The sights and sounds

One of the reasons I was keen on moving to a city is all of the interesting things one can do here. Brian and I always found ourselves driving down here to hang out, which is a real drag. So we've been here almost two weeks, and we're mostly doing the same things we used to do only now we can walk from our apartment or it's a 15 minute drive (we're still not very bus savvy and the arctic blasts have been deterring more thorough investigations into bus travel).

So part of what my blog may become is a chronicling of some of our adventures around the city to encourage others to take advantage of all the things Baltimore has to offer and perhaps even persuade people to take up city living. And here's the kick-off:

This past Thursday Brian and I went on our first date since moving to Baltimore. We had planned to go to Elfegne Cafe, an Ethiopian restaurant in Pigtown, but my meeting ran late, and we didn't think we would have time, so we settled on One World Cafe, a place we've been to before but closer to the main event of the evening. I got the Tortolini, and Brian got the Mexican Lasagna. It was delicious.

After that we headed over to 2640 where the Bread & Puppet theater troupe performed The Dirt Cheap Opera, which is an adaptation of The Three Penny Opera. It was wonderful, as expected. They were selling cheap art seen in the photo, but we still have other cheap art of theirs we haven't framed yet, so we settled on a few cheap post cards.


It was a great evening.

I forgot to mention that Brian got me flowers from the World Famous Lexington Market, which is just blocks from us.

We've experimented with doing our grocery shopping there. The produce is good, but we may require other grocery items best found at the Superfresh. Anyway, it's still great for lots of other things, like buying flowers for your date, interesting new fruits, or Berger cookies.

Brian and I have been getting out a lot to try to take advantage of living in Baltimore. We've checked out movies at the Enoch Pratt library - we're lucky to be close to the Central Branch. We've been frequenting local coffee shops and book stores. We found our local spot for Charm City Trivia at Mad River in Federal Hill. And there's so much more.

The Raven's game is about to start, so I better get moving, but thanks for reading!!

In with the new (and some old)

Truth be told, after falling behind in my blogging, I wanted to delete this blog and start a new one, but I'm trying not to be a part of the throw-away culture, so I'm trying to update the old one. Now, before I start new blogging, there are a couple of things I meant to blog about but got too lazy. Here is a super quick recap of the more interesting things I've done since the last time I posted:

October: On Halloween Brian and I got free burritos at Chipotle for dressing up like menu items.


November: I'm a crocheting fool.


December: Brian and I made holiday postcards and sent them to friends and family.


And we moved to Mobtown! We're both much closer to work and school - I can see my campus library from my bedroom window. Our roommate gave us a sweet deal on rent, so we have an awesome apartment totally out of our current price-range. So I've been trying to create a nest in the apartment, explore the neighborhood, and make some local friends (all while trying not to flunk out of graduate school). Tomorrow Brian and I are going on our first date since moving to Baltimore, so maybe I'll blog about that.

It's kinda sad that I can recap three months so quickly, but I've also been busy with school and internships and work, which is my excuse for falling off the bloggin' bandwagon. Anyway, more to come.

Happy New Year!!