Jacob and I met for a drink

manhattan cocktail at Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, MD
Perfect Manhattan Cocktail

DATELINE DRINKLINE BALTIMORE – March 24, 2014—It’s a 15-minute walk from work to our place on North Charles Street. On the walk north from the Inner Harbor there are lots of spiffy places to stop for a cocktail. The B&O Brasserie is a special place—their Sidecars are the best in town, as are their Ramos Gin Fizzes; The Center Club is typically our primary stop, but we don’t always head home wearing a sport coat and, once we settle in at the bar, we are always tempted to head to the dining room and spend the balance of the evening over dinner; the Lobby Bar at the Lord Baltimore Hotel has been completely renovated (as has been the entire hotel) and it was our stop this evening; it won’t be our last.

Order a Manhattan and the bartender’s response is, “Certainly. Up? And your brand of bourbon?” Order a Sidecar, “Of course. We have a nice apple-infused brandy, or would you prefer a standard?”

Gene-Michael Addis, the hotel manager came by to say hello to us—he remembered meeting us at French Kitchen on Valentines Day.

The music playing in the lounge was jazz, cabaret, and big band vocals, mostly sultry women. What a great way to end a work day.

By Stephen Brockelman

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. _____________________________________________ 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.

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    1. Stephen Brockelman – Baltimore, Maryland – 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. _____________________________________________ 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.
      Brockelman says:

      We’re looking forward to it, John! Name the date.

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