Hugh's Whirlwind Baltimore, Annapolis -Birthday Tour! (and 2 Great Movies)

Sterling, Sean, Hugh, Tom and Rob

Our friend Hugh visited from Atlanta and stayed with us for an extended weekend. Over the course of 4 days he Marched with us in the Washington, DC Equality March (which we blogged about), and we toured him around Baltimore and Annapolis.  We also did a good amount of dog walking and our 3 kids loved him!

Hugh celebrating Mexican-style, and Sean

Wonder Woman at Papermoon

Hugh and Rob at Papermoon Diner

  2 GREAT MOVIES - We also saw 2 great movies.  WONDER WOMAN was outstanding (A+). Best Superhero movie ever (we all loved it). We also rented Dr. Strange which was very good (B+)


THE MANY PLACES WE WENT!

How a Baltimore Hon says "Toilets"

We celebrated his birthday with Sterling and Sean at a Mexican dinner, complete with singing waiters and waitresses. Then toured Baltimore and enjoyed the Italian Festival in Little Italy (and great Italian cookies from Vaccaro's Bakery), saw the Inner Harbor and some hot volleyball players and the science museum, went to Baltimore's quirky Paper Moon Diner filled with toys, mannequins and more all attached to the walls and ceilings, visited the Fells Point and Federal Hill neighborhoods, Edgar Allen Poe's gravesite, the Lexington Market (in existence since 1872 as one of Baltimore's oldest functioning market), and had fun at the HonFest in the Hampden area of Baltimore. 

2 Baltimore Hons in Cafe Hon

Hugh and Rob at HonFest

 

Hugh outside of Cafe Hon

Hugh at HonFest

Baltimore's Inner Harbor volleyball game

WHAT IS HONFEST?  HonFest is an annual festival held in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. HonFest takes its name from the word "hon" short for "honey" a term of endearment and greeting often used in "Baltimorese."

Baltimore Hons

 

WHAT DOES A BALTIMORE "HON" LOOK LIKE? 

Hugh and Rob at the Inner Harbor

A volleyball player we admired in several ways. :)

A Baltimore Hon has beehive hair, jeweled cat eye glasses, heavy lipstick, faux animal print and a house coat.  Hon culture was created  from the 1950s to the 1970s when many working class migrants moved to Baltimore and put on events and festivals to celebrate their origins and arrival in America. Out of these various cultures was the birth a new language: Bawlamerese.

Franklin, Tyler and Dolly loved Hugh!