Dear Hoco Peeps:
Join the growing group of local bloggers at our next Hoco BlogTale party. My co-host is is Melanie Tindale, who blogs at Mom’s Memories and tweets at @melaniet42. Melanie’s husband, John, also blogs and has been seen at a blogtale party or two.
We’ll be at the Second Chance Saloon, a sweet rekindled space [...]
So says the sign.
I like it. I like the sign, the sentiment and the effect.
See, I was meeting someone at Bean Hollow in Ellicott City this morning. (Hopping, it was … ) I saw this posted sign. I found it quite civil … and a reasonable request, indeed.
A friendly, informal and productive group of us meet for coworking in Columbia on Fridays. We meet at Dobbin Starbucks (aka Laptop Alley, Columbia’s Catwalk) in the 9 a.m – 5 p.m. range. No RSVPs are required. You can drop in at your leisure. But do join our Google group to get updates and info [...]
Michael Oberman, ozoni11 on flickr, tells a story of a how one of his photos, and the concern and action of a few others, saved this beautiful Great Blue Heron from death. Here’s the story, below, but you gotta click to see the pics. From a Feb. 2008 post on Michael’s flickr account –
For several [...]
I call it Columbia’s Catwalk.
They call it The Ranch.
Can you guess what I’m talking about? It’s the Dobbin Road Starbucks, one of the most happenin’ social, fashion and coworking scenes in lil ol’ Columbia, Maryland.
See, I call the place Columbia’s Catwalk because of the brilliance in the store’s design: all incoming customers are channeled [...]
Mary Kate Murray, “an energizing village volunteer,” writes a journalist with the Baltimore Sun in this upbeat article here. Yay, MK!
And here’s a tidbit for those with a hyper-local focus: From The Sun –
Is there someone in your neighborhood worth writing about? Is there an event that everyone in Howard County should be aware [...]
Here’s a re-posted note I just got from rockin’ OM gal and community builder, Mary Kate Murray. I went to the OM Cookie Swap last year, and it was fabulous! Here’s the announcement. *******
Join us for the 2nd Annual Oakland Mills Cookie Swap!
Sunday December 9, 2007
2:00 – 4:00 PM
@ The Other Barn, OM Village Center
Bake [...]
I recently met with Bill Santos, blogger behind Columbia Compass, 2007 candidate for the Wilde Lake representative to the Columbia Council and, I believe, quite a thorough thinker.
We were at Rocky Run Tap & Grill, off Dobbin Rd., where Bill has been going for over 10 years. We were, frankly, speaking about whether he’d run [...]
I think I’m just feeling all giggly about my sister, Rebecca, because I’m all giggly that my brother, Dave, flies into BWI to visit his Hometown Columbia relatives tonight. Yay!
Becky /Rebecca (OMHS class of ‘84) sent this article to me: some students she co-teaches in Mill Valley Middle School are entering an international robotics competition.
What a lovely day to go door-to-door, supporting William (Bill) Santos and his candidacy for The Village of Wilde Lake position on the Columbia Council.
I first met Bill through the local blogosphere. Dang! That’s a thinking man, I thought to myself. Bill doesn’t blog so frequently. But when he says something, he’s thoroughly researched the [...]
