Baltimore Banner columnist, author, speaker and House Hunters enthusiast.https://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mv6sadczks2dA mural in Mount Vernon that was painted without prior permission was granted a retroactive approval, meaning it can stay up. Public art and freedom of speech for the win! https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/mount-vernon-mural-chap-BC624DF46ZCP7GNE77M5GW656Q/#comments-header10 Sep 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6sadczks2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mv2fx6oro227New newsletter about my Dolly rewatch, rediscovering Steel Magnolias and being relieved that I hadn't forgotten like, a Confederate reenactment. (The same can not be said for "Sweet Home Alabama," which should know better.) https://lesliestreeter.substack.com/p/dollywatch-steel-magnolias-gets-female09 Sep 2026 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2fx6oro227https://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mupwoeobjk27Felt cute. Am cute. Will never delete.04 Sep 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupwoeobjk27https://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mumi66cqfc27"Project Runway"'s Liris Crosse is too fabulous to be an afterthought in slapdash fashions. She talked to me for @thebaltimorebanner.com about it. https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/liris-crosse-project-runway-AUBQGLWIBFEAJJNWOI6HRSN5OE/#comments-header03 Sep 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumi66cqfc27https://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mujzdncqok2sIn my 2024 column on #Raygun : "Ask ballerina Misty Copeland if she has to be 10 times better than anyone else...There needs to be caution with Black expression that is respected as much as anyone else’s." https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/raygun-olympics-australia-breakdancing-7PRFRJV7MNFUVGVEGEFVQ4QAUE/02 Sep 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujzdncqok2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3muihxrfzgc2xSpeaking of "Beignets and Big Feelings," it got an amazing review on Kirkus!!! Out October 13! https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/leslie-gray-streeter/beignets-and-big-feelings/01 Sep 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3muihxrfzgc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3muiaukk7ck2xHello, readers! A heads-up that Lake Union Publishing is giving away 100 digital copies of my October 13 release "Beignets and Big Feelings" starting Sept. 14. The link to enter is here! Hope you love it! https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/449734-beignets-and-big-feelings-a-novel01 Sep 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiaukk7ck2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3muf2xfaxzk2xI wrote about WMAR's new anchorless format and how much it could benefit from actual anchors. https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/wmar-no-anchors-streaming-newscast-SUC63XMPQJF4XCYNPI25R2LZLU/#comments-header31 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf2xfaxzk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mu2zuszem22xHaving to choose between working and affording childcare is an American failure. https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/daycare-costs-kahliyah-gooding-2WZKMZYKNVARBBIISSVZ5OVCA4/27 Aug 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2zuszem22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mtz2q3vx4k2nMy new Substack on how I'm not sure what I think about #Yesteryear but I'm totally thinking about it, so that's a win. https://lesliestreeter.substack.com/p/yesteryear-i-thought-there-would26 Aug 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz2q3vx4k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mtwivkrxws2cI'm barely getting through tomorrow. But still I won't let sorrow bring me way down. #dollyparton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qkBK3baK-425 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwivkrxws2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mttydfpyzk25Baltimore is slowly making progress. National media is finally acknowledging it. https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/national-media-coverage-baltimore-BUNQSWFUABGVZG5P3IPP6YVRVA/24 Aug 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttydfpyzk25https://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mtm4nr4y2k27An Aberdeen, MD mother was arrested after leaving her children at home alone. She said she cannot afford childcare. What an indictment of how we don't care for families. Looking for social workers or childcare experts for a @thebaltimorebanner.com story! https://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/harford-county/aberdeen-mother-arrested-after-police-find-two-young-children-home-alone21 Aug 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm4nr4y2k27https://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mtbygatog22g@baltimoredsa.org Can we talk for a @thebaltimorebanner.com column about this?17 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbygatog22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mtbyelqbkk2gFor a quick @thebaltimorebanner.com column today I’d like to talk to Maryland virologists and customers of MOMS about the masking ban for employees. I think it’s terrible. