tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72637753037640320922024-02-19T16:58:38.223-08:00Oh, the urbanity! Charm City editionThis blog is a spin-off of Lora's original "Oh, the Urbanity! Philly is Phunny." Here you'll find pictures of, and taken around, Baltimore.Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225939818950997678noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263775303764032092.post-44089972262667837772011-03-20T15:47:00.001-07:002011-03-20T15:47:32.949-07:00Walmart Store ShuttleSeeking cheap, massed produced, Chinese-made goods, but can't get out to the county...No worries. 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src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvaGX7QkELoal_kpUlRKUdnvRV2Wmz0ChuLgOV8uvycu5leosSh86_bYbx87qJJZ6qEgdpsSFsvfx0rgkmbIk-R64S9uTC74YGiJOgNNfho8lkUK8YiUx5npTHA2MYKbjlLwE2ERRZycoy/s288/1.jpg' border='0' width='400' height='300' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225939818950997678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263775303764032092.post-36172866420177906812011-03-16T15:49:00.001-07:002011-03-16T15:49:58.815-07:00Painted Screens, Fagley & Foster<br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/102742499110271167993/OhTheUrbanityCharmCityEdition?authkey=Gv1sRgCKvTka-FweO2-gE#5584813822520231442'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc2qmwZfasWZdfXX9ADVccl2FeniyBypwAg1gnz-n8vcwSQ7xJVLQQy43rtVw0vx1VAohVjTrSi5_pbZ1DppGAOMTzV_HkWLWG85tGmCzdmiOxy4Qo2UciKTkjdGoldjWN1finFM8z-mSm/s288/1.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br 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Quest never disappoints when it comes to festive window displays:<br />
http://urbanity-charmcity.blogspot.com/2009/05/quest-bar-my-hood.html<br />
http://urbanity-charmcity.blogspot.com/2009/07/neighborhood-gay-bar-summer-decor.html <br />
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-- Post From My iPhoneMarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225939818950997678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263775303764032092.post-34634247811692395242010-06-12T10:20:00.001-07:002010-06-12T10:20:14.176-07:00S. Potomac St., between Fleet St. & Foster Ave.I've heard of Christmas in July, but never Easter in June...<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/12/1356.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/12/s_1356.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225939818950997678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263775303764032092.post-58084166526235135702010-06-06T18:38:00.001-07:002010-06-06T18:38:48.877-07:00Fayette & Gay Streets<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/06/2472.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/06/s_2472.jpg' border='0' width='300' height='240' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225939818950997678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263775303764032092.post-23519691929467037892010-06-05T12:50:00.000-07:002010-06-05T12:51:13.570-07:00South Central Ave. & Bank St.<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/05/1657.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/05/s_1657.jpg' border='0' width='300' height='225' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225939818950997678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263775303764032092.post-58738954652343996432010-06-03T04:06:00.001-07:002010-06-16T06:58:20.963-07:00Front & Gay Streets<center><a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/03/362.jpg"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/03/s_362.jpg" style="margin: 5px;" width="300" /></a></center><br />
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As Lora would say: "This is someone's child. Someone's brother. Someone's dad. Someone's student. Someone's friend. Someone's old neighbor. Someone's old lover.<br />
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On Saturday I went to the Baltimore Farmers Market on Gay Street, under the 83 overpass. It was paked with people, dropping 12$ on a bag of coffee beans and some $20+ a pound for meats from local, organic farms. Many were in line to purchase $10 omeletes from one of the breakfast stands. <br />
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A stark contrast to the numerous homeless people in this area. sleeping on benches, in grassy knolls along sidewalks, in tents outside the church, in front of city hall, alongside the soup kitchen.<br />
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I saw no less than 20 homeless people in the five blocks I walked to the market entrance. <br />
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-- Post From My iPhoneMarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225939818950997678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263775303764032092.post-61168159916068957712010-06-01T14:18:00.000-07:002010-06-01T14:19:30.833-07:00My garden<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/01/1457.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/01/s_1457.jpg' border='0' width='300' height='225' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225939818950997678noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263775303764032092.post-51053257821184966592010-06-01T14:05:00.000-07:002010-06-01T14:07:41.172-07:00Tagged<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/01/1428.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/06/01/s_1428.jpg' border='0' width='300' height='225' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225939818950997678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263775303764032092.post-90124711305492247892010-05-25T14:49:00.000-07:002010-05-25T14:51:05.186-07:00Maryland, fruitland, crabland!On Eastern Avenue in Essex--just beyond city limits. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/25/1442.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/25/s_1442.jpg' border='0' width='290' height='217' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/25/1443.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/05/25/s_1443.jpg' border='0' width='250' height='333' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />-- Post From My iPhone<br />Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225939818950997678noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263775303764032092.post-46532000137338726182010-05-21T20:28:00.001-07:002010-06-16T06:58:51.414-07:00Peg LegIn the women's bathroom at Pearl's in Fells Point<br />
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