tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084Sat, 10 Nov 2018 15:09:18 +0000A visual journal of Howard County, Marylandhttp://hoco360.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)Blogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-6013624909080838919Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:55:00 +00002018-03-27T17:31:18.617-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rCH4PNvEI04/UnZ_YK5c7kI/AAAAAAAAMFE/IcbIvFTLY1k/s1600/Rover+Mill.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rCH4PNvEI04/UnZ_YK5c7kI/AAAAAAAAMFE/IcbIvFTLY1k/s1600/Rover+Mill.jpg" /></a><br /><br />In 1988 I arrived at the Howard County Times fresh out of college. Twenty five years ago the Times was published as an oversized tabloid, known within the industry as a "stretch tab." This allowed for a photo-heavy, visually sophisticated presentation which was anchored by the newspaper's weekly cover stories.<br /><br />Cover stories allow a photographer to develop ideas over a series of images — cover, inside lede, secondaries, and detail shots. At the Patuxent Publishing-owned Columbia Flier and Howard County Times of the early 1990s, cover stories were given a luxurious amount of space — a minimum of a full-page cover and four inside pages with no embedded ads. Some stories went twice that long.<br /><br />That wasn't necessarily a nod to great photography. We simply had space to fill. The staff of eight young photographers shot for a total of thirteen weekly newspapers with what can only be described as a glorious amount of editorial news hole. One of the papers, the Columbia Flier, sometimes topped 250 pages.<br /><br />Shooting a single cover story is a wonderful opportunity for any young photographer. In 1993 I photographed over a hundred of them. It was heaven on earth.<br /><br />The image above was the cover photo for a story by reporter Susan Thornton, entitled <i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i>. Her story was about how life was different in western Howard County as compared to the more suburban eastern end. Susan had pre-written the piece and I drove west, looking for photos to match the phrases I had highlighted from her story.<br /><br />Susan and I had grown to be frequent collaborators on covers. We met in 1988 and within a year our newsroom romance was an open secret. By 1993 when this story was published, we were newlyweds. The collaboration continues to this day, with two teenage kids as our most successful joint projects. And a 30x40" print of this photo hangs in our upstairs hallway.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/made-in-hoco.html">Made in HoCo</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/create.html">Create</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/sense-of-place-archives.html">Sense of Place</a> </span> <br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/09/remember-this-face.html">Previous Entries</a></span></div></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/11/rover-mill-road-in-west-friendship-c1993.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-5686446147005474344Tue, 10 Sep 2013 04:03:00 +00002018-10-30T20:45:34.385-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TilAJTIiHUg/Ui6ZZtSb4GI/AAAAAAAALhA/-EUmlSL58lY/s1600/Margo_Rocky_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TilAJTIiHUg/Ui6ZZtSb4GI/AAAAAAAALhA/-EUmlSL58lY/s1600/Margo_Rocky_b.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I photographed Howard County actress Margo Seibert at a barn in Lisbon as part of my portrait series of Rising Stars in the local arts scene. She was beyond excited that evening, as she had just landed her debut role on Broadway. And a starring role as Adrian in the Broadway production of Rocky, no less.<br /><br />The news has just been <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Andy-Karl-Margo-Seibert-to-Lead-ROCKY-on-Broadway-20130909">announced today</a>, so I suppose it is now safe to share here. The production opens on March 13th, with previews opening February 11th.<br /><br />Seibert follows in a long line of Howard County Arts Council's Rising Stars alumni who have gone on to greater success in their chosen fields. Congrats to <a href="http://margoseibert.wordpress.com">Margo</a>, and I can't wait to see the play. <br /><br />More info at the <a href="http://www.rockybroadway.com">official Rocky site</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/made-in-hoco.html">Made in HoCo</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/create.html">Create</a></span> <br /><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script> <a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')" title="Share Button"><img alt="Share" border="0" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" /></a> <!-- SmartAddon END --> <div align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/07/casey-dyson-of-cookieride.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/11/rover-mill-road-in-west-friendship-c1993.html">Next</a></span></div></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/09/remember-this-face.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-2116980696249319105Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:17:00 +00002013-09-10T00:05:49.755-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pg0XjinsVpI/UeBjSdsU0RI/AAAAAAAAKgk/2RXCxs7k9dA/s1600/728px_Cookie_DSCF9381-no_refl.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pg0XjinsVpI/UeBjSdsU0RI/AAAAAAAAKgk/2RXCxs7k9dA/s1600/728px_Cookie_DSCF9381-no_refl.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Casey Dyson, a resident of King's Contrivance in Columbia, has been selling and delivering homemade cookies on her scooter for over a year.<br /><br />Starting in June of 2012, she regularly serves McGill's Common pool, Columbia Gateway Drive, The Lakefront, Huntington Pool, Hopewell Mini WaterPark and the HCC Medical Campus, among other locations.<br /><br />"I try to stay away from places that have snack bars," she said. "I am not trying to steal their business."<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vfwmqXkySKE/UeBjXx2INzI/AAAAAAAAKgs/-ZC0mW7vnew/s1600/728px_Cookie_9462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vfwmqXkySKE/UeBjXx2INzI/AAAAAAAAKgs/-ZC0mW7vnew/s1600/728px_Cookie_9462.jpg" /></a>Her mobile showroom is a <a href="http://genuinescooters.com/stella4.html" target='_blank'>Stella</a>, a 125cc four-stroke "modern-vintage" scooter. The trunk is loaded with fresh-baked cookies, which are very large and sell for $2 each.<br /><br />"In addition to the curbside sales I do deliveries," Dyson said. "So I get a lot of out of town people calling. Like for Father's Day I had a delivery to Vantage House from a daughter who lives in California."