Category Archives: Vices

Baltimore Liquor Stores of the 1950s

William’s Liquor Store, 201 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 1959. Burke’s Cafe, Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 1952. Schreiber’s Liquor Store, Eutaw and Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Maryland, 1952.

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“The Crab” — Durex Condoms Sex Position of the Week

It might be steamy but don’t sprinkle Old Bay on it… Facebook.com/durexUSA “Maryland is for Crabs” 1980s t-shirt. “According to the CDC, Maryland ranked 7th in the U.S. in 2010 for syphilis, with 5.9 cases reported per 100,000 population, compared … Continue reading

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Baltimore bars and their patrons celebrate Dec. 25 in a unique way

Enjoying the Christmas spirits By Gadi Dechter (Baltimore Sun, 12/26/2006) In a rowdy Bolton Hill tavern, they argued over whether the black bile spewing from kung-fu hero Jet Li’s mouth was really chocolate sauce or chewing-tobacco juice. Down at a … Continue reading

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John Waters Reads About Moby Dick’s Dick

In This audio chapter from the “Moby Dick Big Read,” John Waters reads the shortest chapter of “Moby Dick,” Chapter 95, “The Cassock,” which is about how the whaling crew cuts off and skins a whale’s giant jet-black penis and turns it … Continue reading

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