Hello, and welcome to my new blog.  Formerly of Chinchilla & Kwak, I have moved here because a) I have physically moved from Washington, DC to Baltimore and thought my slight change in scenery deserved a change in digital presence, and b) I feel like starting fresh and want to take my art & blogging TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

So, you may or may not be wondering, what is Baltimore like? Even if you don’t actually care, I will answer this question for you: Baltimore is kind of gritty (which I like), and my neighborhood (Fell’s Point) seems full of cute little shops that no one frequents. Kind of a depressive air, but Baltimore keeps it real — none of those massive shoulder pads that DC flaunts to hide its quivering body. I like it when cities keep it real. Also, I am kind of obsessed with good food, and there seems to be more high-quality restaurants and food here, too. Highly important to a girl who spends all her life savings on food.

However, I can’t really see myself living here forever and ever, my ashes laid to rest in the Inner Harbor. It seems like some people move to Baltimore to make some of their personal ideas/dreams (ones that don’t involve moving to New York City and ones that do involve cheap rent) come alive, and then, once that’s done, they R-U-N. I won’t lie, I am thinking of R-U-N-N-I-N-G one day, too. Since it’s cheaper for me to live here, I am thinking that I will be able to save up money so that in 19,394,304.21 weeks and 2910 seconds, I can move to Brooklyn or Berlin. Basically, I’ll move to most places that start with the letter ‘b’.

But who knows, maybe I will fall in love with the city. Maybe Baltimore will be my NYC, the place to whom I sing accolades outside its window, the place I yap about so much that I end up giving non-Baltimore dwellers migraines.

Also, people complain that Baltimore is lacking (in jobs, in cleanliness, blahblahblah). But I have been thinking long and hard about this and think I know what would totally make up for all that Baltimore lacks: A Wizard Outfit Convention. Not a Wizard Convention, mind you, with actual wizards teaching real-life and totally practical wizard skills, but a convention in which people wear outfits/costumes that actual wizards might wear. I am sure that this convention would attract many High Net Worth Individuals (I just read Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story, so I’m all over this term) and would bring great wealth & culture to the city and SOLVE ALL ITS PROBLEMS.