Contact lenses and new Charm City Cupcakes location in Mt. Washington

03/15/2011

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I don't why I thought getting contact lenses would be easy. I spent nearly two hours at the eye doctor's today practicing putting them in and taking them out. It still seems impossible.

Two tips that I recommend for anyone ever going to get them for the first time are:

1) Don't wear eye makeup. I don't know why I put on mascara before heading over. I never do when I go in for check-ups. It was a dumb idea.

2) Make sure your nails are short. I grew mine out recently and was just about to paint them pink again, but had to borrow a pair of nail scissors in order to be able to pull a damn contact lens out of my damn eye. Again, another palm to the forehead kind of moment.

Despite all the frustration and, dare I say, stress that I experienced today, it was kind of cool to see myself without glasses for the first time in years. I was also able to brush off the dust of an old pair of sunglasses and wear them, which was exciting as well.
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Google street view image of where Charm City Cupcakes is moving.
Speaking of discoveries ... on my way home from a grocery trip at the Whole Foods in Mt. Washington, I noticed that Charm City Cupcakes is in the process of moving into a small brick building behind the Framin' Place. I hardly noticed it, but I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw "Charm City Cupcakes" and an unlit "OPEN" sign in the window.

My guess is that they'll be moving into a larger space in no time. Does anyone know when they officially open?   
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Moving and almost 30

04/20/2010

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The past few weeks feel like one long cloudy blur. Especially the last two. The latest pang of stress has been the abnormal situation with a tooth on the upper left side of my mouth. I went to see a dentist yesterday at Dental One, a place I hadn't been to before, and didn't get a clear answer about what the problem is. So tomorrow morning, I go back to see an endodontist who will hopefully have some sort of answer.

Good news is that I'm settling quite nicely into my new place in Roland Park.  There's so much space that it reminds  me of being on vacation. You know you've "made it" when you have your own dressing room. Haha. The old place in Mt. Washington is still a mess, but there's still time to get it in good shape. It's incredible when I think of how much crap I accumulated over the past four years of living at the old place. Feather boas. Receipts from 2007. Half-blank notebooks. Undersized t-shirts. Mysterious bottles of vodka. ...

My almost-30 or 29th birthday is coming up in a few weeks. I remember having heard in my early 20s that by the time I made it to 30 that things would change. You know you're reaching 30 when:
  • You would much rather have a nice, quiet dinner with friends rather than a wild night at the bar.
  • You contemplate not having a birthday celebration at all because staying home on a Friday night to veg on the couch is so much more appealing after a long work week.
  • You realize that you can't go out as much as you used to. After 2 or 3 drinks you're done and ready for bed!
  • You actually consider having a brunch during the day on your birthday.
  • You don't enjoy Chinese food as much as you used to because it has an inconsistent way of disagreeing with you.
  • You can't seem to stomach going back to the old dives you used to hang out at because you enjoy going places with clean toilet seats and freshly washed tables.
  • You view turning 21 as equally as young as when you turned 18.
Oh, the joy of remembering that you're only getting older.
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