Rowhouse land

I live in rowhouse land. A city block in an old part of an old city – mostly gentrified and made hip in the early part of the decade, but with enough longtime residents, shops, and local customs to have kept some measure of authenticity. I’m part of the gentrification boom. I’m [...]

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Sets in the West

First, a definition. For the purposes of this post (and the purposes of the way I normally categorize the regions of the country), the West will extend from North Dakota to Washington in the North, and California to Texas in the South. So, Minnesota down to Louisiana – that makes up the western [...]

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B-A-L-T-I-M-O-R-E

Looks like it’s official: after what will have been 36 seasons, Orioles fans win. Starting in 2009, the team road jerseys will read “Baltimore,” symbolically tying the team to its city. Apparently, the decision was made by Peter Angelos, which should create some dissonance in the fans who have been demanding this change [...]

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Future neighbor

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 [...]

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Teaism

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 [...]

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Thinking of vacations past

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 [...]

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