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Remembering Memorial Day in Baltimore with crabs & beer

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Tom Warner

Today marks the 145th anniversary of Memorial Day, a day to honor those men and women, both nationally and right here in our own background, who gave their lives in the service of their country. As a port city and … Continue reading →

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Marble Bar Redux returns to SoWeBo 2013

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Tom Warner

I’m really looking forward to this year’s Memorial Weekend highlight, the 30th annual SoWeBohemian Arts & Music Festival (aka the SoWeBo Arts & Music Festival or, simply, The SoWeBo Fest) on Sunday May 26. Mainly because not only will the … Continue reading →

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Remembering Atomic TV’s answer to the Preakness

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Tom Warner

The Atomic TV Classic Pimlico Race Course June 16, 2001 Anticipation of today’s 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course made us think back to the biggest thoroughbred race in the history of Baltimore public access television. … Continue reading →

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From Liverpool with Love

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Tom Warner

Baltimore-Beatles connection behind documentary on Fab Four’s Freda As a card-carrying AARP member and aging Baby Boomer who grew up in the ’60s, it’s needless to say that I grew up loving everything to do with The Beatles. So when … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Barrett Shills Utz Potato Chips on Mad Men

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Scott Huffines

“Utz Are Better Than Nuts” “Jimmy Barrett is a sharp-tongued celebrity comic and the husband of Bobbie Barrett, his manager. At a Sterling Cooper promotional shoot for Utz Potato Chips, Jimmy compares the company owner’s heavy-set wife to the Hindenburg and … Continue reading →

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