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Mayor Dixon is hosting the Operation PROTECT Block Party this afternoon in Park Heights. The festival features a number of attractions, not the least of which are 1) free food and 2) Bill Cosby.

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Baltimore What

You think you know Baltimore? We have a challenge for you — check every Wednesday on bthesite.com to see if you can identify where we’ve taken some close-up photos in and around the city. Guess what and where this is. As the day goes on we’ll show you more of the photo. First person to get it right wins something fabulous (and by fabulous we mean movie tickets, passes to an upcoming show or possibly some b swag).

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I don’t have many details on this event, but it came across on the Downtown Partnership’s e-newsletter yesterday. If you’re in the neighborhood, it may be worth it to stop by:

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According to the Sun, representatives from Harrah’s in Atlantic City will be at the Inner Harbor this evening to give away free hotel rooms.

June 19th is “Harrah’s Loves Baltimore Night.” To celebrate, reps will be distributing 960 “keys” for a room on June 19th in its new 44-story tower. Get one tonight between 5 and 7 p.m. at the corner of Pratt and Light Streets (the epicenter of Downtown) — the northeast corner, to be exact.

Unless, like me, you already have more Harrah’s comp nights than you know what do to with…

Congrats to Michelle! She is our lucky winner of the Belmont Stakes promotional package with tickets to the race and a place to crash in NY!!! She sent the following pix and comments…

“pictures from our Preakness infield gathering, which just happened to be my birthday celebration as well!  25 people, matching t-shirts and a tiki inflatable cooler!  doesn’t get much better!”

Of course, instead of a fuel-efficient vehicle, mass transit or even a bike, there’s apparently this alternative:

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cas/686080948.html

I know it’s a bit last minute but I just got back from Embassy Day in Washington. All (or at least a bunch/few) of the embassies in the district are having open houses and serving drinks and small food tidbits. An excuse to drink in the middle of the day — what more can you ask for?

That’s pretty much all I have to say for this post. Happy hunting…

… is tomorrow (Saturday, May 3)!

What is free comic book day? It’s a single day when participating comic book shops and retailers give away comic books absolutely FREE to anyone who comes into their stores. Read the rest of this entry »