<br /><br />She will deliver cookies via scooter to anybody local. For places a little further away, like Baltimore, she'll drive. <br /><br />Dyson does curbside sales, deliveries, caters cookie parties, birthday parties, mom's night out parties and the like. She's even done an open bar (for cookies) at an office. <br /><br />"They called it a cookie break," she said. "The parties are a little more organized. They bring games, like cookie- and scooter-related games."<br /><br />She also does cookie-themed parties where the kids decorate their own cookies, referring to herself as a one-stop shop.<br /><br />She tweets her daily locations via twitter, where you can follow her at <a href="http://twitter.com/cookieride">@CookieRide</a>. You can get more information at her website, <a href="http://www.cookieride.com">CookieRide.com</a>.<br /><br />In this day of digital everything and social media, Dyson also offers a decidedly analog method of ordering.<br /><br />"Watch for the scooter in the Columbia area and simply honk if you're hungry," she says. "CookieRide can pull into the closest parking lot to satisfy your sweet tooth instantly."<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7UWlk_CWP1s/UeBjjj7GTEI/AAAAAAAAKg8/k0nNbIOc5AQ/s1600/728px_Cookie_9164.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7UWlk_CWP1s/UeBjjj7GTEI/AAAAAAAAKg8/k0nNbIOc5AQ/s1600/728px_Cookie_9164.jpg" /></a><br /><br />For the record, her most popular (and thus, best stocked) flavor is her chocolate chip cookies. But she sells many other varieties, including gluten-free offerings. For those with peanut allergies she includes a few packs of factory-sealed Oreo cookies so they won't go away empty-handed.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/worth-weight.html">Worth the Weight</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/made-in-hoco.html">Made in HoCo</a></span> <br /><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script> <a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')" title="Share Button"><img alt="Share" border="0" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" /></a> <!-- SmartAddon END --> <div align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/06/lakefront-movies.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/09/remember-this-face.html">Next</a></span></div></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/07/casey-dyson-of-cookieride.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-2995063691192558167Sat, 22 Jun 2013 05:09:00 +00002013-07-12T16:19:58.686-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kFbqikLp-ZU/UcUs_MRN8MI/AAAAAAAAKDI/7bUl4jRl7oY/s1600/LakefrontMovie_5733-728px.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kFbqikLp-ZU/UcUs_MRN8MI/AAAAAAAAKDI/7bUl4jRl7oY/s1600/LakefrontMovie_5733-728px.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Moviegoers watch <i>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2</i> under the stars at the Lakefront in Columbia. Watching open-air movies in Town Center has been a tradition since the 1960's. <br /><br />The Columbia Association sponsors the free series, which features family-friendly films and is open to all. Residents arrive early to get a good seat, spread their blankets and bring a picnic dinner.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AoPRnSTJ0pk/UcUuM-SdkFI/AAAAAAAAKDU/05qo9hUqIpw/s1600/Mr_B_LakeFrontMoviesDSCF8702-500px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AoPRnSTJ0pk/UcUuM-SdkFI/AAAAAAAAKDU/05qo9hUqIpw/s1600/Mr_B_LakeFrontMoviesDSCF8702-500px.jpg" /></a></div><br />For over 40 years the movies have been hosted by film buff Tom Brzezinski, seen above introducing Harry Potter. Brzezinski started out with a film projector and a 4x8' sheet of plywood for a screen. The movies are now shown via digital projector on a large vinyl screen.<br /><br />Films start as soon as it is dark enough, usually about 9pm. The full schedule for the 2013 summer movie season is <a href="http://catodayblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/schedule-of-this-years-free-columbia-lakefront-festival-movies-concerts-and-more-is-now-available/">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/play.html">Play</a> </span> <br /><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script> <a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')" title="Share Button"><img alt="Share" border="0" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" /></a> <!-- SmartAddon END --> <div align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/06/poet-truth-thomas.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/07/casey-dyson-of-cookieride.html">Next</a></span></div></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/06/lakefront-movies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-1412517651363083262Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:19:00 +00002013-06-22T01:13:42.323-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_907NoQOM1o/UcCT17FFHGI/AAAAAAAAJ-g/4L-E7PyI_Uw/s1600/TruthThomas-500px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_907NoQOM1o/UcCT17FFHGI/AAAAAAAAJ-g/4L-E7PyI_Uw/s1600/TruthThomas-500px.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><font size=4>When Aretha Sings</font></b><br /><br />Boilers hush their bubbling<br />Hornets holster stings<br />Twisters cease their troubling<br />When Aretha sings<br /><br />Drive-bys pass on drama<br />Hatred folds its wings<br />Angels slap their mamas<br />When Aretha sings<br /><br />Shark teeth park their biting<br />Gangsters park their leans<br />Armies park their fighting<br />When Aretha sings<br /><br />Goose bumps mount their risers<br />Hand claps wind their springs<br />Songbirds pass out flyers<br />When Aretha sings<br /><br />Jack Frost sells his ice stand<br />Terror turns from screams<br />Atheists start prayer bands<br />When Aretha sings<br /><br />Heaven warms up soul plates<br />Mahalia’s gumbo steams<br />Martin brings the dream cake<br />When Aretha sings<br /><br />Emmet Till starts humming<br />Walking Canaan’s green<br />Sam Cooke’s change is coming<br />When Aretha sings<br /><br /><font size=1><i>--from <a href="http://truththomas.com/speak-water-naacp-image-award-winner-for-outstanding-literary-work-in-poetry/">Speak Water</a><br />©2012 Truth Thomas</i></font><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/made-in-hoco.html">Made in HoCo</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/create.html">Create</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/think.html">Think</a> </span> <br /><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; 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But indigenous birds apparently are starting to adapt to the plentiful source of easy protein. It's pretty safe to assume they'll get no complaints from local residents.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/sense-of-place-archives.html">Sense of Place</a> </span> <br /><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script> <a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')" title="Share Button"><img alt="Share" border="0" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" /></a> <!