The neighborhood turned out to see our annual escape from city to beach (Baltimore Sun)

Jacques Kelly The final Saturday in June was the day we dreamt about all year. For a family with deep Baltimore roots, all we wanted to do was beat it out of town in advance of the July heat wave. The backyard garden walk and the alley behind my family's Guilford Avenue house were the beginning of our evacuation route. And it seemed as if the whole neighborhood was out to observe on the day ...