The good news is you already know how to celebrate New Year’s Eve––by drinking champagne which you get to call champagne because you live in America, by making jokes about kissing someone at midnight while you search desperately for someone to kiss at midnight, and by claiming the role of the earnest keeper of resolutions [...]
Entries from December 31st, 2009
Upcoming Events – New Year’s Eve
December 31st, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Inner Harbor · Maryland Science Center · New Year's Eve · U.S.S. Constellation
Carless — But Not Careless — in Baltimore
December 30th, 2009 No Comments
I don’t know why everybody says it’s impossible to live without a car in Baltimore. I have been living here carless for three and a half years now, and only once was I stranded at the dollar store in Timonium.
There are both obvious and crafty ways of getting around:
1. Walking is pretty obvious, but has [...]
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Monday Morning Links Round-Up – Farewell Edition
December 28th, 2009 1 Comment
Urban Palimpsest uses Big Boyz Bail Bonds pens and so do we!
Adventures in Baltimore Restaurants and the Baltimore Food Examiner combine to form a rundown of New Year’s Eve restaurant specials, while Bmore Fab has a NYE nightlife guide.
BMore Sweet took part in the Daring Bakers’ Gingerbread house challenge. And while their entry looks great [...]
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Snow Globe
December 23rd, 2009 No Comments
I’d meant to write a post tonight about where to go sledding in Baltimore, but then this weekend, the answer to that question appeared to be: the ground. Small, cackling children skidded down every street and sidewalk in my neighborhood, gurgling a blend of real and imaginary languages, trailed by their proud, apologetic parents. The [...]
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Monday Morning Links Round-Up: Winter Solstice Edition
December 22nd, 2009 No Comments
The Great Baltimore Blizzard of 2009! Baltimore Brew and Pigtown Design have photos, while Advice from A Year Round Tree Expert offers winter pruning tips so snow weight doesn’t splinter your trees.
As the Baltimore Snacker reminds us, there are no balls like Schweddy Balls.
The Investigative Voice covers the city’s latest water [...]
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Upcoming Events – Weekend of 12/18
December 18th, 2009 No Comments
Mainstream religious holidays have made a hash of public events this week, so it’s as good a time as any for some counterculture to clamber into view. Whether or not you subscribe to one of the major world-views currently celebrating a historical triumph, there are a few local offerings from some oft-neglected philosophies/attitudes/identities/hairstyles. Below:
The Red [...]
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Great Baltimore Architecture
December 17th, 2009 No Comments
Week by week here we promote largely the parts of Baltimore’s charm that alter week by week. Facing down what might become a heartless winter, though, I find comfort in considering the city’s less frequently updated offerings. More than any other art, architecture preserves the daily experiences of the dead by maintaining the spaces in [...]
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