oh it was marvelous. Then we hit Mackey's, the food was bobo but really, who cares when you're at a beach bar. Saturday we beached it and hung at the house in the evening with the posse playing Taboo and Beer Pong. I made a respectable showing at both, but, alas, was victorious in neither. Thank you, Dogfish 60 Minute IPA.
Posted by: AC | August 4, 2008 11:52 AM
I checked out the new club Palma on Friday night! It was fun...but I am not sure how long it will last in Baltimore. Most of the people were in the VIP sections were it is bottle service only! If my girlfriends and I didn't have $500 of free bottle service...I doubt we would of stayed long since a bottle of kettle was $225. Also -- guys there were lots of girls there --so men are in demand!
The rest of the weekend...I worked at the Hippo!
Posted by: Maria | August 4, 2008 12:02 PM
i took a jog to the new-er farmer's market in harbor east on saturday morning. i was surprised at how tiny it was. the vendors were pleasant (woo, atwater's bakery!) but there wasn't great variety and certainly no bargains to be found. saturday mornings at waverly still reign tops in my mind.
Posted by: veggie fiend | August 5, 2008 11:36 AM
Patchen grilling = fire hazard.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | August 5, 2008 10:43 PM