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Please to be enjoying this second post in our arbitrary week of posts about Fells Point! If you’ve ever walked along Fleet Street during the daylight hours, chances are pretty high that you’ve walked past The Antique Man (1806-12 Fleet St., Fells Point), but were possibly too busy, creeped out by the circusy appearance, or […]
Darth Raymunnn, an ad/marketing fellow himself, explores the wonderful world of sumbliminal sexual persuasion in advertising in his latest blog. Scooter Nation— Subliminal messaging or subliminal persuasion has been used in advertising for a long time. No matter what the product, even the slightest subliminal suggestion can have a huge effect on the consumer according […]
SpaceManAndy discovered a truly wondrous service for the Baltimore area for his preparations for the holiday season, which unfortunately isn’t taking any more orders for as of last Sunday they’re accepting orders until THIS THURSDAY so get on it! Pretty brilliant little business for some extra dough! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you read that title right! […]
And so it was, 2.5 years ago when the world was at the height of its almost irritating obsession with bacon when someone emailed me the apparent existence of a product – J&D’s Bacon Lube. Known for their oddball bacon products like Bacon Salt, Bacon Mayonnaise and various other bacon-related foods (but no actual bacon) […]
Here’s something you don’t see all that often – a post on another blog about etiquette referencing a Baltimore area restaurant by way of its waitstaff not at the restaurant, an incident in which an employee of said restaurant jacked a cab the reviewer/writer was hailing: It turns out that the place she so desperately […]
Consumerist is running one of its most treasured annual routines until October 16th, the Worst Ads Awards, where readers get to vote for, well, the worst ads in America broken down by category (Creepiest, Worst, Most Annoying Performance By a Human, etc.). This year has had a slew of television ads worthy of scorn, some […]