The Coolest Kids in Town: a blog about Baltimore, DC, and the misadventures of two-city life.

Well, kids, it's that time of the century again -- Quarantine Time .  What does that mean? Well, for one, it means washing your hands  for a change. That's right -- I've seen your tik toks , you filthy horde. USE SOAP. Now is not the time for your selfishness, your tomfoolery, your flapdoodle, your claptrap, your tommyrut, your fiddle-faddle, your bafflegab, your balderdash, your gallimaufry, your hornswoggling, your malarkey OR your pettifoggery. ESPECIALLY NOT YOUR PETTIFOGGERY. This is a time for all of us to stand up, straighten our spines, and stay the fuck home .  If we can't make the Greatest Generation proud, at least we can make them slightly safer . Let's pay back some of the incredible debt that we owe our elders, many of whom fought hard to make our lives as easy as they are. You've already ruined Grandma's Bastille Day luncheon twenty times over, Christine -- oh, sorry, "KristleBottlez248" -- let's not also ruin her Easte...

And for Tex and Coda, that's Baltimore. So we've decided to dedicate Preakness week to our beloved Charm City: all week we'll be pushing our favorite Baltimore sites and blogs, drinking heavily in anticipation of Saturday, and just generally enticing those of you who aren't fortunate enough to live here to come join the party. And, because we're so delightful we could probably talk you into just about anything, we're gonna prepare you for your inevitable visit by starting things off with a survey of our Bmore favorites (hoisted right off one of our favorite Baltimore blogs - to be named later - and edited to our exacting standards) as well as a quick link to an article in The Sun explaining the unique Mid-Atlantic culture to all you confused northerners and southerners out there. TCKiT favorites: Favorite Dive Bar? ◦ Tex: Windsor Inn ◦ Coda: John Steven Favorite Weekend Bar? ◦ Tex: Waterfront Hotel ◦ Coda: Max's Favorite Weekday...