Face coverings are now mandated in Baltimore, but it doesn’t mean we have to lose our sense of style.

I received an email from a local watering hole this morning that made me smile broadly. It also caused Jacob and me to buy some stuff. The email—from the Baltimore Eagle—contained this top-level sub-head:

COVID-19 — Let A Lumberjack Sit On Your Face

Well, if that isn’t a brilliant line of attention-getting copy, successfully directed at a gay audience, I don’t know what is.

The good folks at the Eagle were sharing that Allen Ryde, one of their multi-talented employees was busy making face masks. Ryde, a performer—and respected costume maker—has made 600 nose-mouth masks in fun patterns to keep us safe when we have to be out of the house running necessary errands.

The Eagle wrote, “You gotta wear face masks, but you don’t gotta be a dweeb and wear something boring…combat this pandemic by letting a cowboy, lumberjack, or camp counselor sit on your face.”

What a fun call to action!

Ryde’s masks are available for curb-side pick up in several gay-themed patterns including:

  • Hiker
  • Cowboy
  • Pup
  • Pawz
  • Outloud
  • Bones, and
  • Leashed

The Baltimore Eagle is located at:
2022 N Charles St, Baltimore 21218
(443) 759-8228

You can find Allen Ryde and learn more about his extraordinary costume-making skills on his Instagram site, and on Facebook at Aurora Clothiers by Allengale.

BTW, Jacob and I purchased two Hiker and two Cowboy masks.
Stay in, stay safe, and please take time to assist others in any way you can.
And, if you like this post, feel free to like and share.

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.

3 comments

  1. Love it!!! How nice that Allen is making these. 600 is a lot of masks and curbside pickup too!!!!

    Reply
    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:

      Thanks so much for the comment, Diane. I’m so proud of how our community is coming together. These are tough times. Kindness is important, as are good recipes—yours are outstanding.

      Reply

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