The latest and greatest issue of the monthly neighborhood rag  is now available.  It showed up in my mailbox earlier this week, and I just felt like making a few comments about the information in there.

1. Apparently, we have a new business in the ‘hood.  A bed and breakfast of all things. What’s that you say? A business that intentionally brings in MORE people to the already cramped confines of a landlocked historic neighborhood? Say it isn’t so! Oh, but it IS! And as the owner stated, “parking is at a premium in this neighborhood.”  Really? I hadn’t noticed that! Apparently, guests are issued a ‘parking pass’  to use the parking lot located south of Washington Boulevard (Iseland/Paca area?) I’m not quite sure, as the former area known as ‘Pigtown’ is too high falutin for little old me.  Are these official area 5 parking passes for use in a neighborhood lot? And if so–how did they get so many issued to them. I call SHENANIGANS!

2.  Some photographer took pictures of the rooftops of Ridgely’s Delight, and is now selling them. Hey Robert McClintock, the link provided in the reader doesn’t work. I tried it. TWICE. I don’t want to buy a picture of my rooftop–but I was kind of curious to see what it looked like.  Unlike some of the houses in the neighborhood, I don’t have roof access.  I’m sure it’s just a picture of a heatpump unit, but still.  Just curious. Anyways, this concept has been done SO many times–except usually by a crop duster to farms in rural areas.  Those are scenic pictures.  Rooftops? Really?

3. And the coup de grace this month? Why, it’s a community meeting AND the monthly happy hour held in the same week (tonight and Friday).  TWO opportunities to get a drink (and get drunk)  and hang out with your peeps from the ‘hood to talk about the issues that directly impact you and your neighbors, such as:  the Gran Prix cars flying off course and hitting our historic houses, garbage pickup, always being able to find a parking spot because we don’t have a parking problem, and kissing the asses of the neighborhood businesses (even though we don’t patronize their establishments and they bring riff-raff into the neighborhood) ? Good thing there’s that self-imposed three weeks of sobriety before the next event.

Got an opinion? Got a beef? Want to have your voice heard? Hit me back with a comment already.

So, during the stay-cation last week, the Brain took one of our guests on the Camden Yards ball park tour.  During the tour, the guide talked about Ridgely’s Delight (yay!).  However, it was interesting to note that the TRUE area known as Ridgely’s Delight is, in fact, the area of the neighborhood NORTH of Washington Boulevard. 

According to the guide, the part of the neighborhood to the south is actually part of Pigtown (which is where the pigs would run from the train yard to the slaughter houses?), but the residents petitioned the City of Baltimore in the 1970′s to be annexed into Ridgely’s Delight.   Posers.

The Brain and I have been on a stay-cation all last week, entertaining out of town guests.  While we played intrepid hosts to this city that we now call home, we also managed to do some things that we hadn’t actually done ourselves. All in all, a great week. Look for more information about things we did in future posts.

Welcome back, B!tches.