I can’t speak for most people but I usually avoid seafood when it’s off-season. I’m sure their usual business will pick back up in the summer.

my friends and I had a big snowball fight in the wyman park dell with a bunch of strangers. some girl tackled me because she wanted to make out. was dating someone at the time so had to turn her down... probably should have just gone with it, but I'm not the type to cheat. good times.

also, I enjoy shoveling snow so I shoveled out my whole block down the side on each street, and part of the alleyway (not all at once).

If it’s over 5 inches I’ll give you $5 😂

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I teach a plant propagation class but we’re a bit outside of Bmore in Ellicott City for right now. I might bring classes to the city if I can find a suitable venue in the future. But if you want to try a plant related class check out our offerings at opalescentsoul.com/classes ☺️

In a decade every time it dusts snow we'll have a full on meltdown like georgia or texas

I grew up in Bolton Hill, and it is definitely a very gay friendly neighborhood, with a particularly large contingent of gay men who are 50+ (I would say about half of the neighbors on my block growing up). Doesn’t have everything you’re looking for in terms of restaurants and shopping, but it’s walkable to Mt Vernon, much more relaxed, and easier to park. Also has the symphony, MICA and station north arts district a short walk away, and then the Walters art museum, BMA, Center Stage, and Everyman Theater all within a 5-7 minute drive. That said, the homes are pretty expensive, large Victorians, although there are definitely some that are broken into apartments.

I'm still big mad because one POS neighbor saw me pull out of the spot I had shoveled, and came out and backed his car into the space I had just vacated, causing the two feet of uncleared snow from the top of his car to fall forward and fill up the spot where his car had been. And then just went back inside his house. The other neighbors and I had spent hours shoveling out spaces and trying to make the street and sidewalks passable so this behavior felt particularly shitty.

I meet more people from Howard county, DC, New York, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, and the west coast in Baltimore these days than I do from Baltimore county.. And lots of internationals these days.

Yup, I was driving home from MICA to the Frederick area after class in my Dodge Neon. I got stuck spinning at the bottom of Eutaw trying to turn onto MLK and a city bus lost control and was sliding down Eutaw right towards me... 3 total strangers on the street ran over and helped push my car so I could turn out of the way before the bus hit me.

> So many streets just had snow forever.

Some dirty snow piles were out there til May.

I went sledding down my roof deck stairs from that snow storm. Also.shoveled out about 2 dozen of my neighbors cars. The whole neighborhood came out and made a little party out of the digging.

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Check out the Friday HH at Mt Vernon spirits. It’s literally 50+ HQ in Baltimore.

lol actually does sound fun

Dude from the Rowan Tree broke into my house. It’s a crackhead bar that happens to be gay friendly.

It costs the LLC owner $75 to do a change of address in Maryland. Most people use a registered agent or a PO box to avoid having to use their home address... So I'd imagine if the LLC owner never bothered to do those steps, they probably aren't going to bother with it now. You could go on Maryland's SDAT website and see if there's a phone number associated with the LLC and call or text them.

On The Hill is the one I’m referring to! They’re closed Sundays and Mondays and are typically open 7-2 I believe?

Park Ave Coffee has been closed for a bit unfortunately but it looks like they’re doing something with that space so fingers crossed they either reopen or another coffee spot opens there.

I live on Abell. The community is proud to be very LGBTQ supportive.

It was rough. I had to go around rescuing friends after I had a friend dig me out of my townhouse (just outside the city). So many streets just had snow forever with little walk paths cut through.

Dog, you just gone blow my cover like that? And to think I was gonna split the money with you 😒

Curious, what’s the one good coffee shop? It seems like On the Hill and Park Coffee are both closed whenever I’m nearby/perhaps permanently?

No one should ever go to South Side

> I'm thinking we'll get 5.5 inches on February 19th.

Hold up. You ain't Frankie.

I'm not gay, but I have personal experience with two pretty fine neighborhoods around here. First would be Canton, where we lived for fifteen years. I've been gone from there for ten, and I think it has only gotten better in terms of restaurants and shopping. It was simply a place where it never came up in the conversation--nobody really cared one way or another. That may be a long way from being "supportive," but it is nice to think your neighbors can go about their business without great fear of being harmed--all your neighbors.

Second is Bolton Hill, where I have attended church since the year after God was born. (In fact, I pointed out to him a very nice corner lot that would accommodate a very nice Episcopal church...) I am not young (early seventies), and most of my friends are in that age group or lower. For whatever reason, tons of gay friends have settled into that neighborhood very comfortably. I'd guess without having asked that it's more supportive than Canton. It's just a pleasant, agreeable area where you can eat, drink, and go about your lawful occasions without being under too much threat. Shopping isn't great, but it's near Mt. Vernon for that. It's near MICA and within a stone's throw of theaters, concert venues, if you want aht, then the've got aht. I also have friends I can ask who will Know Things if you would l ike me to. Just PM me.