by Uncustomary | May 13, 2019 | Celebration
May 14th is Chicken Dance Day, and I think it’s a fun one to celebrate. In 2014, I put on my chicken nose and walked around downtown Baltimore with the song blasting on my phone, dancing up and down the stairs by the convention center, through crosswalks, and behind...
by Uncustomary | Apr 21, 2019 | Celebration
I’m usually not a fan of diamonds. I kind of hate that the jewelry industry decided a century ago that not only rings were required for engagement, but that they had to be diamonds. As a huge fan of color, I’ve always thought that ANY gemstone was far...
by Uncustomary | Apr 19, 2019 | Celebration
st Happy Earth Day! Previously, I celebrated by getting a group of my friends to help me take over an abandoned lot in Baltimore with some guerrilla gardening. It always feels so amazing to nurture the planet we live on. It surely is quite a location for our...
by Uncustomary | Apr 10, 2019 | Celebration
Ever since around 2012, I’ve been celebrating unusual holidays, and the first year I started, I tried to get people to join in with me, but it was difficult. It was in no way “mainstream” yet. People weren’t profiting off of it on Instagram...
by Uncustomary | Mar 16, 2019 | Celebration
Did you know that every March 16th we get the chance to observe an awesome unusual holiday called National Panda Day? Now, it’s no secret that I’ve developed an interest in pandas, or at least Pandamonium… I have so much fun wearing that mask,...
by Uncustomary | Mar 7, 2019 | Celebration
Happy International Women’s Day! March is Women’s History Month, and March 8th is International Women’s Day, so we get an extra oomph as an unusual holiday! I’m not someone who thinks “the future is female”, because I think the...
