New New New! And Local

For those of you who are suffering from the baseball blues after last weekend, here’s a bit of sunshine: Orioles great Rick Dempsey has opened The Baseball Warehouse in Columbia. They celebrated their Grand Opening on Sunday.

The Baseball Warehouse, LLC is an all professional staff (Former Minor and Major League players and coaches) that specializes in private baseball instruction, coaching clinics, camps and College placement. We strive to provide the best professional instruction in the area at an affordable rate. As a staff we are committed to educating the players, coaches and parents regarding the many aspects of the game. We want to promote and better the game of baseball in Baltimore, the state of Maryland and its surrounding areas.

Thanks to friend of the blog Marge Neal for alerting me to Dempsey’s Columbia venture.

If you are into the local restaurant scene, you already know that Blackwall Barn and Lodge has opened in the Merriweather District. Mentions I have seen so far are divided into two categories. There are the folks who are just so excited to try out a new restaurant and are filled with the glow of the new experience. And then there are the folks who want to tell you everything that went wrong and why that new place is not so hot. I suppose this is human nature. We tend to congregate at the extremes.

Coming up this weekend in Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods:

Saturday - - Hispanic Heritage Festival, 12 - 5 pm

Sunday - - Howard County Pride Festival, 11 am - 4 pm

Both events are free but you will need to do that Eventbrite thing to register so they’ll know how many people to expect and how to assign parking. Just imagine a Columbia/HoCo where public transit was so good that you didn’t have to worry where you’d put your car when you got to The Park.

Hope springs eternal.

Big news from The 3rd: they’ve gotten a liquor license. They celebrated last Friday with a special Happy Hour event. I don’t know how many people will put together the concept of coworking and cocktails - - although they might - - but I can definitely see how having a liquor license would make it easier to use The 3rd as an event space. And it is a beautiful space, with an even more beautiful mission. If you haven’t checked them out, you should.

I am beginning to see Halloween yard displays in my neighborhood. Are there any near you? Let me know.

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