We all know the jock, Maryland’s favorite son, Baltimore Orioles’ great “The Iron Man” Cal Ripken Jr. When Ripken got his divorce following 30 years of marriage, put his $12 million dollar home in Reisterstown, with a baseball diamond on… Read More ›
Family
A Clean, Well-Lit Room and an Elevator To Escape The “Nada.”
In a Hemingway’s short story he showed the way to escape the pain of the “nada.” In order to survive with dignity, to cheat the “nada,” one has to find a place, a pleasant place, “with the light, a certain… Read More ›
2016 “OLD MY ASS” AWARDS
As the year comes to a close, it is time to honor those who don’t stop pursuing life and actually show age is just a number. #10 (Feb.) Peyton Manning At age 39, became the oldest Quarterback to win a… Read More ›
EL BROOKMAN Invited to Cathy Mitchell’s House for Thanksgiving Dinner, Dump Turkey, & Dump Trimmings
STOP THE PRESSES….BANNER HEADLINE…CALL ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX NEWS AND ALERT GORDON RAMSEY CATHY MITCHELL recipe queen of DUMP CAKES, DUMP DINNERS HAS INVITED EL BROOKMAN TO HER PLACE FOR THANKSGIVING. Well, she still seems angry, and I do have… Read More ›
Troubadour Larry
Romance novelist Nora Roberts, who grew up in the same areas around Washington D.C. as I did, wrote; “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always… Read More ›
EL BROOKMAN and The Search For The Perfect Meatball Tour 2014
My great search for the perfect meatball begins. Since my Italian mother’s passing in 1994, I realized that my grief for the loss of her sauce (gravy) and those round mounds of moist meat laced with seasonings and bits of… Read More ›
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