Are these licenses also available in Baltimore county? if so, someone please get one!!! I get so tired of paying bar prices for a bottle of wine I'm only going to cook with, or for that matter, bar prices for my girlfriend's beer. And also, what is it about Baltimore county bars that makes the barmaids so snooty? Nothing like Fort Ave out here in the north pole of Baltimore Co!

Ever stand in line at Jerry's Belvedere for booze on Sunday? Yuck. And you know they don't have any decent wine there.

This is a very welcome addition. Especially since it's in Harbor East near the Owl Nest of Iniquity. What kind of low yield vintner would you like, darling? You better name something that goes with Manchego.

Joyce W., I don't know what part of Baltimore County you're in, but there is (or at least used to be) a liquor store with a bar in the shopping center on the east side of York Road just south of Warren Road that is open on Sunday. Not the most extensive selection around, but not too bad at all for an "open on Sunday" place, and prices more like "liquor store" than "bar".

I don't remember the name of the place (I haven't lived out that way in a couple of decades). I'm pretty sure it was still there at least as recently as a year or two ago.

Hey, Hal - thanks - that's not to far and I will check it out!

I believe you can stroll into Grand Cru at Belvedere marketplace on a Sunday and stroll out with a bottle of wine.

they also have a small selection of craft brews, which might be useful if I'm out of good brews for a tailgate.

Hal- I believe it is called the Towne Tavern now. It's right next to the Talbots Outlet on Scott Adam Road.

Not to shill, but I think the Bin 604 news is potentially big for the hotel and convention industry.

In the Goofus City: We hated our trip to stupid Baltimore. We went looking for a bottle of wine on Sunday and all we got were shrugs and blank stares. People kept telling us we had to go buy it at a bar or in "the county."

In the Gallant City: Oh, let me tell you something, Baltimore is just like Barcelona or Ibiza. On Sunday, the concierge sent us to this lovely little wine store. Things sure were hopping, and we met all kinds of super people.

Sometime, maybe we could "play concierge" and devise the perfect weekend for (unaccompanied, by us) Baltimore visitors. I know there was a Top Ten Place to take Tourists. But does it make a difference whether or not the tourists have you there to explain it all?

Joyce, don't forget the Crack Pot's liquor store in the Ravenwood Shopping Center at Loch Raven & Taylor. It's open 7 days a week from 10 AM to 10 PM. I've often found very inexpensive bottles of wine in their specials racks.

Dottie, thanks. The Crack Pot is a bit far for me, but not out of the question. I wish we'd just get rid of our blue laws and my liquor store would open on Sundays. Actually, I wish I could buy wine and beer in the supermarket like you can in OC but I'm not going to pretend that's ever going to happen!

Joyce,

Certainly you remember your trips to the Sunshine State, where beer and wine is available at all the grocery stores. I must say, Winn-Dixie and Publix both have quite large selections of wine and beer. And some even have liquor stores next store.

yee hah!

Fl Rob - como se dice "yee hah" en espanol? In the southern part of the Sunshine State hay muchos Latinos para not so much rednecks. Although northern Baltimore Co. certainly has their share! Meet me on Lincoln Road in Feb (or March - whenever I make it down) and I'll buy you a mojito. You'll forget all about the weird southern thing up there in the rest of the state! And, I'll forget all about the ice I'm about to return to!

Joyce,

Where is Lincoln Road? Near Jefferson Street?

Because of the influx of Latins down there, that's why they call the Panhandle ( i.e. Redneck Riviera) the REAL Florida. Whilst this area does have its share of transplants from other places ( like me), the transplants are from the US.

They have a saying here:
People who visit here from the north are Damn Yankees.
People who move here from the north are G-D Yankees.
This saying was told to me from a guy who moved here from Vermont.

go figure.

they make a wicked mojito at a beach bar over in Rosemary Beach as well.

cheers!

Fl Rob - South Beach - far from the "real" Florida - which I experienced years ago when visiting a friend in Tampa. I don't know if Central Florida is still "red" but it certainly was back in the day. Everyone had more of a southern twang than Paula Dean, called everyone from Virginia up "Yankees" (or "Damn Yankees" or GD Yankees") and spoke of their "Daddies" and camaros with a reverential tone that one usually reserves for religious matters. And yes, everyone was transplanted from some cold northern state so where the southern twang came from is anybodies guess. They probably wrestled alligators too. Sound familiar? Anyway, if you and the GF find you want a warmer winter (at least for a while) I've adopted Miami Beach as my future home (although my GF says it's going to be completely under water in our lifetime).

The following crossed my e-mail screen today...one of those FW: FW: FW: FW: things that make the rounds. Although I laughed right out loud at several of these:

ADVICE FOR NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH ...

If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them, just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.

Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store...do not buy food at this store.

Remember, "Y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is plural, and "ally'all's" is plural possessive.

Get used to hearing "Y'all ain't from round here, are ya?"

Save all bacon grease. You will be instructed later on how to use it.

Don't be worried at not understanding what people are saying. They can't understand you either.

The first Southern statement to creep into a transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective “big ol’” as in “big ol’ truck” or “big ol' boy.” Most Northerners begin their Southern-influenced dialect this way. All of them are in denial about it.

Be advised that, "He needed killin'" is a valid defense here.

If you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all watch this," you should stay out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say.

If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store.
It doesn't matter whether you need anything or not. You just have to go there.

Do not be surprised to find that 10-year olds own their own shotguns, they are proficient marksmen, and their mammas taught them how to aim.

In the South, we have found that the best way to grow a lush, green lawn is to pour gravel on it and call it a driveway.

AND REMEMBER: If you do settle in the South and bear children, don't think we will accept them as Southerners. After all, if the cat had kittens in the oven, we ain't gonna call 'em biscuits.

Thanks Bucky!

I've seen that before, always good for a laugh!

Fl Rob - como se dice "yee hah" en espanol?

Se dice "Lli-Ja"

Gracias, Gringo

I was being silly. I'm not sure that there is an equivalent to yee-hah in Spanish. It's really quite an American, cowboy kind of thing. I suppose ole' is similar, but you don't hear the ordinary Spaniard saying that anymore than the average non-rodeo American saying yee-hah. Zut alors!

Owl - Rodeo is huge in Argentina. They say "yippee"!

If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store.
It doesn't matter whether you need anything or not. You just have to go there.

And, apparently, the local news is required to be there to report on all the toilet paper and milk buying going on. And then on to the hardware store to document the run on snow shovels.

Owl Man,
If I may display my command of Russian, No Sh*tski. But your translation was good nonetheless.

Cheese Girl (or Fille de Fromage): When I moved down here, I brought my trusty snow shovel. All my visitors spy it in the garage or storeroom and ask what the heck that thing is.

Funny thing, is that every 20 years or so, they need one here. Just last year parts of the panhandle (north of me) got about a half inch. Life was paralyzed for hours.

PCB Rob -- Sometimes that's all it takes to paralyze life up here. You'd think people would be used to it by now, considering it snows here every year.

Every person I've ever known who's moved here from more northern climes just laughs at us.

My favorite, though, was about 20 years ago when the remains a hurricane (the name of which escapes me) was supposed to come through here on a Friday afternoon. Afore mentioned scenes at grocery stores ensued. The Federal government shut down and sent everyone home.

The hurricane veered left, leaving us with a beautiful, crystal clear blue sky, work-free, Friday afternoon.