After a long day at work, I drove home, choked down a snack, and then hopped on the bike to head down to McKeldin Square to meet up with folks at Occupy Baltimore. Man, there was a lot going on there tonight, and it was complicated, and after a couple of hours it was time [...]
Archive for October, 2011
News Van at Guilford & I83
Posted in politics, tagged Baltimore, Baltimore City Police Department, McKeldin Square, Occupy Baltimore, police on October 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Under the Sea For the Halloween Parade at Patterson Park
Posted in art, parades, parks, tagged Baltimore, Fells Point, Halloween, parades, Patterson Park on October 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My oldest friend L. has been in town this weekend, and it was so, so good to see her. She’s the kind of friend who is totally happy to just sit and watch a zillion episodes of some crappy television show she’s already seen, eat at the same restaurant two nights in a row because [...]
View From the Pedestrian Bridge Over the Jones Falls in Remington
Posted in parks, tagged Baltimore, Jones Falls, walking on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t ride my bike today, but I walked all over the neighborhood with my oldest friend, L., who came to visit, and this is the view of the Jones Falls, and you’ll miss it if you stay in your car, or even on the bike. Such a lovely day for a slow walk and [...]
View of Gwynns Falls From the Bridge at Frederick Avenue & Brunswick
Posted in bikes, parks, tagged ASA, Baltimore, Gwynns Falls Trail on October 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I finally had some time to take the bike out for a ride after a long and lovely weekend with friends and colleagues and ideas and some folks who I think just might be my people at the American Studies Association conference. My good friend S. was with me, so I was en voiture, reminding [...]
Lighting Strung From a Piller at 2640 St. Paul
Posted in infrastructure, personal, politics, tagged 2640 St. Paul, ASA, Baltimore, politics, space on October 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It’s time for the American Studies Association annual conference, and this year, it’s in Baltimore. That means I get to loll around my house and then just hop on the bike and roll down the hill to the Hilton instead of paying a zillion bucks a night to sleep there. That’s what I did this [...]
Nat Philbrick in the Poe Room at the Pratt Library on Cathedral & Mulberry
Posted in history, personal, tagged Baltimore, history, Nat Philbrick, Pratt Library on October 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today’s bike ride took me down to Fells Point to meet V. for coffee and work–she wrote about women’s human rights, I graded papers about gender and social construction–before heading up to the library for a talk. I haven’t figured out a good way to get from Fells Point and points east to the west [...]
Edgar Allen Poe House at Amity & Lexington
Posted in museums, tagged B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, Edgar Allen Poe House, Max Rameau, Occupy Baltimore, Poppleton, Take Back the Land on October 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It was another beautiful sunny fall day in Baltimore, and it felt so, so good to head out on the bike to enjoy the weather and brunch and then a ride with no destination. I decided to check out the Edgar Allen Poe house, because word on the street is it may not be around [...]
Historical Sign Marking Where Frederick Douglass Lived as a Slave in Fells Point at Durham & Aliceanna
Posted in politics, tagged Baltimore, Bayard Rustin, Fells Point, Frederick Douglass, Highlandtown, Occupy Baltimore, Patterson Park on October 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I spent my lazy Saturday at home, reading a little of this and a little of that and then watching a documentary about the life and times of Bayard Rustin as I ate my lunch. What a remarkable man, and he said, “We are all one. And if we don’t know it, we will learn [...]
Resurfacing the Street and Calvert & Preston
Posted in construction, infrastructure, street work, tagged asphalt, Baltimore, Mount Vernon, potholes, Pratt Library on October 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I have had an incredibly long and busy week that has left me exhausted, so all I could muster on my Friday was a ride down to the library to picke up a couple of movies and a book before settling in at the coffee shoppe for some browsing and reading. I rode home up [...]
Cyclists Learning About Banks at the Wells Fargo at St. Paul & Fayette
Posted in bikes, business, tagged Baltimore, Baltimore Development Corporation, Bank of America, Mt. Vernon, Occupy Baltimore, predatory lending, UMBC, Wells Fargo on October 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Today’s ride took me up to campus in the afternoon for another faculty senate meeting, and I could feel the difference regular riding is making in my stamina, and it is really exciting. I’m not scared by hills anymore, even that one that gets you up to Haverhill Road. The ride makes sense in its [...]
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