Living & Design One of the more likely places to catch Waters is at Atomic Books in Hampden, where he continues to get his fan mail delivered and ventures in to pick it up regularly. Waters was recently quoted as saying, “My life is so over-scheduled, what will happen if I give up control?” Putting this statement to the test, he recently completed a hitchhiking journey across the US from Baltimore to San Francisco, and plans to turn his adventures into a book, tentatively titled Carsick. This year the queer quotient is being bumped up even more. The official Pride festivities (baltimorepride.org, June 13-22) will run two weekends back to back with 10 full days of programming. Events will be centered in the Mount Vernon area and include Twilight on the Terrace and a Block Party. QFest (bmorequeer.org, June 12-15) overlaps the festivities with LGBT film screenings, readings and exhibitions. Later on in the season check out Artscape (artscape.org, July 18-20) in Bolton Hill, the “largest free arts festival in America,” or Black Pride (blackpridebaltimore.org) in October. For indie music lovers, there’s HampdenFest or the Ground Zero Festival. Also keep an eye out for the queer cabaret Charm City Kitty Club (charmcitykittyclub.com). Another must-visit is the American Visionary Art Museum (avam.org) with its larger-than-life statue of the legend herself, Divine, and for the free outdoor movies on Thursday nights, not to mention all the LGBT-themed exhibitions and programming. Waters still maintains a residence here as does Divine, whose gravesite is at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in nearby Towson. Says Daniel McEvily, editor of Baltimore Gay Life: “What I absolutely love about Baltimore is its gritty heart and soul. The city and its people are unpretentious, hardworking and, above all else, quirky.”
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Chingale: Great date night cgeno.com Charleston: Farm to table fresh with great homemade fare charlestonrestaurant.com Woodberry Kitchen: Nearly everything is local and organic woodberrykitchen.com Sobo Café: They make their own mayo, breads and desserts sobocafe.net Regi’s American Bistro: A rooftop garden with local ingredients regisamericanbistro.com Pazo: Well-crafted tapas pazorestaurant.com Clementine: Go for charcuterie and pork chops clementinebaltimore.com
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