-- SmartAddon END --> <br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-your-kids-eat.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/04/spring-in-full-swing.html">Next</a></span></div></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/04/stink-bugs-for-dinner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-6746389085343542888Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:00:00 +00002013-04-22T16:53:42.055-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-46Cs8FtqvRM/UU1E3KhSAsI/AAAAAAAAH5Q/VhbLuIN7LHA/s1600/CF048120.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-46Cs8FtqvRM/UU1E3KhSAsI/AAAAAAAAH5Q/VhbLuIN7LHA/s1600/CF048120.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Or, more accurately, what they could <i>choose</i> to eat if they happen to attend a Howard County public school.<br /><br />A few months ago at a New Year's Eve gathering I happened to meet Judith Schardt-Shure, who is the cafeteria manager for Burleigh Manor Middle School in Ellicott City. Over the course of the next 30 minutes, Judith proceeded to dispel one myth after another that I held about the HCPSS school lunch program.<br /><br />Other people are noticing our school lunches, too. The Howard County Public School System’s Food &amp; Nutrition Service recently earned an "A+" grade from the <a href="http://www.pcrm.org/" target="_blank">Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine</a>. They also received, for all 73 schools, a <a href="http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/healthierus/awardwinners.html" target="_blank">HealthierUS Schools Bronze Award</a>, which includes a letter from First Lady (and fitness maven) Michelle Obama.<br /><br />The local media had reported on the two awards, but in a way that added no real information to the press releases. So through Judith I met Mary Klatko, who oversees food and nutrition for all Howard County public schools. We spent a recent morning together at Howard High School photographing lunch choices on offer to the students. Some of those choices are represented here. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Huu1ud1Iemg/UU1E8bLtJUI/AAAAAAAAH5Y/YOulnAyW9KE/s1600/CF048123.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Huu1ud1Iemg/UU1E8bLtJUI/AAAAAAAAH5Y/YOulnAyW9KE/s1600/CF048123.jpg" /></a><br /><br />In talking to Mary (along with area field rep Rosalie Edwards and, later, several students) I learned that school lunches in Howard County in 2013 are nothing like those I remember as a high school student in the early 1980s.<br /><br />For one thing, nutrition is a big deal. More so, I suspect, than when I was in school. They count calories, grams of fat (saturated and unsaturated) protein and carbs. Fiber matters, too. Judith noted that not only are whole-grain breads used, but at the middle school level the serving size is upped one day per week to submarine sandwiches to fulfill the weekly fiber goals. Some rolls are now baked onsite, and are noted as such on the menu.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UMe73me9Yo8/UU1FASVLKpI/AAAAAAAAH5g/_iswGFwSR8o/s1600/CF048124.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UMe73me9Yo8/UU1FASVLKpI/AAAAAAAAH5g/_iswGFwSR8o/s1600/CF048124.jpg" /></a><br /><br />You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Similarly, and as every parent knows, just because nutritious food is on offer doesn't necessarily mean kids will eat it. So nutritional choices are for the HCPSS a balancing act. Which is to say that they try to strike a compromise between the healthiest foods and what will actually make it into kids' mouths.<br /><br />Stealth nutrition is introduced wherever possible. Those fries aren't fried, they're baked. And kids are required to take minimum amounts of fruit and vegetables. Whether they all get eaten is another battle, but the goal is to build healthy habits early.<br /><br />The number of food choices increases as the students progress from elementary age through middle school and into high school. As kids get older, their palettes broaden. And the school lunch menu expands to take advantage of that and introduce more options.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ISLoTJShP3M/UU1FHTbvHFI/AAAAAAAAH5o/yx7yg59T52s/s1600/CF048129.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ISLoTJShP3M/UU1FHTbvHFI/AAAAAAAAH5o/yx7yg59T52s/s1600/CF048129.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Certainly at the high school level, cafeteria food is getting more upscale. I don't remember shrimp poppers, seen above, being on offer back in 1981.<br /><br />For the older kids salad bars are a big deal, too. You can eat as much salad (with veggies and beans) as you want. This is especially important to high school athletes, who are as a rule more nutrition-conscious and have metabolisms that require more fuel.<br /><br />Using some of the information supplied by the county office, I compiled the chart below. Some of the items surprised me, both in terms of nutrition and of the scale involved in feeding Howard County's students. (It is clickable for a larger version.) <br /><br />How many school lunches, for example, would you guess are served each year in Howard County? <br /><br />For more information (such as menus, allergy info, nutritional content, fitness and doctor's articles, etc.) visit the school lunch program's <a href="http://www.hcpss.org/foodservice" target="_blank">website</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U3EJ2zn5GLs/UU1FREckGxI/AAAAAAAAH54/cVDdsg-pW6E/s1600/Chart1200pxWide.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5t2vV_g-7NI/UU1FM3JOQxI/AAAAAAAAH5w/lDf58HugqZg/s1600/Chart728pxWide.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/worth-weight.html">Worth the Weight</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/made-in-hoco.html">Made in HoCo</a> </span> <br /><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script> <a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')" title="Share Button"><img alt="Share" border="0" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" /></a> <!-- SmartAddon END --> <br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/02/columbias-icons-in-transition.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/04/stink-bugs-for-dinner.html">Next</a></span></div></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-your-kids-eat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-7704267374740480642Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:18:00 +00002018-11-10T10:09:18.644-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DdsBm6vwwqA/UWBz9KWdoJI/AAAAAAAAIgY/FCyfSOWXZyM/s1600/0+0+Dubai.