Comments on: They call it Charm City? You don’t say.

By: Mitch Hellman

Mitch Hellman — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:52:33 +0000

Nice to see some pics of Hampden. I lived in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, a few blocks southwest of Hampden, for twenty-six years. It’s still hard for me to believe that I moved away ten years ago; part of me feels proprietary about the town, even though some of my old haunts have changed since I left (Hampden, especially has changed– no hipsters back then).

I guess you were there too early to see this, what is known as the Miracle on 34th Street. This is quintessentially Baltimore, and absolutely Hampden.

See:

http://bit.ly/6o7rzN

By: Franklin

Franklin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:24:46 +0000

Astoria rocks! It’s just too bad that it rains there all the time.

By: Avelino

Avelino — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:13:31 +0000

Thanks for the warm words Stina. Your visit was too short and bittersweet: a reminder of a wonderful time in my life when you and I and Meri all worked with one another in the tragic environs of a small-town newspaper. And I have to admit, I’ve always been a little jealous of you, but never more so than during this trip. You have a way of grasping life by the horns and taking it for a ride, and your trip is the logical (and exciting) extension of that philosophy.

It’s something I think I’ve wanted to do my entire life.

I’ll keep reading of your adventures, hoping to live vicariously through you just a little bit. And if you have a chance, come back: we miss you.