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Giving credit where credit is due:

The same people who brought you the Adult Happy Meal…



…are also bring you Summer Sips Without the Spirits!



Good for them. 

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Yesterday was Trifecto’s eighth birthday and you can help them celebrate this Friday.




Trifecto is the kind of place that would be my neighborhood hang out if only there were someplace affordable to live nearby. Ah, well.

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Warning: under no circumstances should you view this house listing on YouTube if you are prone to motion sickness. I’m sharing a still shot to protect the vulnerable. 



I don’t know why they didn’t spring for a movie trailer announcer with a deep bass voice and contrasting narrative type rolling over the images, too. Yikes.

 “In a world where houses light up by themselves and the evening stars speed over the rooftops…”

Nice looking house - - though I admit I didn’t see much because I had to switch the video off pretty quickly. 

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In other big local news, The Stop Grace Coalition gave away over one thousand lollipops at the River Hill 4th of July Parade.


Each one included information about the Stop Grace Coalition and each one appears to be wrapped in…plastic.


If you happen to know that these wrappers were made of some eco-friendly biodegradable material please let me know and I will print a big fat retraction.

It’s been my experience that candy wrappers are some of the most toss-on-the-ground, improperly disposed of food items.

Go figure.

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To the troll on the County Executive’s page who tests my patience regularly, I offer the following:


Original quote by Kayla Chadwick. You can read her piece here. 

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In closing, yesterday I was overcome by a need for the food of summer: icy things. Well, that’s what we called them when my kids were little. When I was young they were called Kool Pops. I broke down and bought the big enormous box which should last me for a good while. A few weeks, maybe.

Guess what?


This morning WBAL informed me that it’s National Freezer Pop Day. I am so ready!*


Village Green/Town² Comments


*Blue Raspberry 

 

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