Walk a mile in my underpants

About a year ago, I stumbled across The Gabe Dixon Band while killing time on myspace and instantly bought their EP, Live at World Cafe.

I was very psyched to learn that, today, they released their first full-length studio album.

Gabe Dixon, the pianist, toured with Alison Krauss, O.A.R. and Paul McCartney. If you like Ben Folds Five, Elton John, Jamie Cullum, or any other piano driven pop bands, check them out.

Here’s a youtube video of one of their live performances and the review from Paste Magazine:

“With his latest album, and his debut for Fantasy Records (out August 26th) Dixon stakes his claim as the next great Pop Piano Man. Dixon will remind you of Elton when he still had hair and was making albums like Tumbleweed Connection and Madman Across the Water. That’s high praise, and this is one of my favorite records of the year.”
– Paste

How did I miss this??!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Elizabeth Large, restaurant critic for the Baltimore Sun has publicly called for my Art Director, Helen, and I to get a raise.

An excerpt from her recent blog post:

“Whoever came up with those days of the week on the Baltimore Summer Restaurant Week Web site ought to get a raise.“

I agree wholeheartedly.

For anyone who’s hungry, here’s the website for Baltimore’s Summer Restaurant Week. Make reservations early - the good ones book up fast.

PS. I’ll be spending Yumday at The Black Olive.

A little shameless self-promotion, courtesy of Washington DC artist, Jon Wye .

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Eden

My brother, Jeff Eden, has just posted his latest music project on myspace. (You don’t have to have a myspace account to listen.) (more…)

I finally finished moving my old blog over to Wordpress. Unfortunately, there have been some hiccups. I’ve taken so many pictures that some of my photo files have the same number. So random photos are turning up in the wrong places. Pictures of Syracuse are popping up in the middle of Ireland. I’m describing the Leaning Tower of Pisa while showing you a photo of my dog.
Bear with me, it’ll take a little while to track down the offenders and replace them with the proper pictures.

If you happen to find one, please leave a comment on the post or send me an email and I’ll be on it like Fox news on a house fire.

Seen on U Street in Washington D.C.

Seen on O’Donnell Street in Canton.

Seen in the restroom at Hampden’s Minas Gallery and Boutique

“Government watchdogs have found that thousands of people who shouldn’t have been admitted to the United States were mistakenly allowed in last year because of security lapses at legal border crossings.” -CNN.com

Please stay on the lookout for the following security threats:

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