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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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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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Branding the Offbeat: A Path for 2016
The beauty of blogging is that once you’ve published your post, you can check your “stats” minutes later and see if anyone is looking. I say “looking” because who knows if anyone reads such things. When I visit other blogs, … Continue reading
Posted in Baltimore, Business Communication, Satire, Uncategorized
Tagged Baltimore, bourgeois, branding, Charmin, Charney, ethos, Hansel and Gretel, Kardashian, Macy’s, Maryland, motivational speaking, Mr. Whipple, offbeat, ozonosphere, personal branding
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A Guiding Light for Baltimore
Anyone who has followed the news in Baltimore this year knows that we have been a city in turmoil. After the death of Freddie Gray, allegedly at the hands of several of our city’s police officers, Baltimore experienced terrible riots. … Continue reading
Posted in Baltimore, Politics, Satire, Uncategorized
Tagged Baltimore, Battle Monument, Dorothy Hamill, Freddie Gray, fried Oreos, holiday lighting, Maryland National Guard, Michael Phelps, Mount Vernon Place, National Aquarium, National Katyn Monument, riots, Walter's Art Gallery, Washington Monument
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Charney's Life of Charney 