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Baltimore Love Lock

by Uncustomary | Jun 23, 2015 | Street Art

All over the world, spaces have been claimed for ongoing, interactive installations called Love Locks. The idea is that you decorate a lock in some way, then permanently attach is to the structure as a gesture of everlasting love. There wasn’t a Love Lock in...

Bubble Parade In Baltimore

by Uncustomary | Jun 5, 2015 | Celebration

Photo Credit: Uncustomary Art A while back, I became a coordinator/official helper-outer of the 100 Happy Days Foundation, you know, the one that challenges you to document your happiness for 100 days in a row? Well, last month, they contacted me to ask if I would...

Black Tie Bowling

by Uncustomary | May 18, 2015 | Creativity

This month, my community event idea was straight off my Uncustomary Dates list: get all dressed up in “black tie attire” and go bowling. I chose May because it’s Prom Season, so the hope was that we would show up looking like way-too-old high...

Guerrilla Gardening In Baltimore For Earth Day

by Uncustomary | Apr 23, 2015 | Street Art

This month, my community event coincided with Earth Day. Last year, I hung out alone in the park playing with ribbon wands, kites, and bubbles, but this year I got a bunch of people together to do some guerrilla gardening. Guerrilla gardening is simply doing gardening...

Bar Crawl Scavenger Hunt

by Uncustomary | Mar 4, 2015 | Creativity

Since Winter has been getting a lot of us down, I decided to organize an event where the activities would be mostly indoors. A scavenger hunt between bars in a fun neighborhood like Fells Point seemed like a good idea, so I started making a list of things that...