In Baltimore- proof that there is a part of town which at least masquerades as the same kind of atmosphere that Silver Spring is set up to achieve..I don't much care for Silver Spring anymore, but, I have to say, I kind of like it here. The streets are wide, the people are friendly, there are restaurants everywhere (and not chains!) I like that there are tall buildings, (to be expected) but, from a pretty good part of this whole place, you can still see the sky and feel the sun on your skin.
I know it's Baltimore, and I'm never going out after dark, but something here does have an appeal that is hard to describe, and harder to find in the places I've been (or, maybe, perhaps, the entirety of Maryland and the states around it). Shops, museums, old architecture meshing with new buildings, ones with bright, high ceiling-ed interiors and high, polished glass windows. The ground beneath you is always either brick or cobblestone- and not 'finished', ultra smooth 'brick' that Silver Spring ingeniously decided to pave their walkways with (which is a deathtrap, by the way), but actual rather rough textured brick- the kind that holds onto the sun's rays and, you just know would feel warm beneath your bare feet-or sandals, because, again, it's Baltimore.
Can't decide what to do today...I wish I knew exactly what shops and stuff were around, since I need a new purse & wallet..
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