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DdsBm6vwwqA/UWBz9KWdoJI/AAAAAAAAIgY/FCyfSOWXZyM/s1600/0+0+Dubai.jpg" /></a><font size=1><i>Dubai Cityscape, for Fujifilm Japan</i></font><br /><br /><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IleGR0Kt4oE/W-b0kWFLiBI/AAAAAAAAg7k/5wOHJ8HZQykAov1RvZ4Xqu3nmOvUm9MxgCLcBGAs/s1600/DubaiMetro-728.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IleGR0Kt4oE/W-b0kWFLiBI/AAAAAAAAg7k/5wOHJ8HZQykAov1RvZ4Xqu3nmOvUm9MxgCLcBGAs/s1600/DubaiMetro-728.jpg" data-original-width="728" data-original-height="401" /></a><br /><br />Hi, I'm David Hobby. I've been a photographer in Howard County for the last 30 years. Until 2006 I was a staff photojournalist with The Baltimore Sun. Now I publish <a href="http://www.strobist.com">Strobist.com</a> and teach week-long <a href="http://strobist.blogspot.com/2007/02/strobist-on-location-in-person.html">photography workshops</a> in cities around the world. Between jobs you'll find me happily shooting for a variety of Howard-based organizations.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k6Cvt7_IUIw/W33XRyidMWI/AAAAAAAAf9A/MiXxgnXd9yMG93iPKDRN66LOD_LTX0C6ACLcBGAs/s1600/240headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k6Cvt7_IUIw/W33XRyidMWI/AAAAAAAAf9A/MiXxgnXd9yMG93iPKDRN66LOD_LTX0C6ACLcBGAs/s1600/240headshot.jpg" data-original-width="240" data-original-height="240" /></a></div>Locally, I have developed visual projects with the Howard County Arts Council, the Howard County Economic Development Authority and the Howard County Conservancy among others.<br /><br />If you have a Howard County-based project that might benefit from photography that strives to be both thoughtful and creative, please do not hesitate to contact me <a href="mailto:hobbydavid@yahoo.com">via email</a> or <a href="https://www.twitter.com/strobist">via Twitter</a>. Generally speaking, the more potential for interesting photos the less important is your budget. It's a strange model, granted. But that's how I work.<br /><br />I also serve as the Mid-Atlantic region reference photographer for Zhang Studio, which is located in Xiamen, China. Working in collaboration with the the artists at Zhang Studio, we produce <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/12/museum-quality-oil-portraiture.html">museum-quality oil portraiture</a>.<br /><br /><center>______________________________</center><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LyDnWlzcG04/UWB0M22L65I/AAAAAAAAIgo/MUQ6AUl5dlg/s1600/1+HOBBY_Fencers.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LyDnWlzcG04/UWB0M22L65I/AAAAAAAAIgo/MUQ6AUl5dlg/s1600/1+HOBBY_Fencers.jpg" /></a><br /><font size=1><i>Baltimore Fencing Club, for Lynda.com</i></font><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3r4dh5fiMUE/W9IAMjHHI5I/AAAAAAAAgGk/apDryCKbnVYort113FAsIEOmOna3VGkxQCLcBGAs/s1600/HanoiHC360.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3r4dh5fiMUE/W9IAMjHHI5I/AAAAAAAAgGk/apDryCKbnVYort113FAsIEOmOna3VGkxQCLcBGAs/s1600/HanoiHC360.jpg" data-original-width="728" data-original-height="485" /></a><font size=1><i>Hanoi, Vietnam, for X-Peditions</i></font><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k3OTtPEHYzQ/UWB0SJvBGaI/AAAAAAAAIgw/QBD89IZHJmk/s1600/2+Merkle_5196.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k3OTtPEHYzQ/UWB0SJvBGaI/AAAAAAAAIgw/QBD89IZHJmk/s1600/2+Merkle_5196.jpg" /></a><font size=1><i>David Williams of Merkle, for Howard County EDA</i></font><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mzl8O4e8Frk/VgsocWU8kGI/AAAAAAAAObA/y6Xijextzh0/s1600/Grand%2BCentral%2BUnderpass_728px.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mzl8O4e8Frk/VgsocWU8kGI/AAAAAAAAObA/y6Xijextzh0/s1600/Grand%2BCentral%2BUnderpass_728px.jpg" /></a><font size=1><i>Grand Central Terminal, for Lynda.com</i></font><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gtstjpi3fIM/UWB0b_ub8QI/AAAAAAAAIhA/5mSjYtHyRAk/s1600/4+Alexandra.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gtstjpi3fIM/UWB0b_ub8QI/AAAAAAAAIhA/5mSjYtHyRAk/s1600/4+Alexandra.jpg" /></a><font size=1><i>Mezzo Soprano Alexandra Rodrick, for Howard County Arts Council</i></font><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HxymqquFyYA/UWB0WDx3LcI/AAAAAAAAIg4/iAUUdfpT3ak/s1600/3+Caleb.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HxymqquFyYA/UWB0WDx3LcI/AAAAAAAAIg4/iAUUdfpT3ak/s1600/3+Caleb.jpg" /></a><font size=1><i>Cellist Caleb Vaughn-Jones, for Howard County Arts Council</i></font><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FmJdJc2IlkY/V6ItOXOrbxI/AAAAAAAAP7U/BAsSQB9XnsIj_kMZeKmd93Et9IKW3PTgQCLcB/s1600/Ellicott_city_728_DSCF0348.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FmJdJc2IlkY/V6ItOXOrbxI/AAAAAAAAP7U/BAsSQB9XnsIj_kMZeKmd93Et9IKW3PTgQCLcB/s1600/Ellicott_city_728_DSCF0348.jpg" /></a><font size=1><i>Main Street, Ellicott City, for Fujifilm Japan</i></font><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kgCcGRNsSng/UWB0gM0rVcI/AAAAAAAAIhI/QHSjUE62F30/s1600/5+Blacksmith_0473.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kgCcGRNsSng/UWB0gM0rVcI/AAAAAAAAIhI/QHSjUE62F30/s1600/5+Blacksmith_0473.jpg" /></a><font size=1><i>Blacksmith Albin Drzewianowski, for Howard County Conservancy</i></font><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wtmATvckaKc/UXckWfy5cHI/AAAAAAAAJEI/bqRLVYVFzpU/s1600/Cuba728.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wtmATvckaKc/UXckWfy5cHI/AAAAAAAAJEI/bqRLVYVFzpU/s1600/Cuba728.jpg" /></a><font size=1><i>Havana, Cuba for Fujifilm Japan</i></font><br /><br /><br /></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/03/about-photographer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-6654377128117272338Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:35:00 +00002018-08-23T14:53:29.327-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/8473760785/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8473760785_c046850d97_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Columbia's downtown centerpiece, originally known as The Rouse Building, was designed by famed architect Frank Gehry in 1974. The building has since served as office space for General Growth Properties—and more recently, the Howard Hughes Corporation.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/8474847932/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8384/8474847932_e282ef9091_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Soon, it will house a Whole Foods Market, an upscale gym and other tenants yet to be determined. Within the Rouse/GGP/Hughes building was The Spear Center:<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/8473760725/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8242/8473760725_f2165e0f0c_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Formerly known as the Kattamaqundi Room, it was renamed to honor Rouse Company President Michael T. Spear after he was killed in a plane crash in 1991 along with his wife and daughter. Spear had earlier served as general manager of The Columbia Project during the busiest phase of Columbia's construction.