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbyelqbkk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mta7kteu3s2yIf you live in Maryland and you’ve gotten a school supply list that involves donations this year, please tell me what county or city you are in. @thebaltimorebanner.com16 Aug 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mta7kteu3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mt5edxie4c2uMy child is away for the day. I appear to have started writing another book. Prayers for me at this time. https://static.klipy.com/ii/c3a19a0b747a76e98651f2b9a3cca5ff/16/fa/6L06jjxM.gif?hh=498&ww=498&mp4=6qrrhFX0FZTRjmrEQmu&webm=dYbq6HFlIzo1oe6oCX15 Aug 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5edxie4c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mszzfzih6s27Considering a @thebaltimorebanner.com column about whether parents, financially stretched thin, are buying the suggested donation school supplies this year. I'm kind of torn. I wonder how many of us are going to pitch in, or is it even more appropriate to pitch in more if we can? What do you think? https://static.klipy.com/ii/c3a19a0b747a76e98651f2b9a3cca5ff/25/9f/hXUZnp1t.gif?hh=202&ww=480&mp4=H6GNKTDyMNYlrN&webm=P7QGouHgBU6I14 Aug 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszzfzih6s27https://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3msy7epl72s27Hey, New Orleans! Come see me at New Orleans' @bluecypressbooks.bsky.social for their Writer's Desk event on Dec. 27! I'll be promoting my book "Beignets and Big Feelings!" https://static.klipy.com/ii/925f17378dd1893b674a723c07535afe/f9/29/xoDo6hKH.gif?hh=300&ww=300&mp4=taMFLtb8&webm=t7MYCJ8g3qKHOD0gayJA13 Aug 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy7epl72s27https://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3msxqx6odls2aMy column on loving Angel Reese as a Baltimorean, even if she implied our strip club locations are tacky. :) https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/angel-reese-national-team-wnba-CO4YOYUMEVCQLFWUK6U3CEA3GU/#comments-header13 Aug 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxqx6odls2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3msq3pcb4rk2jMaryland voters will soon decide on a change to the state Constitution that would allow redistricting, in a way I think fights back against the theft of voting rights in the country. Turnabout is fair play and all that. https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/maryland-redistricting-voters-AVD5KWIMCBCLHPRVA6YINKCKMY/#comments-header10 Aug 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq3pcb4rk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3msoccil3b22wPeople: You can’t just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song. Me: You betta tell him come on, come and get your shit. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoccil3b22whttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3msievrdl6s2jI'm just a #projectrunway fan, standing in front of a network, begging it to get rid of Law Roach because he's helping ruin everything. https://lesliestreeter.substack.com/p/project-runway-ok-yall-got-me-defending07 Aug 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3msievrdl6s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mse5nxc6is27OK so this happened. @baltimoremagazine.com @thebaltimorebanner.com #bestcolumnist https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/promotions/best-of-baltimore-readers-poll-results-2026-sports-media/05 Aug 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse5nxc6is27https://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3ms72y3g27s2cNew Substack: Why #ProjectRunway sucks so bad this year. You know it does. https://lesliestreeter.substack.com/p/paging-tim-gunn-saving-project-runway03 Aug 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms72y3g27s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3ms6pr4vyic2cMy old website got super messed up by updates and internet gremlin stuff. My new one, made by my friend Sam Lewis, is really good and ready to go! Check it out and find out what I'm up to! lesliegraystreeter.com https://lesliegraystreeter.com/03 Aug 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6pr4vyic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3ms4xwhfevc2uI'm back on Substack! Check me out! https://lesliestreeter.substack.com/publish/post/20954968602 Aug 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4xwhfevc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social/post/3mrxuge3nd227I sort of think I am transitioning from my 90s elder estistique into a GenX rich auntie realness. Suggestions for brands and looks? I'm going to thrift most of it. https://static.klipy.com/ii/ce286d05b8e1a47cd4f32b0e1b6dec0e/e2/aa/VuyLhiSU.gif?hh=493&ww=498&mp4=PtNf2lwk&webm=p90UnKvu31 Jul 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:2eig2xysigprljv3jrma46ds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxuge3nd227