Double Dagger was amazing at Whartscape. Here is a video of their full set!
In my futile attempt to mix working in a corporate office with my desire for adventure I settled on the idea of MAXIMUM SUMMER. So far it’s working. It’s a simple concept, I work in an office for 8 hours a day and then do at least one thing per day that feels like summer. It could be as simple as taking a walk after dinner or dining outside and watching the cars go by. My maximum summer soundtrack has been pretty amazing so far — until my iMac died, but I digress.
The weekends are meant to be non-stop during this summer. So here are the plans so far, maybe I will follow up with some pictures post weekend.
Tonight:
Happy Hour at Woody’s in Fells Point
It’s not exactly a place that I would regularly hang out but it’s a goodbye party for a co-worker that left my company. It’s got a nice view and Alicia and I plan on drinking some mojitos and enjoying the view of the harbor.
Depending on what time we leave there I’d like to head up to The Metro Gallery for the opening of Martin Atkins Collection: The Religion of Marketing. An exhibition featuring Martin Atkins’ large collection of artwork, post-punk photography, limited edition vinyl, and music memorabilia. (open cocktail hour 7-8 p.m. July 10)
Saturday:
Hiking / Swimming at Kilgore Falls.
Instead of going to the typical Pretty Boy reservoir we decided to try something else, and here we don’t have to worry about cops ruining our fun, or seeing people we don’t really want to see.
After swimming and hiking I am hoping to enjoy a delicious dinner and it better include some sort of seafood.
Sunday:
WHARTSCAPE / HANGING @ JOE2
Whartscape is the best. I plan on getting sweaty and seeing some awesome bands and hanging out at Joe Squared when I get too hot. Then the weekend is over, and it’s back to real life. Not impressed.
For the past four years Baltimore has been graced with a fairly amazing DIY festival put on by the Wham City collective. This will be my third year attending, and likely my most tame year. In the past it has been the same weekend as Artscape which was always difficult to balance the two. It is truly a great time where all different communities in Baltimore come together for some ridiculousness.
Here are some highlights from the past WHARTS/WHACKSCAPES
See you this weekend!
I have been lovin the WPA posters from the 1930’s. I’m actually working on a project for one of my classes and these posters have been a huge inspiration throughout the process. I was not able to achieve the complete blocky/graphicy look but I was able to get close enough. Also thanks to fontstruct.com I was able to download some user created WPA fonts which are awesome! So glad I have them now.
In honor of my trip to Canada with Alicia that is quickly approaching!
Typically during the week I try not to go out and drink and do crazy things (aside from the occasional craft night, or trip to a bar.) Tonight after class I will be heading to The Ottobar to check out Stereo Total and Leslie and the LY’s. If you are in Baltimore I would definitely suggest some mid-week drinking and fun for you tonight. Last time I saw Stereo Total it was great, they made everyone get on stage. That’s fun.
I stepped away from blogging earlier this year. My reasons were that I simply had too much on my plate: I work full-time, I am in school part-time, there was the internship with the Sun, and blogging for UB (which I never did), and then I have another job at the Maryland Humanities Council that takes up anywhere from 10-20 hours of my week. Needless to say I have been busy.
So, I decided I would get back into maintaining this blog. I came on today to check the stats since I have not posted in months and each day the blog gets over 200 hits. I always try to come up with a theme or a direction that I want the blog to focus on. This always seems to be problematic because my personality gets in the way. I like all kinds of things, and I like sharing all the various things I like with everyone. So, I can’t say this blog is going to be anymore focused than it was, but hopefully it’s still enjoyable.
If you would like to know what I have sort of been up to lately you can check out Alicia’s blog at: Elkephant. She writes about our adventures and our home projects and all of that fun stuff. Until next time I will leave you with a wonderful video of Beirut live in Philadelphia from last Friday night. The show was amazing, if you get the rare opportunity to catch this band do it! They don’t play often in the U.S. but in Europe you’ll probably have a better chance.
http://katiedexter.tumblr.com
It’s even less focused, and more haphazard but I like the way it looks and the easiness of it.
By Anton Repponen. I’d like gloves like this as well.
Ocean City, MD
Time doesn’t seem to progress much there. I promise to update the blog more in 2009 with a much more focused outlook. Although, once class starts I can’t guarantee anything.
