Websites for Baltimoreans

World Wide Websites

1) Baltimore City Newspaper
http://citypaper.com/

This site is an electronic version of Baltimore City's weekly newspaper. It is a guide for the best of Baltimore's news, blogs, arts, music, film, eats, calendar, neighborhoods, jobs, dating, classified's, and so on. Every Wednesday, by habit I pick up my city newspaper on my way into work. As I settle in and drink my cup of coffee, I read the articles and look through the highlights of week's upcoming events. However, if I happen to misplace my torn newspaper pages with the events I circled, I simply click onto their website and search for them. Most of the things I end up doing during the week or weekends come from the things I find in the city paper. It's a great resource.

2) Groupon and Living Social
http://www.groupon.com/baltimore/ and http://www.livingsocial.com/deals/how_it_works

Groupon and Living Social negotiate huge discounts—usually between 50-90% off—with popular businesses. Then they send the deals to thousands of their subscribers by free daily email, so we can purchase and enjoy them. The discounts can be anything from a restuarant to a clothing store to a great vacation destination. Plus they send the businesses a ton of new customers, too. That's the Groupon and Living Social magic. After getting a suggestion from a friend to purchase discounted tickets from Groupon to one of my favorite museums in Baltimore, I was hooked and have been since. Again, the best thing about these sites is that you can customize them to send you recommendation based on your interests. So, that's why I'm signed up to get discounts from Baltimore businesses.

3) Pandora Radio
http://www.pandora.com/

I love music! Who doesn't? Whether I'm listening to my ipod on my walk to and from work or my itunes- I am listening to music all the time. That's why I listen to Pandora Radio while I'm working at my office in downtown Baltimore. While I can't blast hip-hop and club music, I take that time to enjoy a another part from the eclectic mix of music I enjoy like jazz, blues, and instrumental music. So, stopping by my cube somone might hear Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra or something similar.