Jeff Smith grew up in a family of 10, where cooking was always a big deal. Since he was a kid, he had always wanted to be a cook and owning a restaurant. After learning some basics of cooking from his mother, Smith got into the restaurant business as soon as he was able to [...]
Tomorrow (Friday, July 25th) there is a pretty decent sized festival in the area bordering Lauraville to the north, Hamilton. The Hamilton Festival is going to feature two stages with over 10 bands, live performing arts, local foods, arts and crafts, classic cars, and for the first time patrons of age can get a wristband [...]
I came across this blog called Harford Road, Hon about the neighborhood of Westfield in Baltimore, which is slightly northeast of Lauraville. It talks about a lot of things going on in the same general area and links to a lot of the businesses in Lauraville, including all of the places I did stories on [...]
Earlier this week I sat down with Thomas Rhodes, the founder and owner of Lauraville’s Zeke’s Coffee, to talk to him about his experience owning a roastery. As we sat in front of their warehouse location drinking iced coffee, Rhodes talked about how he got started with Zeke’s and how the company got its name. [...]
After my Interview with Thomas from Zeke’s, he suggested that I talk to Jeff Smith, the owner and head chef of Lauraville’s Chameleon Cafe. There isn’t really a recent article about the cafe, but they have been reviewed several times so I read through a few of them to get an idea of what Smith [...]
Chowhound is pretty much a discussion about food and drink through message board conversations. I was brought to the website after searching for recent media coverage about Zeke’s Coffee. There was a short mention about Zeke’s attendance at the Greenbelt Farmer’s Market, which is a smaller market closer to D.C., but Zeke’s seemed to be [...]
Ellen Reich started her company Three Stone Steps in 2006 after being frustrated about not being able to find fairly made, attractive and functional accessories from foreign countries. Her passion for social justice prompted her to try to provide these kinds of items to the community while keeping their source in mind. Originally Reich was [...]
This week I interviewed Michael Clark of Common Seed, a T-shirt company based out of Hamilton, a community adjacent to Lauraville, and his partner operates out of his own shop in Oakland, Ca. Michael attends the Tuesday Market Connection in Lauraville every week as a vendor and really enjoys the market and the Lauraville community. [...]
This week I found the blog of John Laur, a Lauraville resident who recently started working with the Lauraville Improvement Association and recently visited the Tuesday Market Connection and wrote a blog about his experiences with some accompanying pictures. The blog itself focuses on John and his girlfriend Bobbie and their experiences in Lauraville. After [...]
This week I interviewed Danielle Weissman, a local hula hoop maker that demonstrates, sells and allows trials of her hula hoops at the Lauraville Tuesday Market Connection. She just got into making them about a month ago, and has been hooping for about six months now. Hula hooping is definitely a hit at the Tuesday [...]
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