Al Capone

Raise your glass, the Weeping Cherry at Bad Decisions

2012-11-28 11:47:00

Thank you, Al Capone. Fortunately for me, one of your worst decisions has resulted in one of the best ones I've made in recent months: ordering the Weeping Cherry from -- wait for it, wait for it … -- Bad Decisions in Fells Point. Turns out...

'Boardwalk Empire' recap, 'Two Imposters'

2012-11-26 04:56:00

"I need a bath, some chow, and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies."- Al Capone "Two Imposters" picks up no more than a couple hours after the crate containing Owen Slater showed up at Nucky Thompson's door. Right away, "Boardwalk...

'Boardwalk Empire' recap: 'The Pony'

2012-11-05 03:36:00

"I just want you to be my gangster" - Billie Kent "Boardwalk Empire" teased viewers with two pretty slow-and-go episodes heading into “The Pony.” Gillian’s creepy disposal of Bizarro Jimmy aside, the show had crawled to a haunting,...

'Boardwalk Empire' recap, 'You'd Be Surprised'

2012-10-15 05:53:00

"He's not so good in a crowd, but when you get him alone, you'd be surprised" -- Irving Berlin, "You'd Be Surprised" Nucky Thompson's new de facto mantra, "you can't be half a gangster," seems to be applying more and more to "Boardwalk Empire" as a show....

'Boardwalk Empire' recap, 'Blue Bell Boy'

2012-10-08 05:19:00

"He went to the cellar, to draw a little beer; And quickly did return, to say there was none there." -- "Blue Bell Boy," traditional nursery rhyme "Blue Bell Boy" is a stripped-down, brilliant episode of "Boardwalk Empire." Outside of Nucky's immediate...

'Boardwalk Empire' Season 3 premiere recap, 'Resolutions'

2012-09-17 09:00:00

"Every day in every way I am getting better and better." - Nelson Van Alden What's that, "Boardwalk Empire" without its tragic hero, Jimmy Darmody? What's next, an aviatrix (or "lady flyer" if you prefer) navigating across the continent? As the third...

Rosenstein: Federal prosecutors did the right thing in crack cases

2011-12-06 10:23:00

The U.S. Attorney's Office approves reduced sentences for criminals who deserve them, but with the caveat that some crack cocaine dealers seeking early release from federal prison are violent. The Sun obscures the issue by claiming that federal crack...

For Union Memorial, Al Capone's tree keeps on giving

2012-03-26 00:00:00

Who says Al Capone was a bad guy? Well, lots of people do. But he did at least one nice thing in his life. He donated two Japanese weeping cherry trees to Union Memorial Hospital in 1939. Now, the hospital is selling carvings from a broken limb of one of...

The roaring '20s are back at Havre de Grace's Graw Days Festival

2011-09-30 00:00:00

During an era of sophisticated fun, The Graw drew locals and travelers alike to the racetrack in Havre de Grace to watch the eleganthorses run and, most likely, bet a dollar or two. Celebrating these golden years of the town's historic racetrack, Havre...

Harford County has fun-filled Halloween adventures for the entire family

2011-10-03 06:35:00

When most people think of Halloween, images of pumpkins, witches and ghosts usually come to mind. Whether you like to be scared senseless in a haunted house, learn more about true ghost stories or prefer a simple hayride on the farm to pick out pumpkins,...

Memories of Little Italy

2010-10-26 16:22:15

A sweetly illustrated new book arrived on the Antipasto Desk, America's Little Italys: Recipes & Traditions from Coast to Coast. Its author, Sheryl Bellman, devotes about half of the book's geography to the Little Italy neighborhoods in Manhattan and the....

As snow comes down, so do the trees

2010-02-10 00:00:00

Local arborists have been swamped with calls to deal with damage to historic cherry trees, common oaks and towering evergreens loaded down by the overwhelming snowfall. "We can't even begin to get a handle on it," said Frank Fogle, arborist for...

Al Capone in Chicago.

2013-05-10 12:11:00

Al Capone in the criminal courthouse, Chicago, February 25, 1931.

2013-05-10 12:10:00

Al Capone, with cigar, and attorney Michael Ahern as they arrived at the federal building. October 13, 1931.

2013-05-10 12:10:00