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Young, Broke and Beautiful book signing and dance party tonight

Young, Broke and Beautiful book signing and dance party tonight

Remember when IFC’s “Young, Broke and Beautiful” came to Baltimore and shed some love all over local favorites like Mink Stole and Dan Deacon? Well as it turns out, the host of the show, Stuart Schuffman, is taking his latest of the “Living Cheaply” series on a broke-ass book tour, and will be at The Get Down (701 S. Bond St., Fells Point) tonight. The event is half book signing and half dance party, with … Read entire article »

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And the winner is!

And the winner is!

Using highly scientific methodology (unlike last time) and countless hours of development, a winner has been selected for the book giveaway. Behold, the names printed on slips of paper in a meticulous pile Many hours later, a slip emerges itself from the pile and stands strong Congrats, Theresawilliams! You’ll be receiving an email shortly for your shipping information. Enjoy the book! … Read entire article »

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Quintessential Baltimore coffee table book turning 10, we’re giving away a copy

Quintessential Baltimore coffee table book turning 10, we’re giving away a copy

(the winner has been announced! but feel free to leave your “then and now” comments below if you wanna!) Thunder Bay’s popular series Then and Now has been around for a while, and Baltimore’s version (with heavy lifting by Midnight Sunner/beer blogger/photog Alexander D. Mitchell IV) Baltimore: Then and Now is itching to turn 10 years old in the next year (at least, the production, it was published in 2002). Baltimore: Then and Now is literally the … Read entire article »

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T&T&A Book Party at Larry Flint’s Hustler Club

Next Thursday, September 9th at Larry Flint’s Hustler Club (409 E. Baltimore St., Downtown) from 8-11pm comes one of the more unusual book signings/parties I’ve heard of in a while (and by that I mean ever); NY based photographer Tony Stamolis’ recent release T&T&A – a book solely devoted to pictures of topless women alongside pictures of tacos and other Mexican food – is coming to town and doin’ it up The Block style right here in Baltimore. I thumbed through a few pages of the tome and what can I say, it’s a bunch of topless women and dirty greasy Mexican food. So, if that’s your thing then by all means grab yourself a copy of the book next Thursday! … Read entire article »

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And the winner is… or, dogs always choose the middle thing

Meet Rocky, the prize winner choosing dog. …at least, that’s what was supposed to happen at the end of our latest contest. See, the plan was pretty simple: put out the names of the folks who entered on pieces of paper, line them up on the floor, and put a carrot on each. First one that Rocky chooses = WINNAR! Only problem is, Rocky is a dumb animal. As you can see in this brief video, the problem was pretty straightforward: Rocky would pick the same carrot first every single time we tried to pick a winner – in fact, he’d eat the carrots in the same damned order every single time. We tried this several times at various distances, carrot separation, on and on, and no dice. Rocky ate the middle carrot … Read entire article »

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