The photo album is among 72 that Hamann has posted to his personal Flickr photo sharing account online. He recreationally posts his work as a sort of online portfolio and for the purpose of sharing his photos with others, he said.

“I did it just on a whim,” Hamann said of the album. “I was looking at a lot of newspapers around the country, and a lot of them were putting photos of ‘the year in review’ on their websites. I usually contribute a lot of my pictures to the Frederick Maryland Online website/online forum (www.frederickmarylandonline.com) and I had it in mind for them. I wanted to share (my photos from the year) with the community,” he said.

Thus, he looked back over the photos he had taken in 2011 and put the album together in a very “spur-of-the-moment” fashion, he said. Although most of his albums usually get approximately 150 views after upload, Hamann said, the “A Year in Frederick 2011″ album has already gotten more than 700 in the few weeks since he put it together and posted to Flickr.

Check out the full Year in Frederick series here and read the whole FNP article here.

• History’s mystery— The Baltimore Sun takes a look at Frederick’s African-American heritage sites.
• Cupcakes coming to Frederick — Sweet Angela’s Cupcakery and Angel Cakes (should be opening soon).
• Beautiful Frederick — the Strong Towns Blog visits downtown Frederick.
• Analog Adventures — Jessica Hibbard, the contributor of FMO’s banner, has opened up this shop to sell her prints.

Note: In a previous version of this post I had confused both new cupcake purveyors coming to Frederick as one store, but there are actually two (Sweet Angela’s Cupcakery and Angel Cakes). I apologize for any confusion and appreciate Susan’s help in alerting me to the mistake.

I lost my dog of 16 years to illness a while ago and find walking alone sort of….well, lonely. I live in the Historic District (Baker Park and the new dog park are only a few blocks away.). I am only looking for dogs who live in the Historic District. I work on my photo business out of my home, but am looking to add a little more funds towards my living expenses. I would charge a reasonable rate (less than the professional dog walking businesses here).

If you’re looking for a dog walker contact Jim at 240.457.7935 or via email.

Just for fun, I wanted to find out how bias our own town is towards the home town boys.  So, here’s a quick Poll and you must vote before 9:45 PM

Who Will Win Top Chef Tonight?

Check out a teaser video with the Voltaggio Brothers!

“My family has been in the area for generations. My family was at once farmers and some family still are farmers,” Moore said.

That’s why Moore was so eager to get involved when her friend Yeon Kim approached her last year about starting a blog about local food in Frederick County.

Since then, the two have been operating the blog “Grown in Frederick” (http://growninfrederick.blogspot.com). Along with other contributors, the team posts content ranging from home gardening tips to information on local farmers markets to recipes involving in-season foods.

Read the whole article and check out Grown in Frederick.

The chefs competing in Season Six, which starts August 26, have just been announced…

…a Maryland restaurant has a second contestant, Bryan Voltaggio of Volt in Frederick. His brother Michael, originally from Frederick and last chef de cuisine at Jose Andres’s Bazaar in Los Angeles, is the third Marylander on the show.

Check out Bryan’s Bio and size up his competition on Bravo’s Top Chef website.

Before his first day of work at the downtown library, she had already been in the system for a year, helping all manner of wobbly colt-legged children, sleepy transient men and older ladies who came clutching clipped and wrinkled book reviews from the Sunday Post.

Many couples first meet at work and this was how it was for them.

They were both very shy and both very funny.

Books on bashfulness and humor are in the 155s and near 814, respectively.

It was natural that they should meet and talk and discover that they liked the same sorts of things–weekly movies and regular trips to Lucky Corner where kind and attentive waiters learned that she preferred curried tofu and the gentleman always ordered the pho.

Vietnamese cooking can be found at 641.595

At first, he was scared.

He kept waiting for the day that she might tire of him…or grow bored…or not laugh at his jokes, but a year passed, then another and it was still the two of them.

He realized that it always would be–just like it was now, just like they wanted it to be.

There are books on fate and books on chance; sections for comfort and trust and understanding. Happiness, though, is in the 158s.

In the Spring, he asked and she said yes.

Congratulations to James! Who has been gracious enough to also share the website Aynex will create for him. Stay tuned.

Ashley Henley (of The Pink Sink) was kind enough to give Apartment Therapy a tour of her work zone where she creates everything from button bouquets to crocheted handbags…

Cool beans! Go to the Apartment Therapy site for more.

Update: It looks like while Apatment Therapy was in town they also stopped by the Emporium. Thanks for the tip Crystal.