"Each year since the community was torn down across the street we try to get everyone back together like a family reunion. The Lafayette family reunion; people get a chance to hug each other, be with each other, and eat for free, and that's the words of Vice-President Milburn. 'Bout three to four o'clock it'll be bumpin'."
"Hungover going to breakfast and coming to terms with feeling this horrible after only six drinks. Coming to terms with getting old."
"I was here from the construction phase five years in the making; I was chief engineer of the Ivy Hotel. Basically in historical Mount Vernon I've been in this area since 1999. This hotel is one of the best new start hotels in Baltimore. They do great photo shoots here, my goodness, a great place to work from all over."
"We need to help the homeless and get them off the streets. Helping out families, because this is my daughter and I'm trying to show her the ropes; both sides of the streets, the good side and the bad side."
"My name is Shirley Dendy and I'm at Guilford Avenue for 16 years. It's a great neighborhood and I raise my grandsons and great-grandsons here. It's a very convenient and I work right around the corner at the Greenmount Senior Center; it's a Korean Center and they are wonderful people."
"I'll talk about my necklaces that I made today at Kerplunk. My fun part about working on Saturdays at Kerplunk is our arts and crafts class for kid. It's in front of my desk and I get to make the craft with them. I made beads out of National Geographic magazines."
"I mean, only thing I can say, I pray everyday to God to keep me motivated and stay on the right path. I wish you the best on your journey."
"Un saludo para la mara del dolar."
"We were on the bus, and we went walking to Fells Point."
"Just got off of work, come to the store, got a soda, and will go home. Decent weather today. Highlandtown, good up-and-coming neighborhood, fixing it up. Definitely a lot better than ten years ago."