Maryland
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Browns at Ravens, Jan. 4, 2025
Back at the beginning of this NFL season, my cousin — a Baltimore Ravens season-ticket holder — invited me to join him in Charm City for a game. My schedule was such that the only game I could get to was the season finale against the Browns. Given the state of the Browns, I didn’t Continue reading
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Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine
I spent most of today trekking to Maryland. I’m here for a football game and a family reunion of sorts. Details and photos of the festivities are sure to follow in future posts. In the meantime, I wanted to share this most Maryland of images from the lobby of my hotel: I’ve long admired the Continue reading
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A Boat’s-Eye View of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
Call me a stereotypical tourist, but I really enjoy taking a boat tour of a city. I’ve toured London by boat on the Thames, Paris from the Seine, and Cologne by the Rhine. I’ve done Duck Boat tours of Boston and Philadelphia, and yes — I’ve taken the Circle Line around Manhattan. The sightseeing by Continue reading
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Appalachia
A few weeks ago, I stated binge-watching Justified, a crime series set mostly in the coal country of Eastern Kentucky. The show leans into a lot of the familiar tropes associated with that part of the country: opioid abuse, rural poverty, moonshine, bluegrass music, and multi-generational feuds, just to name a few. It conforms very Continue reading
About Me
Researcher. Marketer. Teacher. Father of adult children and dogs. 20th Century holdover. Central New York native. Long-suffering Buffalo Bills fan. History nerd. Traveler. Vintage advertising enthusiast. Hat wearer.
a.k.a. V.J. 