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Joke’s on Me
I make up jokes and tell them to dead people, immigrant Galicians who once lived in the Western Pennsylvania coal mining town where I spent many formative weekends and summers. Here’s one: Me: What is responsible for the lack … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink, Satire
Tagged Celtic, Church Slovanic, Galicia, Galician, Greek Catholic, halupki, identity, pierogi, Revloc, thurible, Ukrainian, Western Pennsylvania
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An Appalachian almost in Paris
My wife tells me she has booked a flight for four to visit Paris, France, not Texas, although I understand that France is Texas-sized. She’s looking to make family memories before our two girls go off to college, and she … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink, Satire, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged American, Appalachian, architecture, autoroute, bohemian, campervan, cirque, college, Corbusier, family, France, French, Futurescope, Grenoble, microbrew, National Parks, Paris, Portland, Pyrenees, Renaissance, soleil, Texas, tourist, vacation
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Tipping Towards a Living Wage
I phone an order into my favorite neighborhood pizza joint and stop on my way home to pick up the pies. At the counter where I pay, I’m greeted by a chipper young woman, high voice, curly hair, and a smile … Continue reading
Posted in Business Communication, Food and Drink, Satire, Uncategorized
Tagged Baltimore, business, Chowhound.com, credit card, Drew Brees, Home Depot, living wage, low-wage, Steven Schultz, takeout, tip, tippinig, waiter, waitress, Wal-Mart
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Spring Break at Virginia Tech
My first spring living in Baltimore, late 80s, I had no friends in town, but I did have a record collection, a television set, and a Mazda 323. In my third-floor walkup near Mount Vernon Square, I’d collected every gourmet spaghetti sauce on the … Continue reading
Posted in Baltimore, Food and Drink, Satire, Uncategorized
Tagged architecture, Blacksburg, Cowgill Hall, Gillie’s, Virginia, Virginia Tech, writing
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The Many Delusions of C. Auguste Dupin
Other cities would like to claim him, but Baltimore has Poe. There is a society of scholars and devotees who meet to discuss Poe works and a special Poe room in the main branch of our library. There are Poe … Continue reading
Posted in Baltimore, Edgar Allan Poe, Food and Drink, Satire, Uncategorized
Tagged actor, advertising, Americano, Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, Bun Shop, C. Auguste Dupin, copycat, David Franks, Dupin, Edgar Allan Poe, espresso, Evening Sun, France, Jeff Jerome, Jeff Savoye, Long Black Veil, Madame Flame, Mark Redfield, meerschaum, Poe Baltimore, Poe House, Poe Toaster, promotion, Rudolph Valentino, Sam Porpora, Sean Penn, tomb, Urban Legend, Westminster Hall, William Donald Schaefer
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Still Over the Moon for Caribou
I am not one to believe that a person grieves, gets over, and moves on. For me, the loss of a loved one sends shock waves through my system that can linger for a lifetime. Such are my feelings concerning … Continue reading
Posted in Baltimore, Food and Drink, Satire, Uncategorized
Tagged Artifact, Caribou, Charmington's, Dooby's, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, latte, latte liberal, Mustang, Panera, Peet's, Spro, Starbucks, venti, York Road
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Charney's Life of Charney 