<br /><br />The future of this space, which for decades has been a focal point for social gatherings in Columbia, has not yet been determined.<br /><br /><center>______________________________</center><br /><br /><br /><font size=3><center>The Rouse Home</center></font><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/8474055357/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8104/8474055357_05a1e2368e_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Columbia founder James Rouse passed away in 1996, and was followed by his wife Patty in 2012. Shortly after her passing I was asked to photograph the house for The Columbia Archives and the Rouse family.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/8473760675/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8365/8473760675_80e2b09dff_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Shown above is their living room; below is the view of Wilde Lake from their deck.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/8474847976/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8474847976_4fcc6cc77a_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/made-in-hoco.html">Made In HoCo</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/sense-of-place-archives.html">Sense of Place</a></span> <br /><br /><div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/11/dinner-companion.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-your-kids-eat.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/02/columbias-icons-in-transition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-7185734098857987644Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:59:00 +00002018-10-25T13:10:50.884-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UUuFHpCwA3c/Vk4_DyPQdPI/AAAAAAAAOb0/wezjlyWc2ps/s1600/LivingRoom_DHX20523_728px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UUuFHpCwA3c/Vk4_DyPQdPI/AAAAAAAAOb0/wezjlyWc2ps/s1600/LivingRoom_DHX20523_728px.jpg" /></a></div><br />It is now possible to commission world-class oil portraiture locally in the Baltimore-Washington area at accessible prices. The reference photography is done on location at your home or office. Then the oil painting is then created by a world-class artist in the Far East.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-af6aDmqXfbo/Vk4_pUukgTI/AAAAAAAAOcE/Hd3PcTrqPQw/s1600/POC1594px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n-86a0GxdCM/Vk4__wrNXNI/AAAAAAAAOcM/XiPlRcXxgBk/s1600/POC728px.jpg" /></a></div><br />The result: a museum-quality oil painting can now be commissioned in the Baltimore-Washington DC area at a savings of 60-80% <i>less</i> than traditional pricing.<br /><br />__________<br /><br /><br /><i>To learn more, please visit <a href="http://baltimorewashingtonoil.blogspot.com">Baltimore Washington Oil</a>.</i></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/12/museum-quality-oil-portraiture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-6996193868072360619Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:06:00 +00002013-02-14T17:38:07.525-05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/8180323149/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8197/8180323149_2d393bb123_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Nobu, a resident at <a href="http://www.marriottsvilleridge.com" target='_blank'>Marriottsville Ridge Farm</a>, is joined by a whitetail deer as he grazes at sunset. <br /><br />Set on 1600 acres of wooded farmland in northern Howard County, Marriottsville Ridge Farm boards horses and offers solo and group riding lessons for people of all skill levels. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/play.html">Play</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/sense-of-place-archives.html">Sense of Place</a><br /><br /></span> <!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script> <a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" title="Share Button" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')"><img alt="Share" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" border="0" /></a> <!-- SmartAddon END --> <div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/11/friday-night-lights.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2013/02/columbias-icons-in-transition.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/11/dinner-companion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-5771315422457754050Sat, 03 Nov 2012 04:16:00 +00002012-11-12T18:08:00.227-05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/8149583550/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8465/8149583550_5704dc2e54_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a> <br />Thirty years ago, I began my career as a photojournalist shooting high school football games. Even after 20 years of shooting NFL and NCAA football on assignment for publications, prep football remains one of my favorite things to photograph.<br /><br />This year, after my daughter entered Wilde Lake High School as a freshmen, I started shooting prep football again—this time for the school itself. I was able to shoot five games this season. And no tight deadlines means I did not even have to leave each game in the second quarter, as was usual during my years as a newspaper photographer.<br /><br />It was great fun, even if I am a little rusty after a 5-year hiatus from shooting the sport.<br /><br />This was shot early in the season, when there was still a little daylight left during the first half of the games. It's actually a composite of six photos shot in quick succession, then stitched together to make one super-wide view.<br /><br />Wilde Lake ended their football season today with a 20-0 over Marriotts Ridge. Go Cats.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/play.html">Play</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/sense-of-place-archives.html">Sense of Place</a><br /><br /></span> <!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script> <a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" title="Share Button" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')"><img alt="Share" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" border="0" /></a> <!-- SmartAddon END --> <div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/07/submariner.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/11/dinner-companion.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/11/friday-night-lights.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-5693563504286183573Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:39:00 +00002012-11-03T00:19:17.926-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/7568739690/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8018/7568739690_ddfb7c56bf_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Jillian Fader glides underwater at the start of her 50-yard backstroke race, which she won. Fader, 18, swims for the Owen Brown Barracudas where she is also a coach. Neighborhood swim meets are a summer tradition in Howard County, with swimmers as young as four years old competing for ribbons and bragging rights. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/play.html">Play</a> </span> <br /><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script> <a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" title="Share Button" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')"><img alt="Share" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" border="0" /></a> <!-- SmartAddon END --> <div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/07/heat-wave-takes-its-toll.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/11/friday-night-lights.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/07/submariner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-7556223792599917366Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:00:00 +00002012-07-14T12:42:02.775-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/7521393930/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7122/7521393930_0bbca6a773_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Unable to withstand exposure to prolonged high temperatures, a female broad-tailed hummingbird succombs to a string of near 100-degree days in Howard County. Many residents are entering their second week without air conditioning during the heat wave after storms knocked out power for over 600,000 in the region.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/miscellaneous.html">Miscellaneous</a> </span> <br /><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script> <a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" title="Share Button" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')"><img alt="Share" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" border="0" /></a> <!-- SmartAddon END --> <div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/05/soft-serve.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/07/submariner.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/07/heat-wave-takes-its-toll.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-1178465212129713668Wed, 09 May 2012 03:07:00 +00002012-07-07T13:01:58.683-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/7162331514/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7089/7162331514_56289d71cf_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Families queue up for frozen treats at Rita's Italian Ice on a rainy spring evening in Ellicott City.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/worth-weight.html">Worth the Weight</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/sense-of-place-archives.html">Sense of Place</a> </span> <br /><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script> <a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" title="Share Button" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')"><img alt="Share" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" border="0" /></a> <!-- SmartAddon END --> <br /><br /><div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/05/creek-behind-dunloggin-middle-school.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/07/heat-wave-takes-its-toll.html">Next</a></font></div><br />http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/05/soft-serve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-5213359826191845161Wed, 02 May 2012 20:07:00 +00002012-05-08T23:08:25.221-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/7136585815/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7193/7136585815_c68bdca14f_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/sense-of-place-archives.html">Sense of Place</a><br /></span><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --><br /><script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script><br /><a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" title="Share Button" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')"><img alt="Share" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" border="0" /></a><br /><!-- SmartAddon END --><br /><div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/03/2012-howard-county-arts-council-rising.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/05/soft-serve.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/05/creek-behind-dunloggin-middle-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-1378657708648583195Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:42:00 +00002012-05-02T16:11:49.496-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/7007649465/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7055/7007649465_c2b332ca48_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Mezzo soprano Alexandra Rodrick is one of ten "Rising Stars" finalists chosen by the Howard County Arts Council for 2012. She'll be competing against nine others for thousands of dollars in prizes in the Celebration of the Arts in Howard County Gala. <br /><br />The gala, this year held on March 24th at the James Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake High School, is the highlight of the arts calendar in Howard County. It raises money to fund grants and art education programs throughout the county. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/made-in-hoco.html">Made in HoCo</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/create.html">Create</a></span><br /><br /><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">(function() {var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true;s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js';var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j);})();</script><a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" title="Share Button" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')"><img alt="Share" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" border="0" /></a><!-- SmartAddon END --><br /><br /><div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/03/world-lunch-real-pizzeria.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/05/creek-behind-dunloggin-middle-school.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/03/2012-howard-county-arts-council-rising.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-4463178471911801874Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:33:00 +00002012-05-04T02:05:45.236-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/6860032350/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6227/6860032350_f803b30776_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />You have to eat lunch every day. But why spend your daily opportunity on yet more fast food when HoCo is home to a healthy number of restaurants which offer a genuine taste of international cuisine? <br /><br />In today's (very first) <i>World Lunch</i>, we start out at the absolute entry level on the international scale -- pizza and lunchtime Italian fare. Rather than settle for overpriced mall crap that is more suitable to captive audiences on the Jersey Turnpike, you can spend less and get real Italian.