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The best cheap cocktails in Baltimore
Patt at Java Moon Cafe, Baltimore
Cheapest drinks in 21201. Bar none.
Looking for anything good in a vacation gone wrong—and sharing an extraordinary Baltimore drink discount:
On the way to Penn Station, I received a text from AMTRAK letting us know that our train was going to be 30 minutes late.
“Ok, we’ll have a Bloody Mary in the bar.”
The Bloodys were really good—rims seasoned with salt and Old Bay. And oddly strong. Received a second text. Train was going to be 50 minutes late.
“Ok, we’ll have another round.”
People watching was surprisingly good for a Sunday afternoon. Odd characters, eye candy, families, couples of all sizes and sorts. Another text. Train delay now 1 hour and 45 minutes.
“Twist our arm. We’ll have one more.”
Finally the train boarding announcement. I went to the bar to pay the AMEX tab. Were my eyes messed up? No, there had to be an error here.
“This tab cannot be right for six drinks. It’s only $13 and change.”
The bartender, Patti, came over took a look and said, “No, that’s right. It’s always happy hour here on Sunday afternoons. No charge for the doubles.”
So, there you have it. Java Moon at Penn Station on Sunday afternoons: cheapest drinks in town, served with fun and a smile. And, you can take the Charm City Circulator there and back if you’d like. (Advised.)
JAVA MOON CAFÉ
Penn Station, 1515 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
As a Sr. Writer at T. Rowe Price, I work with a group of the best copywriters around. We belong to the broader creative team within Enterprise Creative, a part of Corporate Marketing Services.
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A long and winding road: My path to T. Rowe Price was more twisted than Fidelity’s green line. With scholarship in hand, I left Kansas at 18 to study theatre in New York. When my soap opera paychecks stopped coming from CBS and started coming from the show’s sponsor, Proctor & Gamble, I discovered the power of advertising and switched careers. Over the years I’ve owned an ad agency in San Francisco; worked for Norman Lear on All in the Family, Good Times, Sanford and Son, and the rest of his hit shows; and as a member of Directors Guild of America, I directed Desi Arnaz in his last television appearance— we remained friends until his death. In 1988 I began freelancing full time didn’t look back.
In January 2012 my rep at Boss Group called and said, “I know you don’t want to commute and writing for the financial industry isn’t high on your wish list, but I have a gig with T. Rowe Price in Owings Mills…” I was a contractor for eight months, drank the corporate Kool-Aid, became a TRP associate that August, and today I find myself smiling more often than not.
