An episode of the Travel Channel show “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” set to air Monday will showcase the culinary delicacies of Baltimore, Detroit and Buffalo.
I’ve never seen the show, but this preview, from The Buffalo News, describes Bourdain’s style as “acerbic” and “salty” as well as “not really Chamber of Commerce material.” Despite that, this writer says, the host manages to keep the show balanced by praising the cities’ cuisine as well as some of their assets, such as Buffalo’s famous architecture.
The show will be on Monday at 10 p.m.
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I just got back from a great weekend in Charm City – also known as Baltimore, Maryland. As someone who is obsessed with The Wire, I had been wanting to check out the city for myself for quite some time – and I wasn’t disappointed (though I didn’t get to see Jimmy McNulty).
We started the weekend in our friend’s neighborhood, Mt. Vernon. The blocks around where our friend lives seem pretty nice, but only a few streets away, on the other side of a highway was a seriously underprivileged neighborhood …

According to this piece in the Baltimore Sun, police and Baltimore leaders are worried after some serious attacks in the Inner Harbor area. The story describes some violent and troubling crimes.
Sadly, I’ve never been to Baltimore, so my knowledge of the city is limited to what I have learned from Homicide and The Wire. But luckily I will soon get to experience B-more in person; I have a trip planned there for next weekend.
Are people there concerned about these crimes? Are they being blown out of proportion because some of …