by Mary Helen Sprecher
newsroom@baltimoreguide.com

With the closure of Swann Park, a number of sporting and recreational activities have had to be relocated. They are as follows:

Digital Harbor High School-Carroll Park

Downtown Coed Softball League-Carroll Park

South Baltimore Bison Unlimited Baseball Team-Druid Hill and Carroll parks

Baltimore City Fire Department Lacrosse Team-Patterson Park (one remaining game)

Kickball League-Riverside and Latrobe parks

SOBO Sports (Co-Ed Adult)-Carroll Park

BCRP’s Softball leagues-Carroll Park

Updates on the Swann Park situation will be posted on the websites of http://www.baltimorehealth.org/swannpark.html and http://swannpark.blogspot.org for all postings. An update on the situation can also be found in the Sobo blog section of this newspaper.

by Lynn Williams
maindish@baltimoreguide.com

Joe Squared Bar & Pizza is anything but square. In fact, the word “quirky” might have been coined for the kind of place that serves Buffalo wings with chocolate and walnut sauce.
Named for owner Joe Edwardsen and the shape of his pizzas, Joe’s is a study in contrasts—and eccentricity. It’s a bar on a semi-divey block, but it has gained a reputation for really good, interesting food. (The Slow Food group meets there.)

The Allen Center for Senior Citizens
1404 S. Charles St., South Baltimore
410-685-6224

Monday, May 7, 9:30 a.m., Trip Talk, free.
10 a.m., Stretch with Nina, free.
10:30 a.m., “Spanish, anyone?” with José, free.
11 a.m., Board games, free.
12:45 p.m., Monday bingo, fee.
Tuesday, May 8, Center closed for Grace Church’s Mother/Daughter banquet.
Wednesday, April May 9, 9 a.m., Crafts with Karen, free.
10:30 a.m., Morning yoga,

Neighborhood dump makes life stink
Editor, The Guide:
I have lived in and owned my property on the 3700 block of E. Pratt Street proudly for 39 years. For the last four years, I have lived in perplexity at a situation that I do not know how to handle any longer.
For four years now, I have lived across the street from a dump. Not literally a city dump, but the neighbors and business (Hopkins Federal Bank)

American Can: American Can Retirees meets on the first Wednesday of each month at noon in the Steelworkers Hall, 540 Dundalk Avenue. The next meeting is on May 2. The club also sponsors various trips. The next is a summer luncheon at Cactus Willies in Essex. Free for members and one non-member. Sign up by May 3. Info: Denise 410-808-3835.
Carnival: The Colgate Carnival runs through May 5 in Colgate Park. On May 2-3, the carnival runs 5 p.m.-10

S.E. traffic pattern needs to be rethought

Editor, The Guide:
There’s no reason why maintaining only two lanes should cause undue congestion in the Eastern Avenue “saddle” between Highlandtown and Greektown (Guide, April 18). After all, there are already only two lanes on the rest of Eastern Avenue between Highlandtown and downtown anyway. There is also no need to prohibit parking in the business districts on either end of the construction project in order to funnel traffic down to

by Jacqueline Watts
editor@baltimoreguide.com

April 29, 1982
City homicide detectives were working on a case at the Flag House Courts housing project where two women were found bound and strangled a week before. Police said the apartment had not been ransacked and there was no sign of forced entry; the two women, ages 27 and 23, may have known their attacker. Police had no suspects.
A&P joined the parade of supermarket chains demanding concessions from union workers.

by Lynn Williams
maindish@baltimoreguide.com

Talk about your dream jobs! Ann Nault was once executive chef at Clint Eastwood’s Mission Ranch in California’s gorgeous Monterrey wine country. That certainly sounds dreamy enough for me, but like most chefs she longed for her own restaurant…and she found it, right here in Baltimore. As chef-proprietor of Taste, in Belvedere Square, she has introduced locals to her own breezy cross-cultural brand of contemporary cooking—not to mention giving us the perfect opportunity to say

Computer 101: The North Point library, 1716 Merritt Blvd., presents a hands-on lesson for adults who have never used a PC or feel uncomfortable using one. Free program begins Wednesday, May 2, 2 p.m. (Sign-up begins one week in advance; participants are urged to register early as space is limited.)
A hands-on lesson about the Internet and how it works is presented on Tuesday, May 15, 7 p.m. (Sign-up begins one week early, and space is limited.)

