New Beginnings

Yesterday’s eerily foggy and rainy weather gave way to abundant sunshine this morning, and the Baltimore Block was there to greet the day in fashion.  Done up in our finest new clothes, we cleared the cobwebs off our lonely bicycles and made our way to the Abbey Burger Bistro for some early morning footie.  The Bistro, which is home to both the Charm City Gooners and [...]

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My East Side is Maybe Actively Revitalizing

800 houses were gobbled up last week by the East Baltimore Development Inc (EBDI). As the Urban Discoveries blog notes the initiative is actually taking off, after countless cleared blocks, lots and fields have laid fallow for years (EBDI was established in 2003).
The $1.8 billion program is gearing up to establish an 88-acre mixed use [...]

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SNL’s Project Runway Spoof

I missed the Project Runway finale, but at least I caught this SNL sendup of it, from the New York Observer site where my friend Jason is blogging about the jaw-dropper of a political scandal brewing up in New York. I think he should ignore the media blitz and get on with taking back New [...]

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