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Oct. 15th, 2007
Over the weekend I read the article about Tio Pepe's in this month's Baltimore magazine. It reminded me that I haven't been in there in a while and that maybe it's time to make reservations. After all, it's a Balmer restaurant landmark (previously blogged about here).
The article got me thinking about a bygone Balmer culinary favorite: Haussner's (scroll down to the Haussner's photos for some old, old photos. After the family closed its doors, the art collection was auctioned via Sotheby's (or maybe Christie's), and the building was to be used by a culinary college. Was it? I don't know. And for a while it was the site of a Houston's steak house. But it has been vacant for at least a year now. I wonder sometimes if the premises are haunted by diners and cooks and the memories of meals consumed, and whether any restaurant will be successful there now.
The article got me thinking about a bygone Balmer culinary favorite: Haussner's (scroll down to the Haussner's photos for some old, old photos. After the family closed its doors, the art collection was auctioned via Sotheby's (or maybe Christie's), and the building was to be used by a culinary college. Was it? I don't know. And for a while it was the site of a Houston's steak house. But it has been vacant for at least a year now. I wonder sometimes if the premises are haunted by diners and cooks and the memories of meals consumed, and whether any restaurant will be successful there now.
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riley_merrick :
These are the top one-hundred-six books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. Bold those you've read. Italicize those you started but couldn't, didn't or haven't finished. Strike through those you despise. Put an asterisk next to those you've read more than once. Underline those in the TBR pile.
Hmm, as I check the list, there need to be some additional classifications: books that bored me to tears; overhyped books that should go out of print.
( Looks like I start much more than I finish. )
riley_merrick : These are the top one-hundred-six books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. Bold those you've read. Italicize those you started but couldn't, didn't or haven't finished. Strike through those you despise. Put an asterisk next to those you've read more than once. Underline those in the TBR pile.
Hmm, as I check the list, there need to be some additional classifications: books that bored me to tears; overhyped books that should go out of print.
( Looks like I start much more than I finish. )
Redux: uneducated romance readers
Oct. 15th, 2007 03:24 pmSo, the Metro advertisement that I complained about last fall (see my post here and the much longer thread over at Smart Bitches) is still being used. Hadn't seen it on the Metro, so it slipped out of my mind. But recently billboards have been added to the train platforms for the Amtrak/MARC/VRE tracks at Union Station. And guess what's up (on track 10, I think)? Yes, that ad. Grr.
Of course, I'm less than thrilled with all of the ads I've noticed. One is for HIV drugs. My problem isn't with the drugs, but the implied message about coolness and the inconvenience of medicine-taking. WTH? Big Pharma's new lure isn't that it'll save your life but that the drugs/dosages will be more convenient for you? And the breast feeding ones which imply that only bad mothers choose not to breat feed.
Or maybe I'm just being contrary and would find something to bitch about no matter which ads were posted. :shrugs:
Of course, I'm less than thrilled with all of the ads I've noticed. One is for HIV drugs. My problem isn't with the drugs, but the implied message about coolness and the inconvenience of medicine-taking. WTH? Big Pharma's new lure isn't that it'll save your life but that the drugs/dosages will be more convenient for you? And the breast feeding ones which imply that only bad mothers choose not to breat feed.
Or maybe I'm just being contrary and would find something to bitch about no matter which ads were posted. :shrugs: