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Tenpachi
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Beauty Salons
3003 N Charles St
Baltimore,
Maryland
(410) 889-9788
you get what you pay for...
and I got a bad haircut. So did a couple of other people I know, including a guy with a very easy...
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and I got a bad haircut. So did a couple of other people I know, including a guy with a very easy cut.
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Nail Turbo the
Category:
Beauty Salons
6608 Belair Rd
Baltimore,
Maryland
(410) 444-6440
Inexpensive and fast
Nail Turbo almost always has drop-in availability, and it is conveniently located. They do a nice...
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Nail Turbo almost always has drop-in availability, and it is conveniently located. They do a nice job - my manicures and pedicures usually last a good long time. However, the shop itself is pretty close and stifling, and the technicians are not very friendly. You can not beat the price, though!
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Need A Good Hair Cut?
I met a man named Greg through a guy I used to know. He's one of the main people who works for a...
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I met a man named Greg through a guy I used to know. He's one of the main people who works for a salon in Baltimore called Matthew John's Hair Salon. It's kind of a hidden salon in an almost alley-way kind of street behind Cathedral Street in Baltimore, not far from the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and University of Baltimore.
This hair salon is phenomenal. The people are extremely professional and they know what they are doing.
Greg has even worked on movies before he's so darn good at styling hair.
Everyone should have access to a good hair stylest. To those of you who don't have one, here's your FYI: Greg is amazing.
And they offer other things such as make-up, waxing and nail painting here as well.
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Sinai Hospital
Category:
Hospitals
2401 W Belvedere Ave
Baltimore,
Maryland
(410) 601-6117
Sinai Hospital
You don't always get to choose a hospital. Most people I know, when they need emergency care, go...
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You don't always get to choose a hospital. Most people I know, when they need emergency care, go to the closest one. When my father had a heart attack he wasn't at home, so he ended up at Sinai Hospital (not necessarily the closest to where he was, but the closest that could provide the emergency medical care he needed).
Over the next four months, my family learned a lot about this hospital. In those four months, my father was in four different wards and had I don't even remember how many surgeries. The first was an emergency quadruple bypass--obviously a success since he ended up at the hospital for four months. He also had several GI surgeries and surgery to put in (and later remove) a trache tube.
It's hard to review a hospital because there are so many factors involved. Overall, we were impressed. The facility was nice, parking was tight but not impossible (depending on the time of day) and everyone from the parking attendant to the nursing assistants were friendly and understanding. I was especially impressed with all of the cardiac-related nursing staff--these women and men went out of their way all the time to keep my father on the road to good health. I can't say the same for the nursing staff in the general recovery area--they were slow to respond, didn't anticipate needs, and in one really bad instance the nurse on duty did nothing at all in the 12 hours after he had feeding tube surgery. She even refused him pain medication and refused to call his surgeon to ask about options for pain relief. The therapy services staff was also just bad. He was supposed to receive speech/swallowing therapy and physical therapy and the therapists rarely showed up. The speech therapist refused point blank to provide the swallowing therapy he needed to get him off the feeding tube--this was the cause for his four-month stay.
Overall, I would recommend Sinai. They got my father through a near-fatal heart attack and you can't argue with success like that. But if you are there, stay on top of everyone--ask questions and make sure you are getting the treatment you need. Don't be afraid to lodge official complaints--it seems to be the only way to get things done at time.
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Reasonably good care
St. Agnes isn't as well known in the Baltimore area as some of the other hospitals, even ones of...
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St. Agnes isn't as well known in the Baltimore area as some of the other hospitals, even ones of comparable size, but as it is the closest one to our house, it is where we take the kids when we need an emergency room, and we've had one inpatient stay on the pediatric floor.
For emergency care, I've been very impressed. They have a separate pediatric triage area so you are seen almost immediately (our wait in the general waiting room has never been more than 20 minutes) and a separate pediatric area in the ER for treatment. The doctors we've seen were all very good, both at dealing with children (screaming and sick in the middle of the night) and their ailments. The technicians--x-ray, respiratory, etc.--are also very good with children. I've always left feeling that we got the best treatment possible with clear instructions of what to do next.
For the inpatient stay, I wasn't as impressed. The care was reasonably good, but the rooms were uncomfortable, the food wasn't appealing to children, and they didn't make very many accommodations for the age of the patient. My son, for example, was two years old and had his right hand out of commission because of an IV, so he was having real difficulties drinking anything because he couldn't handle the cups with one small hand. As a result, he was beginning to get dehydrated but the hospital wasn't able to come up with a cup that a two year old *could* handle with one hand. The hospital staff also didn't' t let us know about things that could have made my son's stay more comfortable--we discovered a playroom down the hall on our own, but didn't know that a tv/VCR was available until we were checking out.
I will continue taking my children there for emergency care, but should we ever need to stay overnight, I will try another facility.
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The Florida Room
Category:
Tanning Salons
511 W Cold Spring Ln
Baltimore,
Maryland
(410) 467-8796
The Florida Room Tanning
A tanning salon with locations in Baltimore, Towson, Reisterstown, Ocean City and Ocean Pines...
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A tanning salon with locations in Baltimore, Towson, Reisterstown, Ocean City and Ocean Pines Maryland "The Florida Room" has multiple types of beds, tanning options and products for those who are interested in keeping up a nice tan year round.
All of their employees are well trained on the products and services that are offered including the new spray tans and numerous products offered.
On the higher end of most tanning salons (price wise) they do offer discounts on monthly tanning and each location has different beds and tanning options.
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Good haircut by the water
I have been going to Bella for more than a year and I have yet to have a bad haircut. I recommend...
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I have been going to Bella for more than a year and I have yet to have a bad haircut. I recommend making your next appointment when you check out if you need to make it during prime time (i.e., after work). But the salon environment is casual and laid back and they always do a good job. Also, as an added plus, I've hardly ever had to wait long and the staff is uniformly friendly and attentive. Though I've never had other services, such as waxing or nails, you can get that done here too. It's right behind Boston street on the water-- if you're driving don't forget to ask for directions on how to access the parking spots in front of the shop.
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A total nightmare
I got a large tattoo from one of the owners there, and after having to go back and have it re-done...
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I got a large tattoo from one of the owners there, and after having to go back and have it re-done 3 times, i gave up, (to the tune of almost 1000 dollars)
i recently started having it covered by a place in mount vernon, and it already looks 10 times better than what was originally put on my arm.
my advice is to make sure you see portfolios. the only person there i'd let touch me ever again is dave.
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Aka Studio Inc
Category:
Beauty Salons
2823 Odonnell St
Baltimore,
Maryland
(410) 276-6898
Very popular salon
A lot of my friends go to this salon and they are very happy with the experience. The price is...
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A lot of my friends go to this salon and they are very happy with the experience. The price is about average for a Baltimore salon, but I know several folks who see the same stylist and find that they are able to communicate with her well and achieve the look that they are after. This can't be underestimated when judging a salon. Despite occassional parking problems on O'Donnell Square, this salon is also in a good location. After you're done with your cut, why not enjoy some of the local restaurants, bars, and shops on the square and make an afternoon of it? Most people I know give kudos to this hair salon. It is a thumbs up.
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Caesar's Forum
Category:
Beauty Salons
2229 Fleet St
Baltimore,
Maryland
(410) 276-4449
You have to see it
Okay, first let me start off with a disclaimer. I have never actually had my hair done at Caeser's...
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Okay, first let me start off with a disclaimer. I have never actually had my hair done at Caeser's Forum, but I have been very curious. I drive by every day on my way home from work and the place is always packed with people. It is quite a spectacle from the outside with its old fasioned barber sign and notices about Greek hairdressing. There are lots and lots of stations inside and it seems from the advertising on the building that if you can't get it done at Caeser's Forum, you can't get it done. As a business, Caeser's Forum is pure Baltimore. Long live Caeser's Forum!
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