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Flamingo Flap

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The proud pink flamingo which adorned a steel fire escape above Baltimore’s Cafe Hon has triumphed in its bureaucratic battle with city officials.
Back in early October — after the decorative bird had spent about seven years minding its own business — city inspectors made a big stink over the giant pink waterfowl. A governmental brouhaha [...]

Lobster Snaps

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

There’s no doubt that visiting a classic lobster shack is one of the true delights of summer. Tie on a plastic bib and let the melted butter run down your wrists; sit on a quaint, weathered, splintery picnic bench as you struggle with your miniature King Neptune fork, determined to get the last bit of meat out of a once-flailing creature. Or get a lobster roll, it’s easier.

Maine Topless Coffee Shop Torched

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Arson has destroyed the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, Maine. It was the only half-naked coffee shop in America (not that others haven’t tried), and it had been open for less than four months.
The Boston Globe reports that the fire was set mere hours after shop owner Donald Crabtree had appeared before a [...]

Topless Coffee In Chilly Maine

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Why would anyone want a cup of coffee without a warm lid in a cold place like Vassalboro, Maine?
Then you enter the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop and realize that it isn’t the beverages that are topless….
According to the Kennebec Journal, the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop opened quietly on Monday, despite tepid support from [...]