Urban Discoveries Baltimore

You may remember – you ardent UDL fan, you – that a few weeks ago we told you about the Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance.  In case you don’t remember and don’t feel like clicking on the link, we’ll reiterate that the DBFA is a local non-profit that seeks to make downtown Baltimore more hospitable to family life.  We support this mission: we think a city hospitable to families is a city hospitable to all.

So you might just see us strolling through Federal Hill on the DBFA’s first annual House Tour of Kids’ Spaces on May 9th.  A house tour, if you’ve never been on one before, is a chance to walk through a stranger’s home with your spouse/significant other/date-you-want-to-show-you’re-not-afraid-of commitment-to and whisper things to each other like “They painted the ceiling a nice color,” or “God, what sort of company would make such ugly wallpaper?”  Generally speaking, it’s a pretty good time.  This particular house tour is focusing on kids’ spaces: bedrooms, playrooms, and nurseries.  Tickets are $25 per person ($20 for DBFA members; become a member here) with all proceeds going to support the DBFA.  Normally, we might buck a little about having to fork over some cash, but seeing how this is the DBFA’s foremost fundraiser every year… well, we don’t mind supporting good causes – especially not if we get to harvest some ideas for our own projects at the same time.

The tour runs Saturday, May 9 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.  You can pick up the program and buy tickets the day of at the guest assistance table at Spoons Coffee Cafe (24 E. Cross Street). Free off-street parking is available for house tour guests and volunteers between 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Digital Harbor High School (1100 Covington Street) and Martini Lutheran Church (100 W. Henrietta Street).  There are some rules for the tour – for example, despite it being kids’ spaces tour, children and strollers are not allowed (infants that are carried are) – you can check out a full list here.  Hope to see you there!

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