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Folie’s Map of Baltimore and Environs (1792)

November 17th, 2011 | 3 Comments

The Big Map Blog does it again, today posting a map of the Baltimore area in 1792 as illustrated by A.P. Folie. It’s huge, zoomable, browsable and downloadable, I highly recommend clicking through the link and taking a look. Here’s some info from the Maryland Historical Society: Comparison between this 1792 map of Baltimore and the 1780 map by Presbury shows that in a short twelve-year span a considerable development had taken place in Baltimore, especially along … Read entire article »

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Drink Baltimore is Baltimore’s new happy hour website yall

October 6th, 2011 | Add a Comment

Joining the likes of gotime.com, 600block.com and probably a bunch of others I forgot, comes drinkbaltimore.com – a site dedicated to all things drinking in Baltimore. Today is the “soft launch” of the site – just in time for Baltimore Beer Week’s first day – preloaded with staff written reviews of local drinkeries, features on general drinking culture, that sort of thing. The official launch is October 20th at Alewife (21 N. Eutaw St, Downtown) … Read entire article »

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Free Admission to Fright Fest with blood donation

September 22nd, 2011 | Add a Comment

Everyone knows about Fright Fest, Six Flags America’s (13710 Central Ave, Upper Marlboro) annual month-long celebration of all things scary and Halloween-oriented, so why not get in for free and help out the Red Cross by donating some blood? Saturday October 1st from 10:00am-4:00pm, donate on premises at Six Flags America and receive a free ticket for admission, usable any Saturday/Sunday until October 30th. Or if you’re a thrill seeker like me, donate blood and … Read entire article »

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Local bloggers instruct public on frugal weekend activities

September 16th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Hey have you seen the Baltimore Sun’s Live! section today? You did pay the $0.75 for your copy of the Baltimore Sun in order to see this really awesome feature on how to have a cheap weekend in and around Baltimore, as put together by four local (and awesome, attractive) bloggers? Well, if you haven’t yet – and you should – check out the collaborative goodness known as the Ultimate Cheap Weekend, a pretty much complete … Read entire article »

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This whole “Complacent Reynolds” thing is pretty funny

July 12th, 2011 | 3 Comments

As it popped up the other day on Orioles Hangout, a delightful thread about a delightful photo of one Baltimore Oriole Mark Reynolds nonchalantly eating a bag of sunflower seeds as Red Sock David Ortiz baseruns his way past, seemingly complacent in the whole affair. The photo in and of itself is hilarious, and then the internet does what it does best, started Photoshopping the crap out of it and placing Complacent Reynolds in all … Read entire article »

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