Picnic blankets aren’t just for picnics, outdoor film festivals, and tying to the end of your hobo stick anymore. This summer, Baltimore enjoys a wealth of gratis outdoor concerts, where you can wallow and groove to your stingy heart’s content. Here are a few:
1. Sundays and Tuesdays all summer long by the Patterson Park Pagoda [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mount Vernon'
Frugal Tuesday: June Recital Edition
June 23rd, 2009 1 Comment
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Bar None
June 18th, 2009 No Comments
This Saturday, June 20, The University of Baltimore in Mount Vernon (1420 N. Charles Street) will host BarCamp Baltimore from 8:30 a.m. until participants run out of ideas. Show up at the university’s Thumel Business Center to get a t-shirt, breakfast, and your bearings. Admission costs nothing, but once you’re in you may be put [...]
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Frugal Tuesday: Charm School Edition
June 16th, 2009 1 Comment
I heard somewhere that around half of adult Americans fail to complete even a single book each year. I was going to look it up, but… I don’t know. I’m just not much of a reader. Anyway, this seemed as good a week as any to check out ways that Baltimore, erstwhile City that Reads, [...]
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Gay Baltimore!
June 9th, 2009 No Comments
We don’t know if you know this, but President Obama recently declared June to be National LGBT Month. So if your knowledge of gay Baltimore stops with John Waters, now’s the time to get out and show your support for the LGBT community.
Maybe the best opportunity to take part in Baltimore’s gay community is the [...]
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Can't See This in the 'Burbs — Balloons in Danger!
May 20th, 2009 No Comments
“This was taken during the Squidfire Spring Art Mart. The great thing about living and taking pictures in Mt. Vernon is having the opportunity to see the same places in a very different light. Often Mt. Vernon Square is quiet, but on days like this, a small event can really liven things up and that [...]
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Baltimore’s Best Spots for Outdoor Dining
April 29th, 2009 No Comments
Hey, remember back in the black depths of February when you couldn’t even imagine feeling too hot? Well, now you don’t have to. In honor of spring’s blazing, take-no-prisoners debut, here’s a quick list of places where it’s nice to sit and eat outside.
1. Little Havana in Federal Hill (1325 Key Highway) will work if [...]
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Baltimore is Tops
April 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Let’s all pat ourselves on the back for a second. Doesn’t it sometimes feel like the only top-10 lists people associate with our fair city have to do with things like murder and drugs? Well, we know better, and it seems like finally the national media is finally catching on as well. Not that we [...]
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Baltimore's Best Neighborhoods for Foodies
April 15th, 2009 No Comments
How about bringing back the constitutional? Ladies and gents of a certain social status used to do it all the time. A walk around the grounds after dinner for the sake of one’s digestion. Let’s start that up again. And the easiest way to rig it is to live near a lot of nice restaurants. [...]
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Frugal Tuesday: Cheap Tricks Edition
March 31st, 2009 No Comments
Let’s just go ahead and enjoy a little Vizzini moment, shall we? Tomorrow is April first, and I’m not going to fool you. Plenty of people will, and blogs especially get sort of a free pass whereby all they’ve got to do is post some random not-true stuff and call it a day. Well, here [...]
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