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“Route 66″ gets its kicks in Baltimore, Maryland
And Buz Murdock does geneology research at Pratt Library! “The Mud Nest” Route 66: Season 2, Episode 7 November 10, 1961 Maharis and Milner cruise through Mount Vernon Place An encounter with a rural...
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H. L. Mencken rips Gum-shoe Steiner & sour old maids at Pratt Library
The following excerpt was published in yesterday’s Baltimore Sun (“Sage Words” by Mary Carole McCauley, September 21, 2014). It’s taken from H.L. Mencken, “The Days Trilogy, Expanded Edition,” edited...
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John Waters on hitchhiking adventures and his long-ago arrest at Johns Hopkins
By Bret McCabe (Johns Hopkins University “Hub,” 9/22/2014) “…In the prologue of the book you write that your parents expected you to hitchhike to school. When my parents wanted me to hitchhike—I went...
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True Detective Stories from the Annals of the Maryland Police
28 Articles by Alexander Gifford in the “Baltimore News-Post” and “Baltimore American” from April 13-June 3, 1936 In the spring of 1936, legendary reporter-broadcaster Alexander Gifford selected 28 of...
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Highlandtown Pissed Off Over Mattress Saturation
Not another mattress store, say residents (The Baltimore Guide, 9/24/2014) “We are super tired north of Eastern.” This was one online explanation offered for the proliferation of mattress stores in the...
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Don’t Eat the Turd Tomatoes in Baltimore!
Sewage Overflows Feed a Garden of Troubles By Tom Pelton (WYPR, 9/30/2014) On a road in Baltimore, from a gap in the pavement near a manhole cover, grows a tomato plant. Green roma tomatoes dangle like...
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“American Horror Story”: Welcome to the Freak Show, hon!
The Curious case of Kathy Bates’ Baltimore-ish accent By Jordan Bartel (The Baltimore Sun, Oct. 15, 2014) Kathy Bates channels her inner hon in “American Horror Story: Freak Show” Her beard may be the...
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Baltimore’s Poop Plant is Engulfed by 4-Acre Spider Web
How many spiders does it take to creep you out? 10? 100? How many spiders make an “extreme spider situation”? The Baltimore Wastewater Treatment Plant put out a call for “extreme spider” help in 2009,...
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Essex Voters at Indoor Shuffleboard Court, 2014
PATRICK SEMANSKY — AP Photo Voters cast their ballots alongside an indoor shuffleboard court at a Knights of Columbus hall, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Essex, Md. Maryland voters will choose a successor...
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At 91, Irv Koch keeps Maryland’s last basement bar going
By Zoë Read (Baltimore Sun, 11/19/2014) If someone wants to grab a drink at Club Sunset Knoll for the first time, they better find someone who knows Irv. For 51 years, the little establishment tucked...
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30 Years Later, Massey Memories Linger
Author, department store historian, Fells Point Towne Crier, and “quite wonderful” Baltimore Symphony Orchestra oboist Michael J. Lisicky remembers Edith Massey.
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It Can Be Hard to Sell a House on Hampden’s 34th Street
It Can Be Hard to Sell a House on One of the Merriest Blocks in the Country Christmas Decorations Get Supersized on This Baltimore Street, Sometimes Surprising New Arrivals By Scott Calvert (Wall...
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Ocean City icon, ‘Boardwalk Elvis,’ honored at event
By Kara Hallissey (OC Today, 12/12/2014) Ocean City legend Boardwalk Elvis was one of the guests of honor at the 21st Night of 100 Elvises in Hunt Valley, Md. last weekend. Photo: Tim Gilbert An Ocean...
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Edith Massey Christmas Card Collection
Remember going to Spencer’s to buy Rockshots greeting cards back in the 80s?
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Double-O Xmas
Or, I Was a Reindeer for the CIA By Tom Warner (Baltimore Or Less) On Christmas Eve our thoughts turn to legendary Baltimore musician Mark Linthicum (aka Mark Harp or “Harpo”), who passed away on this...
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H.L. Mencken’s “Christmas Story” (1946)
H.L. Mencken’s “Christmas Story” via archive.org.
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“Walking in an Essex Wonderland” — Interview with The Creator!
By Scott Huffines (Baltimore or Less, 12/24/2014) Brett Harlow penned one of Baltimore’s Christmas cult classics, “Walking in an Essex Wonderland.” It’s one of those ditties that would be heavily...
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Telephone Pole Mishaps Abound — Christmas in Essex, Maryland 1946
(The Essex Beacon, 12/1946) (Via TurkeyPoint.org Rockaway Beach Improvement Association / Turkey Point Improvement Association Hat tip to Joann Weiland for the clipping)
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“Joy Land” Penny Arcade on Baltimore’s “Block” (1943)
April 1943. “Baltimore, Maryland — a street scene. Light Street.” Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information, via Shorpy.com. View full size. Baltimore Arcades Thrive as Crowds Try To...
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