five mile road patches

cool patches christina made! these are only available at the jfx market in baltimore (sunday mornings. holliday street entrance) and at the annapolis farmers market in annapolis (riva road saturday morning. through late december.) they are sold from a cigar box- rolled up like a cigar and clamped with a tiny wooden clothes pin.

u s representative john lewis

the courageous civil rights leader and sitting congressman john lewis will be among the recipients of the medal of freedom, america's highest civilian honor. a couple of weeks ago i posted a picture i took of ted sorensen attending teddy kennedy's wake. john lewis was there too, and i saw him shed a tear when asked by a reporter to comment on senator ted kennedy.

more jfx baltimore!

kale, pies, crepes, smoked salmon and mussels, pad thai, printemps pottery, shrimp rolls, pickles and pestos, peppers, grilled sausages, pumpkins, plant sticks!

baltimore farmers market under the jfx expressway. evolution now and five mile road screen prints at the holliday street entrance. sundays 7- noon.

recently. balthazar.

to belatedly celebrate mikes 40th birthday we had oysters and bottles of champagne at balthazar! reverend evelyn melissen, jen and the very urbane dr. noel parris joined us.

annapolis

annapolis was in the new york times crossword last week! the clue was: "annapolis frosh." 5 letters.

happy veterans day! new york. marines.

astronomy.

harvest! baltimore jfx farmers market.

the coolest farmers market i've been to- for funky urban foodies! also artisans and crafters! and we sell evolution now and five mile road stuff there! sundays 7am -noon. more about baltimore jfx market.

moth, honeysuckle

mr stewart and mr colbert go to washington

well... perhaps the less i say about the election the better (although everyone i voted for won! hooray!) anyway my friend liz sent me her photos of the restore sanity event in washington. even though sanity was not restored i still like the pictures!

the rally drew over 200,000 people by objective estimates (two hundred thousand!,) and caught dc off guard- restaurants, transportation, and accommodations, expecting a third of that, were overwhelmed. glen beck's rally to restore prejudice drew 85,000.

i did find this fairly sane chart on a conservative blog. click on image to enlarge. opinion?