But I like your rat stickers. 😉 Hope you and Jess are doing well! (I went to nursing school with her.) I’m really interested in trying out this coffee bar you got going.

Oh, do you mean Rat Film?

Ask these folks

https://baltimoreheritage.org/

(Or you could watch all 250 of their five minute histories. Not a single one of which is actually that short. 😄)

Hairspray is pretty accurate . . .

Yes! My kids keep asking to go back to the place with the cars on the ceiling in the bathroom (my boy nearly missed peeing and looking at cars at the same time). We keep putting it, saving it for a special occasion.

Those same people love the City Needs It slogan though. And that’s really the offensive one 😒🤬

Cool story, glad you had a fun random time.

Twelve O’Clock Boys

https://dreamersbooks.com/

Dreamers & Make Believers

My Uncle worked at Resco for a long time in the 90’s-early 2000’s. He used to bring stuff home that they were going to burn. Once in the mid 90’s, he brought a bunch of makeup/brushes/nail polish from a brand called Jane that was popular at the time. My family would then sell the stuff at yardsales. What a time to be alive.

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Wanted to say I’m so happy for you! Also not sure if it’s possible but the NPR app is using an old start up clip of you introducing yourself. (I’m not sure if this has a proper radio term, they alternate different radio hosts doing the intro when a user opens the app and hits play.)

Which would be an accurate depiction, regardless of what you or I may personally think.

This is the way.

Let me finish the thread out……….. and cue the hatred or I like the “ there’s more than murder here” , BALT rat stickers, blah blah blah, everything is offensive.

This was the top comment I expected. Thank you for not disappointing.

That's kind of the whole point of the sticker.

At least they didn’t demolish that nice row of houses in Lexington Street.

Do it!

Artifact

I was starting to get into cosplaying before 2020… my husband and I are also looking to start going to conventions again this year.

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Awesome!

Self-aggrandizing story time: I discovered Paper Moon by accident in 2002. I was in college and had come up via DC to visit with a woman I met at Nation's goth night. Then I hooked back up with friends nearby and we just drove in a random direction (her house was in a sketchy area and I just wanted to get away) and ended up in Remington. Then I discovered Angelfall Studios (where Charm City Cakes is now) which was home to some amazing musicians and artists I had recently discovered. Then we went to Paper Moon and I had an AMAZING brunch. I remember it so distinctly... a spinach and cheese omelette that just hit the spot. And the place was just all kinds of neat for a 20ish college student from VA. Especially for a theatre nerd and John Waters fan.

There was no planning. I had no idea where I was going. The only time I had been in Baltimore previously was for O's games with my family and a few punk shows for which I didn't drive. If I believed in divine providence, that day, that would be why.

Years later after DC had its way with me, my wife and I moved to Baltimore for work in 2015 and chose Remington because of that random memory. I was so disappointed that Paper Moon had gone downhill. But we spent many a late morning breakfast at The Dizz before it shut down. Sad that PM is still around but haven't recaptured the magic.