
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.
Comments
I think it's incomplete without what you can/should wear represented
Posted by: GDA | November 10, 2008 2:05 PM
I just want to know if I can get someone to make me one for Federal Hill. No popped collars. No spiked hair. Hats must be worn forward no matter how many gold medals you've won.
Posted by: Ted | November 10, 2008 4:25 PM
Cross Street square would be empty if that went into effect, Ted.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | November 10, 2008 4:31 PM
I love it and fully support it. Unfortunately there is a large segment of society who believes such attire is acceptable in every transaction and are confused when it is explained to them that such apparel is not acceptable.
Posted by: John | November 10, 2008 4:38 PM
let's not let it stop at just the bars.
case in point: the g/f is a teacher and for one of the school plays, had a parent wear a shirt that said, "I'm not a [female dog], I'm just opinionated", to her daughters 2nd grade play about the constitution, which i thought was ironic.
Posted by: Allan | November 10, 2008 4:58 PM
Does this have something to do with the shooting outside the Belvedere a few weeks ago?
I guess you can't have a goofy smile, either.
Posted by: dancing monkey | November 10, 2008 5:12 PM
GDA,
Separate but equal aka - jim crow laws, are illegal. just kindin foo.
Posted by: Anon | November 10, 2008 5:57 PM
Anon,
There are some people who you have to draw a picture as they have gotten to accept tacky and low, if not gutter class, as their standard. Barring one dressed as a slob from a Black Tie event, for me, doesn't constitute bias or unfair discrimination. There are people who always dress as though they have no respect on what kind of impression they make on others or where they are.
Apparently you favor no standards of dress, that wearing what you want, when you want, no matter how inappropriate is to be always permissible. Try wear such an outfit to a job interview. I know someone who was told, while nicely dressed, that wearing a sport jack instead of a suit was a liability.
Regarding the Jim Crow remark. Are you one of those people so concerned about Political Correctness that you bend over backwards just to avoid offending the hyper-sensitive?
just kindin foo = just kidding you?
Posted by: GDA | November 10, 2008 9:07 PM
furthermore, doesn't it say something about our culture that there is the need for these postings. Even fast food places have them.
Posted by: GDA | November 10, 2008 9:12 PM
I once saw a defendant in a New Jersey courtroom appear before a judge wearing a New Jersey -vs- New York shirt that read, "Our Crack Whores Can Beat Up Your Crack Whores." True story.
Posted by: Mark Twain | November 11, 2008 12:55 AM
GDA,
That's my boy! Way to over-post and get over-sensitive! Heavy sigh. ... just kiddin foo = just kidding fool.
Posted by: Anon | November 11, 2008 11:53 AM
Unrelated...did you know the Red Square no longer serves food?
Posted by: ero | November 12, 2008 11:00 AM
Ero, I did not, but I will pass it along to Sun Food Guru Elizabeth Large. Any idea why they stopped serving food?
Posted by: Sam Sessa | November 12, 2008 11:02 AM
Also Unrelated,
Sam, do you know the real reason the Zodiac restaurant closed and if it will open again? Heard the city broke water and gas lines to the building. Kinda hard to believe since Club Charles and the Depot are still rocking. Looks like a diner is going in on the corner. Newspaper covered the windows so my nosy self couldn't see in. Just wondering.
Posted by: Just Wondering | November 12, 2008 2:18 PM
Ero,
The chef from Red Square is opening a new restaurant just a few doors down from Red Square.
Posted by: Mark Twain | November 13, 2008 10:30 AM