<br /><br />Shown above are brothers Gianni (left) and Carlo Morra having lunch at their Dorsey's Search location, <a href="http://www.columbiavillagecenters.com/scripts/villagepublic.pl?center_id=13&function=store">Trattoria Amore</a>. (There are two other restaurants, in King's Contrivance and Waverly.) Gianni and Carlo grew up in Italy, where their father worked in an Italian restaurant before heading out on his own as a baker at the ripe old age of 17. <br /><br />Here are Gianni and Carlo back in the day, in Italy, after their first communion. The after party was of course held at their local Italian restaurant.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/7006150585/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6031/7006150585_e03a7b1923_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Suffice to say these guys know about good crust, among other things Italian. And, unlike Dominos or Pizza Hut, they don't have to stuff their crust with cheese for it to be delicious. In fact, if you buy a single slice (which you can do at all three locations) they will finish it off in the oven before serving it to you. <br /><br />Whether or not the pizza is warm has nothing to do with it. It's because they do not fully pre-cook the slice pizza, leaving a thin strip of uncooked dough in the center which gets finished off right before you eat it. <br /><br />And if you are going to make it a lunch, I suggest adding a salad and drink for their economically priced $5 "crazy lunch." (Pizza, they know. But they are not exactly Madison Avenue when it comes to branding a special...)<br /><br />If you are so inclined, I highly recommend trying the sausage pizza. The suppliers are chosen very carefully -- this is not a commodity operation. In fact, many equate the pizza here to the Brooklyn variety, which is high praise indeed.<br /><br />But as good as the pizza is, there is one problem. It will likely stop you from venturing further into the menu, which is a shame. When you are ready, try the Ravioli Aurora with it's cream rosé sauce. Better yet, go off-menu and try the gnocchi with the aurora sauce, pictured below.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/7006150561/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7128/7006150561_51e7fc5fdd_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Each of the three locations is a little different. For instance, I prefer the salad (actually, the dressing) at King's Contrivance. But one thing you will find at all three places is soccer. Columbia is a soccer town and the Morras are soccer people.<br /><br />There is usually a game on the TV mounted over the counter. And for a full taste of soccer this place is a must-visit when the FIFA World Cup is being played. They start out with flags from every country entered, and slowly remove them until but one remains. <br /><br />When Italy won the World Cup in 2006, it is hard to describe the joy that permeated the place. And equally, the agony of 2010 when Italy was ousted in a back-and-forth heartbreaker of a game. It was almost unbearable to be there. <br /><br />Oh, and if Italy is playing in the cup, don't expect their full, 100% attention as restaurateurs. But again, that's just one more thing that makes it closer to the real European experience.<br />__________<br /><br /><br /><i>World Lunch is an occasional series featuring authentic international food available in Howard County</i><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/worth-weight.html">Worth the Weight</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/world-influence.html">World Influence</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/made-in-hoco.html">Made in HoCo</a></span><br /><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">(function() {var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true;s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js';var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j);})();</script><a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" title="Share Button" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')"><img alt="Share" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" border="0" /></a><!-- SmartAddon END --><br /><br /><div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/02/smells-like-spring.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/03/2012-howard-county-arts-council-rising.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/03/world-lunch-real-pizzeria.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-5472936720212991759Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:36:00 +00002012-03-22T13:00:03.954-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/6922498791/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7060/6922498791_2d13667067_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />A garter snake sniffs the air with his tongue as it emerges to sun itself on a 60-degree February afternoon. He was nestled in a crack of the sidewalk on Gray Rock Dr. in Ellicott City, giving him easy access to both the sun-warmed concrete and his underground winter residence. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/sense-of-place-archives.html">Sense of Place</a><br /></span><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />(function() {<br />var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true;<br />s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js';<br />var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j);<br />})();<br /></script><br /><br /><a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" title="Share Button" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')"><img alt="Share" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" border="0" /></a><br /><!-- SmartAddon END --><br /><div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/12/tree-hunting.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/03/world-lunch-real-pizzeria.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/02/smells-like-spring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-1134822641325563211Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:34:00 +00002012-07-07T17:30:11.074-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/6522205327/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6522205327_d27ed8d1c9_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />We returned this year to <a href="http://greenwaytrees.net/">Greenway Farms</a> in Woodbine to cut our own Christmas tree. As in years past, Mike Healey did the honors with my camera to grab our holiday family photo.<br /><br />Greenway Farms, with 15,000 trees on 16 acres, is one of just <a href="http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-12-15/news/bs-ho-neighbors-tree-farm-1218-20111215_1_marianne-healey-tree-farm-perfect-tree">two active</a> cut-your-own tree farms in Howard County.