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3 places other than the Inner Harbor NFL networks could shoot footage

December 15th, 2010 | 6 Comments

If you’re like me, every time you watch a Ravens home game on the TeeVee you start grinding your teeth with impotent rage at the fact that every time the NFL folks come to town to shoot flyovers of M&T Bank Stadium and stock footage of Baltimore, it’s always the exact same thing: The Inner Harbor. I think once I’ve seen them use footage of City Hall, but otherwise we get the same 3 shots of The Constellation, World Trade Center, and maybe Harbor Place. Yawwwwn. This isn’t limited to just Baltimore obviously, every single time a Saints game is played in New Orleans the only parts you’ll ever see are Bourbon St. and the French Market, even though there are plenty of beautiful spots within two miles to showcase … Read entire article »

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The bars that are sorta similar to one another FACEOFF

November 17th, 2010 | 9 Comments

A short while ago, some B’sOAM and I were discussing some bars that we used to frequent that, for all intents and purposes, were basically interchangeable. Sort of. For instance, Friends (before it was a goddamn sushi restaurant) and Dougherty’s (223 West Chase St., Mt. Vernon) were pretty much the same place; kinda open, kinda usually empty, kinda aloof service. But we could never decide which one was better, for one reason or another, maybe because to us they were pretty much equal. And then we started getting into bars that were *sort of* similar, but different in certain ways. And while these locales may be somewhat interchangeable and better or worse for certain reasons, we could never agree, overall, which place is superior. Which brings us to the “similar but … Read entire article »

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NachoQuest – Turp’s

September 4th, 2009 | 2 Comments

(let it be known that I will be performing a full review on Turp’s very, very soon) Let’s just get this out of the way right now: The meatless nacho fiesta comes with salsa, black olives, jalapenos (not fresh), cheddar, gauc and sour cream. For $5.95, add chili for a buck. But if you’re smart/lucky/badass enough (like me) to walk into Turp’s on a Thusday evening, nachos are half price. A whopping 3 dollars for these nachos right up in here. The nachos are a good portion for the price – I had no problem eating them by myself. BUT FOR THREE DOLLARS, THEY ARE INSANELY CHEAP. That’s even less than 7-11 nachos, the lowest species of nacho. The fiesta nachos did bring to mind, however, an interesting distinction: bar nachos versus restaurant … Read entire article »

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