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Lower Your Electric Bill-Best  New Green Energy Choices for MD-DC-VA-Pa
I wanted everyone to have access to an energy choice that CITYPEEK Patti has changed to.  I have joined, Viridian Energy. We are adding value to all BGE and PEPCO customers by saving you money every month on your utility bills. With energy deregulation we ALL have the right to choose our energy supplier and Viridian...
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Back to School-let's eat!
Helen's Garden is open til most likely mid-September. Recently stopped in and made a fantastic meal out of tapas menu: scallops sauteed in a brown sugar butter, Korean beef which was perfectly prepared, a house salad with a sweet soy vinaigrette and house made nuts infused with rosemary and seared tuna steak. I cannot...
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Metro Dining in Annapolis & Bonefish Grill delights
Metro Diner Café-Although considered a diner by many standards - breakfast served all day, burgers, shakes, fries - the staples you would find on a typical blue-plate diner’s menu, Metro Diner Café is far from just another diner or café, for that matter. Its menu boasts a more modern flair, from...
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CITYPEEK Wine Tasting Report-July 2010-Husic, el Cota Rioja
CITYPEEK Wine-lovers blog- By popular demand-here is a recap of some recent wines sampled and loved at some recent outings by self-taught, chief sipper, CITYPEEK Patti. First please note, wine choice is a seasonal sport--my palette changes with seasons with heavier wines like big Cabernet and Shiraz' saved for colder...
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Philly Tap House coming to Baltimore, Pub in Nat'l Harbor & Baltimore goes to the dogs
Featuring extensive outdoor seating on two terraces and a row of five stone fire pits overlooking the Street, City Tap House combines great food and great beer in a comfortable, energized, eco-friendly atmosphere will bring an added dimension to the current spots like Roy's, TALARA. Oceanaire and Cinghiale in HARBOR ...
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Baltimore hits NYC for CBS Morning Show

Baltimore hits NYC for CBS Morning Show

The early bird crew consisted of  had approximately 30 Visit Baltimore members at the CBS Early Show on June 10. "We arrived in NYC around 6:15 a.m. and wrapped the show around 8:40 a.m. We had the chance to chat with Dave Price and Harry Smith about Baltimore. Dave Price, seen left,  gave Baltimore a shout...
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Hampden Steakhouse opens-ESPN ZONE closes outlets DC-Baltimore-NYC
But while ESPN Zone is closing its doors, a new bar and restaurant is opening just down the street. Nashville-based Dick's Last Resort, which has seven locations, has signed a 6,200 square foot lease at 621 E. Pratt St. Known for offering free beer on the second Tuesday of every week--get it--yup "service with sarcasm...
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HUDSON EATERY-New NYC Restaurant combines 'coolness' and comfort food

HUDSON EATERY-New NYC Restaurant combines...

Hudson Eatery  located on 57th between West Street and 11th Avenue in the brand new Helena Luxury High Rise is in one of New York Magazines’ “Neighborhoods to Watch”. The spot will transition from daytime lunching on Modern American Comfort Food to a Night time hangout complete with Celebrity...
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FOODIE EXPERIENCE, An Evening WITH ANTHONY BOURDAIN AND ERIC RIPERT
It is here and CITYPEEK is thrilled to have attended!  THE HIPPODROME FOODIE EXPERIENCE, PART OF AN EVENING WITH ANTHONY BOURDAIN AND ERIC RIPERT ON MAY 22, 2010, Audience members joined Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert and Regan Warfield from 98-Rock in the foodie Q&A discussion which was both lively and honest...
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TOP CHEF DC 2010-Chefs Announced
Taste the culinary power on the seventh season of the No. 1 food show on cable, Bravo's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series "TOP CHEF: Washington D.C". The 17 new chef'testants come face to face in the nation's capitol for the ultimate power play that will determine just who has the chops to become TOP...