Posted in Cities, Politics, tagged Baltimore, Jenna Bush, Larry King on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
I don’t know how I missed this in the news a couple of weeks ago, but apparently Jenna Bush is moving to Baltimore. She and her soon-to-be husband have purchased a 2 BR rowhouse in a South Baltimore neighborhood, which they will move into after their wedding next month.
Baltimore has an amazingly positive effect [...]
Posted in Cities, Uncategorized, tagged Dupont Circle, Teaism, Washington D.C. on March 6, 2008 | 72 Comments »
I’ve now been accused (by my brother) of “out Izod’ing him,” which, in our family just means having a reflexive dislike of anything bordering on popular or trendy. Ridiculous… I voted for Howard Dean in the ‘04 primaries and Barack Obama this year — both definitely “trend” candidates to some extent. I was [...]
Posted in Cities, History, tagged Alabama, Birmingham, Bull Conner, Civil Rights, Fred Shuttlesworth, Las Vegas, Martin Luther King, Memphis, Mississippi, Phoenix, Rosa Parks, travel on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Days of lying around reading and watching TV, too sick (and without car) to go anywhere, but too healthy not to be bored out of my mind by this fact are starting to catch up with me. So today, I’ve added vacation planning to my routine. I know, a week out sick from [...]
