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On Deck at the Weekend

Posted in Eating, Knitting, Music, Outings, Shelter on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Celebrate… And Have a Good Time. No, really, take a hint from Kool and the Gang, and enjoy this weekend. It’s for all the ladies and gents taking a breather from the back-to-back nuptials of wedding season.
DON’T get tipsy before noon, wear spike heels in grass, smear cake on your face, or freaky dance with [...]

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Art Marts of Baltimore

Posted in Knitting, tagged on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Desperate to attempt to avoid Towson Town Center for the holidays (piped in elevator cheer, greasy teryiaki food court samples, chock-a-block scrunchie carts) I have been scouring the City Paper for alternative gift markets.
Last week, we hit the Lyric Opera for the Winter Art Mart , a one-stop gift source if everyone on your Christmas list is a recycled cotton-lunchbag [...]

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Lyric Opera House hosts art mart

Posted in Knitting, Music, Outings, tagged on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Contemporary Baltimore has been compared to the New York of the 1970s–a raw, dangerous frontier acting as a pockmarked canvas for young artists. This Sunday afternoon, we will forget boarded up houses, crossfire and infectious disease to to visit the Lyric Opera House’s annual Winter Art Mart . Organized by the Squidfire clothing design duo, headquartered in Highlandtown (an east [...]

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Artscape to the Max!

Posted in Dogs, Eating, Knitting, Music, Outings on July 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Artscape is Baltimore’s time to show off what we do well, and we’ve darn near perfected this giant performance art piece in its 27th incarnation. 
We excel at drinking excessively in the streets, sporting odd clothing, making cool t-shirts, walking on our hands (see photo below), being creative (read: weird), and partying till the break-a-break-a-dawn–or at least till [...]

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Wow that is one rocking logo

Posted in Knitting, tagged , on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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Why Set up a Block Blog?

Posted in Dogs, Eating, Knitting, Uncategorized on February 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Why Set up a Block Blog?
…When you live across the street from your friends? Let’s rewind…
I live on a block in Baltimore’s historic Mount Vernon neighborhood. A strip of stone and brick houses once home to the mid-Atlantic’s poshest circles, and now littered with dog poo, drug bags, bumperstickered compact cars, and the occasional [...]

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