Baltimore: if you have or know someone who has a little time and inclination: we need more folks to serve on the board of the last remaining conservatory in our city. We are a small and scrappy board and we need to build up our numbers to be more effective !

Ice machines never break on like, a Wednesday. Only Fridays and Saturdays for these divas

eBay saved search, you magnificent bastard. I finally have the 1982 Baltimore Symphony poster within my grasp.

Did my employee self assessment, nerve wracking to uh turn the mirror on yrself in a corporate setting

I didn’t know this was what a little sign in the bar said rn until someone took a picture and posted it online

Enzo got another rat.

Baltimore PSA about the Amy Sherald exhibit: days and times are selling out for the remaining weeks. If you want to see this exhibit before it closes, purchase tix in advance!

Instead of being open on Super Bowl Sun we had a very rare day date & went to Philly to see the surrealism exhibit at the PMA. Even tho D went to be supportive of my love of art he was really struck by one painting in particular & wants to create a cocktail inspired by it. So, worth it.

Welp, got a one-star review for being closed on Super Bowl Sunday. -We put a sign on the door -We made an Instagram story post -b/c we now have years of financials to show that ppl do not go out for cocktails during the Super Bowl

I’m reminded of the last house I lived in, which still had horse hair plaster and original windows. One of my roommates, an outdoorsy type, cheerfully stated that living there was “like camping, but inside”.

Tested out a burger competitor, still prefer Doug’s.

Huh. New Baltimore City website launched. Years in the making.

Today's frugal folly: repairing broken sunglasses, then obsessively trying different cleaning methods to get washi tape residue (used to keep the pieces of frame together while super glue was curing) off the lenses.

Baseball. It's getting closer.

I dislike wasting food, so figuring out that too-tough granola bars broke down beautifully into my batch of oatmeal this morning was a tiny win.

We have offered to host a fundraising night for the suddenly out-of-job employees. There’s a strong BA alumni faction who deeply care about the current staff. I’ll update if it happens.

Real sick of being cold. Lots of Enzo hangs at least.

I yearn for a Big Fluffy Dogs of Baltimore meetup

not a molecule of executive functioning to be found in my entire being today

Took a tumble down my rowhouse stairs, home internet went out, then I screamed expletives at rich boomers as they turned their huge SUV on us in the crosswalk - as D and Enzo walked me to a local coffee shop. Really need the rest of the day to be chill.

Good gradient of blue in the sky rn

Today I'm grateful we got a bar space so close to our house - a walkable commute is especially key in shitty weather.

bought this pair w/ several old LL Bean gift cards, carefully saved. Around the same time, D. went to a coinstar with our change bucket to get haircut money, to look put-together for interviews after a bbq place (unfairly) fired him. Eventually things got better, but I never feel far from the edge.

Enzo hasn’t seen this much snow before, and it meant that he romped around with joy for a short period of time before his paws got too cold. He required some coddling and has now retired to the couch.

Snow day calls for beans on toast. Something we have rarely enough that it’s special. Usually it’s Heinz, but this time all the store had was Batchelors.

Turns out you can't really resole Blundstones, huh

Enzo in the sun

Whoa. Guys. Doug got a James Beard Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service nomination. This is huge, unexpected, and thrilling.

I finally signed up for letterboxd but tbh i'm not really seeing the benefit from just having a note on my phone

Another big day at the bar with one of our cocktail heroes coming through to celebrate his most recent book.

Henningers, Jack and Zach’s, Canteen

Industry kids are doing breakfast for dinner at the bar tonight.

Wishing there was a better breakfast sandwich within morning dog walking distance.

lol, I had to go to speech therapy as a kid - with two parents that went to ‘Dot High’, I was evidently difficult to understand. Two Boston accent holdout words for me, even today: Peabody and Quincy.

Interesting things going on in the field of nap time paw arranging

Had an awkward conversation with a non-local friend about the process of acquiring Opening Day tickets. They were …dismayed

Planning for one winter night in Iceland = considering changing my entire personal style to gorpcore

Yesterday’s sunny stroll, tail up:

Still trying to pull myself out of the muck of my daily existence by travel planning. Will be in the Netherlands after Iceland. A chunk of time in Amsterdam, then a day & night in Zwolle, and now thinking about a stop in Utrecht before heading back to Amsterdam.

Today was the tons of treats way.

Does anyone have recommendations for a day & night in Reykjavík? Specifically looking for pescatarian food, art, and a northern lights tour.

I'm a co-organizer of a regional content strategy meetup, and it's a new year! Which means new talks and events. If you know anyone who's a content strategist or content strategy/UX adjacent, + might want to give a talk (online or IRL) in 2026 to a small but friendly group, send them my way, please.

land art, neuroaesthetics, revival films, Orioles, ikebana, old alfa romeo cars, El Morocco, vintage mopeds, mythologies, Victorian glass conservatories, modern & conceptual art, historic cocktails, train travel, perfume, large format photography, letterpress/screenprint/riso, big fluffy dogs

I was giving Enzo a late night walk last night when I heard shouts of despair from a nearby bar, so there was no need to check the Ravens final score.

Baltimore Bluesky: my public health grad student pal is running a paid study for people who both work from home + an office. Check out the flyer (has alt text) if you might be interested.

Instead of contemplating between swanns vs guermantes way, it’s tons of treats way vs the some treats way.

Shout out to the Charles Revival Series for getting me to the movies in 2025.

Someone got very upset about us trying to leave the house, so he got shoved in the car for an impromptu adventure. Unfortunately, we found out that the pick up window that Lucius loved is now defunct.

I thought about bring panettone to the movie theater last night. I didn’t do it, but I thought about it

This was a good night. Every seat was filled, we drained the bowl of eggnog, the chinese takeout was eaten (everybody loves an egg roll), & our friend brought Twinkies to pass out during the convenience store scene.