Author Archives: almosthipguy

A Bar with a View

Posted on January 19, 2012 by almosthipguy

Unflappable Esther Martin Has Run the Club Charles Since 1951. Who Better to Tell of Her Block’s Boom, Bust, and Possible Rebirth? By Brennen Jensen (Baltimore City Paper, 2/16/2000) “There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by … Continue reading →

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Club Charles History: Esther W. Martin

Posted on January 19, 2012 by almosthipguy

From the Club Charles web site: Esther W. Martin, longtime owner of a well-known Charles Street bar that evolved from Tenderloin to trendy, died Sunday at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center of complications after surgery. She was 80. She retired … Continue reading →

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Memories, music and a meal for Morris

Posted on January 17, 2012 by almosthipguy

“Oh, Mon Dieu! Those mouse turds, too!” by Fern Shen and Mark Reutter (Baltimore Brew, Jan. 16, 2012) The people Morris Martick screamed at, cooked with, cooked for, fired, rehired, insulted and nurtured – in other words, the people who … Continue reading →

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I (Still) Love Atomic TV

Posted on December 7, 2011 by almosthipguy

As Scott “Unpainted” Huffines and I prepare to reopen the long sealed Atomic TV vaults for an upcoming monthly screening series at the Golden West Cafe in Hampden that starts this December 30, 2011 (see “Atomic TV’s Holiday Fixins” for … Continue reading →

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