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From here to there: Travel writing isn’t all beaches and sunshine

June 10, 2021by Mary 1 Comment

Thanks to an invitation from the South Baltimore chapter of the Maryland Writers Association, I had an opportunity to talk about my experiences as a travel writer for Frommer’s, as […]

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Travel, travel books

TIPSY TOURIST: Big Cork Vineyards

February 13, 2018by Mary 1 Comment

I love to drive off the beaten path, miles from anywhere, to find a little gem of a winery. Even better to drive off the beaten path and find that […]

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Food, wine and other goodies, Outdoors, Travel

POSTCARD from Deep Creek Lake

February 10, 2018by Mary

A visit to DeepCreek Lake in western Maryland absolutely must include a stop at Swallow Falls State Park. And this year was no different. But this year unlike many recent […]

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Outdoors, Travel, Travel with Children

Ward Museum: making wood fly

January 20, 2018by Mary

Decoy carvers have an uncanny ability to make wood fly. They slice away bits until a duck or goose or egret emerges, spreads its wings and takes off. Don’t believe […]

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Arts, Museums, Travel

Dazzled by plexiglas and string

January 13, 2018by Mary 1 Comment

It was cold in Baltimore. Single-digit cold. Even so I wasn’t spending Sunday afternoon at home. My husband and I opted for brunch and art at the Baltimore Museum of […]

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Arts, Museums, Sports, Travel

TIPSY TOURIST: Guinness at home

November 16, 2017by Mary 3 Comments

  Welcome to Baltimore, Guinness! Even if the actual Guinness Brewery on Route 1 west of the city isn’t through construction, the fine people of this Irish institution have opened […]

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Beer, Travel

A nod to the fallen at Antietam — MARY K. TILGHMAN WRITES

September 17, 2017by Mary

I spent many hours contemplating the ultimate sacrifice given by so many during the Civil War Battle of Antietam while I wrote DIVIDED LOYALTIES. Some 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or […]

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History, Outdoors, Travel

Book/author love in Boonsboro

June 6, 2017by Mary

I got up early on Saturday to drive the 60 miles to Boonsboro for a book signing at Turn the Pages Bookstore featuring Nora Roberts, along with bestselling authors Mary Kay […]

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Perfect Small Towns, Shopping, Travel

POSTCARD from Baltimore’s Recreation Pier

April 10, 2017by Mary 2 Comments

For years, the Recreation Pier in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood was remembered mostly as the set of the television show, “Homicide: Life on the Streets.” Once the series ended, the […]

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Food, wine and other goodies, Travel

TIPSY TOURIST: Annabel Lee Tavern

January 17, 2017by Mary

In the town where Edgar Allan Poe found his footing as an author, you can find all kinds of tributes to him: the house where he lived, statues, his graves (there […]

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Go ahead. Tell me where to go! Then I'll come home with all kinds of delicious details about places to go, things to do, foods to savor. I've always loved to travel. When I was writing for Frommer's, I discovered I loved writing about it just as much!

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