Bawlmer

I can not title this work, Bawlmer Hon, as is my wish, because someone who did not coin the term has patented it for her own. The term is a term of endearment all Bawlmorians use when they don't know your name or are just to lazy to remember. But alas, due to anothers greed, we true Bawlmer hon's, can not publish a titled work using an affection that belongs to all ya' all, hon! Hon, is as much a part of our heritage as Patterson Park, marble steps and crabs. How we have allowed one individual to take that away from us is beyond my understanding.

I love the city in which I live, the diverse cultures cut up in little sections

We have Greektown and Little Italy, where those nationalties once lived, but have since flown to the suburbs, leaving behind nothing but excellent cuisine.

A rising village of latin descent can be found on Broadway, day laborers walk the block, hoping to be picked up for work, all swarming on a pick up truck as it stops.

Then we have Pratt and Monroe on the west side of town, where the down trodden live in abandon shells which were once somebodies home, dealers and users walking together but always alone.

A few blocks away we have South Balwmer, hon, Cross St. market with it's eateries, trendy bars and the young professionals living in their rowhomes with their concrete lawns.

My personal favorvite, Highlandtown, where as a teenager we would cop out of school and take the bus to the head shop, Fire Fly, buy cherry flavored rolling papers, dip in the alley to burn one, turn the corner to Shockets, walk up to G&A for a Coney Island hot dog and go shopping in Epsteins.

Let us not forget the late, great, Mayor Schaefers crowning achievement, the Inner Harbor, where the tourists go to visit the Aquariam, Science Center and seek rest at the outside ampitheater to watch our wonderfully talented street performers hoping for payment.

Patterson Park, Butchers Hill, Belair-Edison, Canton, Fells Point, Brooklyn and all points in between, Balwmer is a beautiful town with it's rich heritage and bred in work ethic, we are all Bawlmer hons and that's all I gotta say I'm done!