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I went to Obrycki's , a very nice seafood restraurant in downtown Baltimore, for crabs last night and realized that I had never written about our famous Maryland blue crabs . I guess people just tend to neglect good things around them. In fact I've enjoyed eating crabs since I got here. And thanks to a friend, I learned to dismantle crabs like a pro. Besides Obrycki's, I also liked Jimmy's Famous Seafood , which you can call to reserve jumbo size crabs. Last year the City of Baltimore started the Crabtown Project , where statues of crabs were decorated by sponsors and placed all over the town. One of the best designs was the Hopkins Blue Jays Lacrosse Team's LAX Crab , who proudly wears a No. 2 jersey of the amazing goalie Jesse Schwartzman's.

Maria Sharapova Originally uploaded by nuance1979 . If you happen to be a Maria Sharapova fan, like me, you would have known that she recently lauched her stupid, buggy, all-flash official website . Let me say it again in case you didn't get it in the first time: It is a stupid, buggy, all-flash website! What's worse was that they shut down the best fan site, http://www.mariaworld.net, for it. You can still find it when you do a google search for "Maria Sharapova". What I liked about mariaworld.net was exactly the opposite of what I hated about the official website: A simple but fast all-html design with concise news and great pictures. If ever those stupid website designers had tried to access this website as a fan had, they would have killed themselves. I just don't get it: Why do you have to shut down the best fan site for an offical one? If it was for some legal issues, how come you didn't shut down those in Russian or French or, even worse, th

Dixie Chicks: Taking The Long Way Originally uploaded by nuance1979 . My favorite country group, Dixie Chicks , didn't let me down: Their fabulous show at Verizon Center , DC tonight proved once again that they were a musically talented country trio who didn't need tabloid or political "accidents" to keep their fans' support. With only one Bush joke, Natalie Maines letted her music do the talking and she was shining when performing live. While younger crowds were more familiar with the Chicks' new album, older fans like me enjoyed singing along with their timeless masterpieces like "Landslide" or "Cowboy Take Me Away". The stadium was packed in almost every section so I gave up the idea of sneaking to a better seat as I usually did. No wasting time talking or changing fancy outfits, the Chicks were singing and playing nonstop for almost two hours. When the crowd wasn't ready to leave after the show, applauding, they encored a