The Allen Center for Senior Citizens
1404 S. Charles St., South Baltimore
410-685-6224

Monday, April 30,  9:30 a.m., Trip Talk, free.
10:30 a.m., Stretch with Nina, free.
10:30 a.m., “Spanish, anyone?” with José, free.
11 a.m., Board games, free.
12:45 p.m., Monday bingo, fee.
Tuesday, May 1, 9:30 a.m., Trip Talk, free.
10:30 a.m., Nutrition workshop with Paula, free.
12:45 p.m., Tuesday Afternoon Bingo Plus, fee.
Wednesday, May 2, 9

Thanks for making Lenten fish fry work

Editor, The Guide,

The WE TEAM of the Dundalk Knights of Columbus would like to thank all those who supported our fish fries during Lent. We were able to serve 1,544 dinners.
The profit from this will support the school fund, the seminary’s fund and other charities.

by Lynn Williams
maindish@baltimoreguide.com

When Hampton’s recently bit the dust, much of the eulogizing referred not to the spectacular food, but to the fact that the Harbor Court’s signature restaurant was one of the last places in town where people routinely dressed to the nines for a dinner out, and where the only people you saw who were not all gussied up were visiting movie stars.

Block Party: Federal Hill holds its Spring Block Party on Sunday, April 29, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Cross Street on the north side of the Market. $5 Admission. Live bands, good fun and more. Note: No dogs allowed. Volunteers are needed to pour beer, sell tickets, greet participants and more. Volunteers will receive free admission, free drinks, and a festival T-shirt. Info: volunteers@historicfederalhill.org or 410-727-4500.

Cleaning Up? If your group is participating in the April 21 Super Spring Sweep thing, the Guide wants to know, so that we can assemble a directory of all participating organizations. Send us your time, location and jobs that you expect to do at clean-up, as well as a contact person. Information can be mailed to The Baltimore Guide at 526 S. Conkling Street, Baltimore, MD 21224, faxed to 410-732-6604, or e-mailed to newsroom@baltimoreguide.com. Deadline is Friday, April 13.

John Booth Senior Center
229-1/2 S. Eaton Street, Highlandtown
410-396-9202
Bingo is on Friday afternoon from 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost is $2 for six cards (extra cards available at 3 for 25 cents), 20 plus games of bingo.

by Lynn Williams
maindish@baltimoreguide.com

Every person’s notion of “comfort food” is a little bit different, depending on childhood experiences and ethnic background. But there does seem to be a certain unanimity about the comforting properties of the grilled cheese sandwich. A whole lot of us must have been greeted by our moms, after a particularly hard day at school, with grilled cheese and a bowl of tomato soup.
We must need plenty of comforting these days, as even

by Jacqueline Watts
editor@baltimoreguide.com

April 15, 1982
The Claremont Street Improvement Association commended six children for their help cleaning up the athletic field behind Highlandtown Elementary School #237 and the east side of Grundy Street.

The six were Nancy Justice, Rance Keesler, Ali Keller, Donna Stoots, Cathy Moore and Paula Ramino. They and Recreation Leader Kay Stainer got their photo on the front page of the April 15, 1982, Guide.

The General Assembly wrapped up its 1982 session—its

Good Friday: Friday, April 6 is Good Friday. City offices are closed, and there will be no pickup of trash or recyclables. Parking meters are in effect, as are all other parking regulations such as residential permit parking.
The Guide office will be closed all day. Community calendar items are due on Thursday at noon.

The Shroud: The Walters Art Gallery, 600 N. Charles Street, holds a free Good Friday talk, “Looking Beyond the Shroud of Turin” by Gary

The Allen Center for Senior Citizens
1404 S. Charles Street, South Baltimore
410-685-6224

Monday, April 9, 9:30 a.m., Trip Talk, free.
10 a.m., Stretch with Nina, free.
10:30 a.m., “Spanish, anyone?” with José, free.
11 a.m., Special presentation, Alzheimer’s, by University of Maryland representatives, free.
12:45 p.m., Monday bingo, fee.

Tuesday, April 10, 9:30 a.m., Trip talk, free.
10:30 a.m., Nutrition workshop with Paula, free.
12:45 p.m., Tuesday Afternoon Bingo Plus,

by Lynn Williams
maindish@baltimoreguide.com

Frankie doesn’t live here anymore.

At Pazza Luna, once a veritable shrine to Sinatra-love, you can still catch him on the sound system, and if you look around the main floor dining room—remodeled, but still moon-and-stars romantic—you’ll find his image on a light switch. For the most part, though, the newly revived Locust Point restaurant has shed its ties to the guy who once sang “Oh you crazy moon, what have you done?”

However, new