The Japanese are givers. That’s right, givers. They gave America sushi, samurai movies and ninja jokes. It’s because of them that our geeky teenage boys are able to move past comic books and onto anime. Where would the modern whaling industry be without the Japanese (and the Norwegians) propping it up [...]
Entries from September 30th, 2009
Monday Morning Links Round-Up – 9/28
September 28th, 2009 1 Comment
Welcome to Baltimore, Hon knows the secret of formstone, and where to find the secret ghosts of Baltimore.
Urban Revival has some awesome transportation designs. We’re partial to the school bus bus stop.
Dining@Large extends their congratulations to the Woodberry Kitchen, and so do we.
Treasure hunting at salvage shops? So is Pigtown Design.
Halloween’s coming! You know what [...]
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Upcoming Events – Weekend of 9/25
September 25th, 2009 No Comments
Feel the bite hidden deep in that gust of balmy late September air? That’s your inability for the next six months to go outside without wincing. Carpe early autumn, Baltimore, and enjoy the capricious outdoors while you can. Three ways to do so:
1. Free Fall Baltimore starts Thursday. The annual city-wide harvest cheapening ritual means loads [...]
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Pay BGE Less for Free
September 24th, 2009 2 Comments
This is an easy one. Baltimore Gas and Electric, your friendly occasionally menacing local power provider, is offering a new program they claim will make your home more energy-efficient and save you money and not cost anything. Probably.
The details are these: you can set up your BGE Quick Home Energy Check-up by filling out this [...]
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Baltimore User’s Guide – Hear Self Think
September 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Things happen daily in Baltimore, but even devout urbanites can yearn for a break from things, or at least a break from happening. And often, one’s home is the last place to offer a little calm. When you need some quiet space in which to puzzle over life’s transience and the plot of Mad Men, [...]
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Monday Morning Links Round-Up — Autumnal Solstice Edition
September 21st, 2009 No Comments
It’s time for the City Paper’s annual Best of Baltimore list! Congratulations to Baltimore Brew for winning Best Blog. (We were a close second. We assume.)
The Urbanite has an interview with Robert Balfanz, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Social Organization of Schools, about the state of Baltimore schools. Food for thought.
Since September [...]
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Upcoming Events – Weekend of 9/18
September 18th, 2009 No Comments
For those Baltimoreans not tied up this week with Ramadan or Rosh Hashanah, there are a few nerdily specific things going on. Not many, but all of quality. Happy ritual self-purification, everybody else.
1. The Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper presents the easily misinterpreted Trash Bash ’09 at Nick’s Fish House {www.nicksfishhouse.com} in the Inner Harbor (2600 Insulator Drive). [...]
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