It’s my mom’s birthday! No, you can’t come to the party, but I’m sure she would be happy to see you at any of these thrilling-but-edifying events coming up over the next few days…
Smartish Pace is a local poetry journal that’s been making waves nationwide. On Friday, Feb. 27, they’ll co-host a literary cabaret showcasing [...]
Entries from February 28th, 2009
Events Listing, Weekend of 2/27
February 28th, 2009 No Comments
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Clipper Mill Homes Forge Green Future
February 27th, 2009 No Comments
Looking for luxury housing, green engineering, gourmet dining, and the company of artists? Check out this antique metal-casting plant! Okay, maybe the artist part is no surprise, but otherwise Clipper Mill in Hampden is another great example of Baltimore’s unlikely but flourishing industrial-sites-turned-fancy-places movement. It’s an intriguing blend of the old and the new, with [...]
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Baltimore is good for the environment.
February 26th, 2009 No Comments
We’re love living in cities. There are people here, and people provide us with things to do and places to see and events to attend. Cities breed culture, and we’re all about that.
But we love the outdoors too. Gunpowder Falls is fantastic. When we feel like venturing farther away, Assateague Island National Seashore might be [...]
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Baltimore—City of the Future?
February 26th, 2009 No Comments
The March 2009 issue of the Atlantic has a must-read article by Richard Florida: “How the Crash Will Reshape America.” Basically, instead of parroting gloom-and-doom forecasts, Florida looks at what has made the U.S. resilient in the past, and what will carry us through to the future. And the answer he comes up with rings [...]
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Baltimore 2.0
February 25th, 2009 No Comments
We don’t know if you know this, but if you’re reading this blog (and especially if you’re commenting on it) you’re already participating in what’s known as Web 2.0. Web 2.0, for the uninitiated, is a term for websites based user-created content that is considered the second generation of Internet growth (think Facebook, flickr, YouTube [...]
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Can't See This in the 'Burbs—Federal Hill Romance
February 25th, 2009 No Comments
“Me and m’lady on Fed Hill.”
– Bill Mill
(see more of Bill’s photos on his flickr stream)
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Frugal Tuesday: Gras of the Land Edition
February 24th, 2009 No Comments
If you’d like to know what Lent is supposed to feel like, go outside. That howling, frigid, soul-scouring wind is just nature’s version of Catholic guilt. And it’s not even Lent yet. This Tuesday, take a stand for reckless self-indulgence and celebrate the last night of Ordinary Time with a teeth-clenching, wince-inducing Mardi Gras here [...]
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Check Out Our Guest Post on Baltimore Grows
February 23rd, 2009 No Comments
We got the scoop on the American Brewery redevelopment in East Baltimore.
Get the whole story over at Baltimore Grows.
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Monday Morning Links Round Up — 2/23 Edition
February 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Civil disobedience in Patterson Park! ACORN breaks into padlocked homes to protest foreclosures.
Speaking of foreclosures… Urban Turf lays out the ABCs of Obama’s foreclosure plan.
A new Barnes & Noble is scheduled to open at the University of Baltimore in fall 2010.
Apartment Therapy has a new Baltimore-based blogger! So far Kimber has written about Charles Village’s [...]
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