Monthly Archives: February 2012

Sunshine Puts Beanies in a Whirl

Posted on February 27, 2012 by atomictv

By Catherine Gunther (The Baltimore Sun, 3/25/1980) In the Fifties and Sixties, every child who watched television had to have a set of Mickey Mouse ears or a Beanie propeller cap. Some lucky kids got both. Yet while Mickey Mouse’s … Continue reading →

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This Is Not A Crabcake

Posted on February 25, 2012 by atomictv

Gordon Ramsay’s improved Cafe Hon “Kitchen Nightmares” crabcake is sure to give you “crab dreams.”

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Baltimore’s Cafe Hon on “Kitchen Nightmares”

Posted on February 24, 2012 by atomictv

Kitchen Nightmares (FOX TV, 2/24/2012, 8:00 pm ET) “Who’d have thought a little three-letter word, used by coffee-shop waitresses all over the country, could be so controversial? In this new episode, Gordon meets the owner of Baltimore’s Cafe Hon, who … Continue reading →

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Toasting Poe’s (203rd) Birthday

Posted on February 24, 2012 by almosthipguy

by Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude, 1/22/2012) Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) The Poe Toaster may no longer raise a glass of cognac in salute and place three roses on his Westminster Church gravesite, but Edgar … Continue reading →

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