Swing in the Garden!
Saturday, July 31, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
Historical Society Heritage Garden
The Star Spangled "Little" Big Band is back to provide sounds of the big band era for this fun-filled annual event in the beautiful Heritage Garden. Delicious hors d'oeuvres and desserts as well as a cash bar also are featured. Come out and join the party! Tickets go on sale in June. Sponsorship opportunities are available. E-mail ddoxzen@hsfcinfo.org to purchase tickets or for sponsorship information. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door.
Remember that request for unique shopping in Frederick?
Back in February, I got an email from a freelance writer asking for help on unique shopping in Frederick. I’m sorry that I didn’t get the follow-up to you sooner but I forgot about it until this comment on that post.
I searched through my email and contacted the writer and she answered me tonight with this link to her article.
Thanks to all of you who responded to her request!
Korean BBQ Truck
Anyone try the new Korean BBQ Truck making the rounds? I have a thing for mobile food, so I’m kinda excited about this one.
Volt at the Keys
VOLT is coming to the Frederick Keys Baseball Field and we are not coming empty handed. We are taking over the concession stand at 3rd base for one night only on Tuesday July 27.
New Sunday Parking Deck Rules
Beginning Sunday, August 7, 2010, a change in Sunday parking in all City Parking Decks will go into effect. The City of Frederick Parking Decks will offer free parking on Sundays from 8:00 AM until 2: 00 PM. At 2:00 PM the gates will be lowered and vehicles exiting after that time will need to pay $1.00. This change is being implemented as a result of the FY2011 Budget.
Bombay Out, Ollies In
Jim Hamann sent this photo and a bit of news along:
Apparently the Bombay Grill at 137 N. Market has closed (I swear it was open on Saturday). The windows are covered, but a notice is written that ‘Olives,’ an Italian restaurant, will be moving in soon.
Well at least the spot doesn’t seem like it will be vacant long.
Stuff To Do In Maryland
Check out this hand dandy map from Maryland’s Tourism site. You can toggle the map to display different points based on category (e.g. just show show art galleries or state parks). Looks like a decent trip planner.
Frederick is HOT
As Hot as the Mojave Desert Copyright 2010 Scripps Media, Inc
Did it surprise anyone that Frederick was the hottest city in the country yesterday? A nice write up on ABC2′s website HERE http://is.gd/dizti and HERE http://is.gd/dizvm They were calling for today to be warmer than yesterday on Monday.
Don’t worry, no prognostications of us breaking the all time record of 109 set on July 10, 1936.
Another Wegmans Update
Robin Santangelo asked Wegmans about the progress of the new store coming to Frederick and they responded:
Thanks for the interest! Right now we’re still building the store. We hope to have our grand opening in the Spring of 2011.
I drive by the construction site just about everyday and it looks to be humming along. They already have the skeleton of one of the buildings up. It’s crazy to think we’ve been talking about this for 4 years.
Some Frederick Bicycle News
Joe from the Frederick Bicycle Coalition was nice enough put together an update on bicycle related news for us:
The Mayor is forming a Bicycle Advisory Committee and is looking for citizen and business participants. This is a result of the recent work between the FBC and the Mayor and a 5-0 Board of Alderman vote to support pursuing a bicycle friendly community designation. The press release and requirements for the committee can be found here.
Also, the Frederick Bicycle Coalition will be putting on a family friendly bicycle ride with the Mayor to a Frederick Keys game. This will take place August 29th. We’ll have more details on that shortly including how to get reduced price tickets by participating.
Finally, the city will be holding beginner mountain bike classes as well as well as basic bicycle classes for those looking to improve their skills and learn the basics. Info can be found here.
Thanks Joe!
Fire Downtown Yesterday
In case you missed it there was a big blaze in downtown Frederick yesterday. Here are the details from the FNP, plus local photographers (and frequent FMO Flickr contributors) Virginia and Jim got some excellent shots of the blaze.
