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Mark baltimoremetromix.com picks

I'm really looking forward to this weekend, and, no, not because it's Preakness.

Friday night Wye Oak plays Metro Gallery. I've poured sugary-sweet syrup all over the band's new release "If Children" in Weekend Watch once already, so I won't do it again. I will say go to Sound Garden, buy the album and then go to the show. (Full disclosure: I don't know anyone in the band. Honest.)

Saturday, my cousin invited me to join her and some friends at Wine in the Woods, but I might try to stay upright long enough to catch another local CD release at 8x10. I haven't seen Caleb Stine in awhile, so it'll be cool to hear some tunes from "I'll Head West Again." Despite the solemn weight of singles like "Come Back Home," I'm sure the night will be very high-energy.

And Sunday, I think I'll head to Shuckers to meet with an old friend. We'll play catch-up as we watch people wander out onto the pier.

Amanda baltimoremetromix.com picks

This weekend, I'll be on my way to Costa Rica. I'll be there for the week in a villa that comes with its own pool boy (what happens in C.R., stays in C.R.) and pool, natch. I also hear that I'm minutes from several tapas and ceviche spots. Yum! Activites on the agenda are drinking lots of good, strong coffee, taking a canopy tour (zip-lining in the tree tops) and checking out the volcano tour. I'm also considering a white water rafting trip.