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Entries from October 30th, 2009

Upcoming Events – 10/30

October 30th, 2009 No Comments

So, other than Devil’s Night, All Hallows’ Eve, Samhain, All Saints’ Day, and the Day of the Dead, there’s really nothing happening this week. Here’s where:
1. Baltimore Critical Mass will begin (in costume!) tonight at 7:00 p.m. by the Washington Monument in Mt. Vernon. The idea is simple: cyclists have just as much a right as [...]

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Willing Spirits – The Ghosts of Baltimore

October 29th, 2009 No Comments

Ghost tourism is an odd, if not paranormal, phenomenon. The tales of the departed that we gobble up when hankering for a healthy shiver tend to be decidedly distant in time and circumstance from those we read about in the daily news. There’s pleasure in in being reminded of the great beyond, so long as [...]

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Haint Misbehavin’ – Baltimore’s Haunted Houses

October 28th, 2009 No Comments

Haunted houses, crib sheets, and liquor all serve basically the same end:  making the unmanageable seem manageable. So, whether you’re a dresser-up for the eve of All Saints’ or not, consider it a duty to your psyche to mock death at least once this October. Four places for doing so:
1.    The Cox’s Point Haunted Mansion [...]

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Baltimore Real Estate Round-Up: New Listings

October 27th, 2009 No Comments

Have you become bored of the same old houses for sale, week after week?  Are you tired of browsing the same boring listings that never seem to change?  Do you ever wonder, “Where are all of the houses that are new to the market?  Where can I find those?”  This, gentle reader, is why we [...]

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Monday Morning Links Round-Up: October 26th

October 26th, 2009 No Comments

Café Hon lost its flamingo and Baltimore Brew is not happy about it.  And for the record, neither are we.
There’s a pumpkin pie shortage coming, says Dining@Large.  Worry courses through our veins!
The four-day work week – four ten-hour days instead of five eight-hour ones – has been a success in Utah.  Perhaps it’s time to [...]

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Upcoming Events – Weekend of 10/23

October 23rd, 2009 1 Comment

After last weekend’s weather, I’d welcome anything, but the forecast actually looks strong for a few pleasant, partially outdoors days of autumn this week. If you do nothing else, then at least spend an hour on the porch with a cup of coffee, enjoying the leaves’ photogenic death. If, however, you’re a little more ambitious, [...]

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Irons in the Fire: Ignite Baltimore Returns

October 22nd, 2009 No Comments

This show we’ve mentioned before, and its recurrence tonight should serve as proof of its success so far. The fourth installment of Ignite Baltimore, an attention-deficit networking event imported from Seattle, goes up at 6:00 p.m. tonight, October 22, at the Walters Art Museum in Midtown (600 N. Charles Street).
Tonight also marks a year (give [...]

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Baltimore User’s Guide – Trivial, Fond Records

October 21st, 2009 No Comments

The list of things you should pay for on-line is shorter than you think. Included are fines, items not sold in the United States, and stuff you’re ashamed to be seen buying. Music is not among these. As convenient as it is simply to click, debit, and download, this maneuver misses the point of having [...]

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Baltimore Real Estate Round-Up: Downtown Condos!

October 20th, 2009 No Comments

Sometimes when we’re bored and watching movies about high-powered lawyer types who live in luscious high-rise apartment buildings, a not-small twinge of private jealousy surges in our stomach.  It just seems so cool:  taking an elevator home, overlooking the city from a balcony, being a high-powered lawyer type, oh, why not?  And if we’re going [...]

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Monday Morning Links Round-Up: October 19th

October 19th, 2009 No Comments

Baltimore InnerSpace takes a look at the MLK- Highway 40-Franklin Street interchange and suggests some improvements.
The Urban Palimpsest heads down to D.C. to participate in the Solar Decathlon.
Bmore Sweet tells us how to make apple cider cupcakes with a warm vanilla sugar glaze, while the Hungover Gourmet talks up Baltimore’s thriving wine and cake scene.
But [...]

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