Wine, Weird, and Woops!

It’s Saturday.

It’s that Saturday.

In Columbia, it’s Wine in the Woods. In Baltimore, it’s the Preakness.

The Banner ran a listing of HoCoLocal things to do this week:

7 Things to Do in Howard County, Jess Nocera, Baltimore Banner

Still looking? Try old reliable Facebook events.

You’ll find a Pickle Ball tournament, a beginne r bungee workshop, and a theatrical fundraiser, among other things.

You know I won’t forget to mention the plant sale at Freetown Farm and the market at Clarksville Commons.

UPDATE: today’s rain has prompted the cancellation of today’s Market in Clarksville.

Many thanks to a long time friend of the blog for suggesting the Gaithersburg Book Festival:

If I’m going to reach outside of HoCo for the Preakness I certainly can include this event in MoCo.

In other local news, Ranazul is getting close to opening at the Hickory Ridge Village Center.

The week in typos: supporters of former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby are hosting a cookout in “Clarkville, Maryland” and an entity which calls itself the Bitcoin Transformation Community paid a visit to the Howard County Detention Center “in Jesus, Maryland.” (Yes, I have proof.)

In other news, a fascinating conversation ensued on Baltimore Twitter in response the following question:

Is Columbia, MD a strange place to anyone else or am I weird?

I was surprised to see anyone sticking up for the New American City, but, there definitely were some Columbia-fans in the mix. It seems to me that we’ve missed the boat on local bumper stickers. Surely we need something like this:

Have a great Saturday. Stay hydrated. Don’t drink and drive. Always choose a designated sober driver.

Stay weird.

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