Last year, when we asked what summer plans everyone had, we found that there are few things our Women’s Daily Post ladies enjoy more than heading for the beach with a bag of books to read. We live for summer sun, sand, something cold with a cute little umbrella in it, and a great novel. For reading suggestions, I love Anne Bogel’s blog, Modern Mrs. Darcy. She always finds the best new books and reminds me of classics that I never read or would read again with a new perspective. The Summer of 2019 is a great year for books. Anne literally read 100s of new books to come up with her list of 25 favorites. There were so many good ones, she couldn’t pare the list down to 25 and recommends 30 instead. Take a look and pick out a few for lazy lake and beach days, and long…
Baltimore. Bawlamer – because you know, hon, we have that funny accent. Smalltimore – because everyone is connected by just one degree of separation. Whether we’ve been here for generations or came to call this city home in another way, we Bawlamereans love our city. We love our blue crabs and Natty Boh, our O’s and Ravens, our world-renowned Johns Hopkins, the miles of marble steps, the harbor, Hampden’s quirkiness, John Waters, our diverse ethnicity and all the neighborhoods that reflect it. We have a love/hate relationship with The Wire. Everyone laughs at the saying, “The best thing about living in Baltimore is that if I don’t know what I’m doing, someone else always does” because it’s so true. We are a big, small town. Unfortunately, it’s also a city of the haves and the have nots. Safe, affluent neighborhoods, great schools, cultural and social opportunities, and good jobs are…