The Silver Spring Penguin

It was barely 11:00 a.m. on Saturday when the news broke: The fried bologna and peanut butter pizzas were sold out.

“My husband says that every year,” said one food vendor at St. Luke’s annual yard sale on Colesville Road. “Last year, he told everyone that the peanut butter and prune pizzas were out.”

At least there were other cool things to score. The blogger Sligo describes his acquisitions on Silver Spring, Singular. Meanwhile, Penguin photographer Ron Pace (right thumbnail) hit the motherlode.

Overheard at Sunday’s South Silver Spring block party:

“Silver Spring is just so big, unincorporated. If you’re driving around and don’t know where you are, you’re in Silver Spring.”

Glean from that what you will.

Finally, a jem from Thursday’s Spirit of Silver Spring awards, thrown by the civic association Impact Silver Spring.

Councilmember Valerie Ervin (D-District 5) had flattering words for award recipient and day-care operator Richard Crump — at the expense of her 20-year-old son.

Addressing an audience of over 200 people, Ervin recalled how Crump enrolled her son, then two years old, into his day-care program despite the child’s inability to use the toilet.

“I thank you, Mr. Crump, for many reasons,” Ervin said.

No word on how grateful Ervin’s son may be.

Photography by Jennifer Deseo and Ronald Pace for The Silver Spring Penguin.