Category Archives: Dining

Old Hampden/New Hampden

Posted on December 10, 2012 by almosthipguy

Seeing last night’s “The Day the Earth Stood Cool” episode of “The Simpsons” – in which Homer’s cool neighbors from Portland, OR, transform Springfield into a Mecca of Hip – made me reflect about our own cool neighborhood of the … Continue reading →

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Batter’s up in Pete’s Grille pancake-eating contest

Posted on November 30, 2012 by atomictv

Gluttons for punishment win $1,000 in prize money By Larry Perl (The Baltimore Sun, 11/16/2012) The long, narrow eatery, a fixture in the 3100 block of Greenmount Avenue in Abell since it was Hooper’s in the 1950s, has 26 counter … Continue reading →

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Divine: “This Place Designated A Museum”

Posted on November 28, 2012 by atomictv

Read and Tyson Street, Baltimore, 1996. Related: Museum of Gay and Lesbian Culture: Read and Tyson Street Trashy Travels Dreamland News

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NYC “Cannibal Cop” Wanted Maryland “Girl Meat” for Thanksgiving

Posted on November 21, 2012 by atomictv

‘Cannibal Cop’ Gilberto Valle planned to to cook up ‘some girl meat’ on Thanksgiving: prosecutors Valle — who allegedly kept a database of at least 100 women he plotted to rape, cook and eat — planned the feast with one … Continue reading →

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