News — Best Birthday Presents for Teen Boys

  I stumbled upon Artscape three years ago, when I had to deliver my daughter to Baltimore to an all-weekend birthday party, and found I had an entire twelve hours of day to spend by myself on the Saturday between the Paramour / Fall Out Boy concert on Friday night, and the Saturday arcade and laser tag festivities. The birthday girl’s mother, who knew I was artsy, recommended going to what was fortuitously happening that very weekend – the largest free art festival in the country, smack in the middle of Baltimore.  Though “The Wire” was my all-time favorite show,...

I have to say the following is a guest blog from my son, who has amassed a huge amount of t-shirts.  He has never been into "brands," and instead, like me, chooses what to wear based on how fashion reflects who he is as an individual, and whether the item has a story behind it.  Here, he talks about which of his t-shirts he enjoys wearing the most, and why: I love t-shirts.  My obsession started when I was 7 years old, as a relatively normal child who saw the most majestic t-shirt:  “This is what cool looks like!” it said, which...