<br /><br />We went to Costco for our tree last year. The tree was fine, but it just wasn't the same. With only a few remaining Christmases before the kids are off to college, it is hard to imagine passing up any more of these opportunities. The light was amazing as we were getting ready to leave, so I made this frame.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/sense-of-place-archives.html">Sense of Place</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/made-in-hoco.html">Made in HoCo</a><br /></span><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --><br /><script type="text/javascript">(function() { var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js'; var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j); })(); </script><br /><br /><a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" title="Share Button" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')"><img alt="Share" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" border="0" /></a><br /><!-- SmartAddon END --><br /><div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/08/fairgoers-ride-wellenflug-at-twilight.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2012/02/smells-like-spring.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/12/tree-hunting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-9149457923751633654Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:02:00 +00002011-12-16T14:54:57.070-05:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/6326067927/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6042/6326067927_d0b42ff5cb_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Food Network host Guy Fieri takes a break during filming for an episode of <i>Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives</i>. The show was doing a segment on <a href="http://www.rrtaqueria.com/">R & R Taqueria</a>, which operates out of the corner of a Shell Station in Jessup -- and is about to become much more crowded.<br /><br />Owner Rodrigo Albarran originally moved to the US from Mexico City to work as a commercial pilot. When he was furloughed, he shifted gears and opened what has quickly become one of the most popular authentic Mexican restaurants in Howard County.<br /><br />If you want to be able to say you knew about R & R before they were famous, you'd better get over there before the segment airs in mid-December. After that, it'll be too late.<br /><br />Highly recommend: The <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/04/ten-gallons-of-regular-unleaded-quart.html">Carnitas tacos</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/worth-weight.html">Worth the Weight</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/made-in-hoco.html">Made in HoCo</a><br /></span><br /><!-- SmartAddon BEGIN --><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />(function() {<br />var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async = true;<br />s.src='http://s1'+'.smartaddon.com/share_addon.js';<br />var j =document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];j.parentNode.insertBefore(s,j);<br />})();<br /></script><br /><br /><a href="http://www.smartaddon.com/?share" title="Share Button" onclick="return sa_tellafriend('','bookmarks')"><img alt="Share" src="http://s1.smartaddon.com/s7.png" border="0" /></a><br /><!-- SmartAddon END --><br /><div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/08/fairgoers-ride-wellenflug-at-twilight.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/12/tree-hunting.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/11/gas-station-tacos-go-hollywood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-7106175735449874890Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:31:00 +00002012-07-07T17:30:57.240-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/6032688043/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/6032688043_80b23effd8_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a><br />Fairgoers ride the <i>Wellenflug</i> at twilight at the 66th Annual Howard County Fair in West Friendship, MD. <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/play.html">Play</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/sense-of-place-archives.html">Sense of Place</a></span><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/08/fairgoers-ride-wellenflug-at-twilight.html&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=35" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe><div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/08/amy-monteith-aka-jefita-maker-of-things.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/12/tree-hunting.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/08/fairgoers-ride-wellenflug-at-twilight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768441073298552084.post-5845265792331848189Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:16:00 +00002011-10-17T20:03:01.772-04:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoco360/6032687983/" target='_new'><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6087/6032687983_192151fb70_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="" /></a>Amy Monteith (AKA <i>Jefita, Maker of Things varied and wonderful</i>) creates hand-made plushies from her studio in a row home in Savage, MD. Roughly two inches in height, they are much taller in personality. In fact, some could be called quirky -- if not downright malevolent at times. <br /><br />Monteith sells them all over the world via her <a href="http://jefita.com/">web site</a>, and her cast of characters is always changing. When she is not sewing felt-and-polyfill creatures, Monteith also works as an artist and illustrator.<br /><br />She's seen below, being interviewed about her work in 2010 at Fan Expo Canada, in Toronto, Ontario:<br /><br /><br /><iframe width="728" height="444" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lO8bXZiUVc8?start=16" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Monteith also blogs at the <i><a href="http://jefita.com/blog/about/">Chronicles of Jefita</a></i>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">Tags: <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/create.html">Create</a>, <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2010/07/made-in-hoco.html">Made in HoCo</a></span><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/08/amy-monteith-aka-jefita-maker-of-things.html&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=35" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe><div align="center"><font size=2><a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/07/spaces-recycling-room-at-e-structors.html">Previous</a> | <a href="http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/08/fairgoers-ride-wellenflug-at-twilight.html">Next</a></font></div>http://hoco360.blogspot.com/2011/08/amy-monteith-aka-jefita-maker-of-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)