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ENJOY
MARYLAND CRAB
Shoreline Seafood
1034 Route 3 N.;
410-721-7767 • “I lived
in Gambrills so, to me,
Shoreline Seafood is still
my favorite spot for crabs,”
says Sykes. “When you go
to Baltimore, you just gotta
get your hands dirty and
eat some crabs.”
TAKE AN
OPEN;AIR STROLL
The Inner Harbor
“You can just spend hours
walking around, checking
out all the great restau-
rants,” says Sykes. “And
the people-watching is
great here.”
Wanda Sykes and her comedic talent continue
to defy categorization. The Portsmouth, Va.,
native spent her formative years in outerly-ing communities of the D.C. region. She burst
onto the stand-up circuit in Washington and
Baltimore in the late ’80s and later landed in
the national spotlight when Fox gave her a
starring role in the weekly sitcom Wanda at
Large, which she also wrote and produced. A
sampling of her résumé includes hosting her
own late-night talk fest, The Wanda Sykes Show;
appearing in the hit show Curb Your Enthusiasm; playing opposite luminaries such as Jane
Fonda and Uma Thurman in feature films; producing two eponymous HBO comedy specials;
and lending a sardonic touch to cartoon voices
such as that of Gladys Murphy on Comedy
Central’s Crank Yonkers.
Up next for Sykes is a cameo appearance
in The Muppets, out Nov. 23, as well as another
voice role in this summer’s Ice Age: Continental
Drift. But her most cherished art form is
stand-up, and Sykes returns to her comedic
roots as often as she can. She’s currently in the
midst of a cross-country tour that has her as
one of the headliners in the New York Comedy
Festival (Nov. 9–13) in New York City.
EMBRACE
AQUATIC WONDER
The National Aquarium
501 E. Pratt St.; 410-576-
3800; aqua.org • “The kids
love the aquarium. It’s their
favorite spot in the city.
Their favorite thing to do is
watch anything with color,
especially those big, colorful
schools of tropical fish.”
TAKE PART IN THE
ALL;AMERICAN
PASTIME
Oriole Park at
333 W. Camden St.;
888-848-2473 • “I just like
baseball. Anytime you can
sit out and have a hot dog
and drink a beer, that’s a
good thing.”
Camden Yards
