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Author Archives: Rafael Alvarez

Posted inAlong the Patapsco

An ardent pen pal shares little-told family tales

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezJanuary 12, 2023January 12, 2023

I correspond with people around the world, nearly all by old-fashioned handwritten letters. Some are relatives in Spain, others live within a block of the mailbox at the corner of Ponca Street and Fait avenue in Greektown where my missives are launched. Of them all, none is as loyal, prompt, and candid as 83-year-old Mary […]

Posted inFeatured

Holiday magic in Baltimore 1963 (A Christmas tale in fiction)

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezDecember 23, 2022December 23, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco

In Baltimore, the anniversary of John Lennon’s death still brings gentle weeping

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezDecember 8, 2022December 8, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco

An Adornato Thanksgiving in Old Highlandtown

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezNovember 23, 2022November 23, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco

Little Dorritt in Greektown

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezNovember 11, 2022November 11, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco, Columns, Featured, Food & Drink, Highlandtown, Little Italy, Neighborhoods

A Good Egg: The Legend of Zabaglione

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezOctober 21, 2022October 27, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco, Columns, Featured

Like a ‘kimchi hamburger’: Blues from South Korea meets jazz from Govans

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezSeptember 13, 2022October 27, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco

Nine innings of a grandfather’s angst

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezAugust 29, 2022October 26, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco

Anchovies, anisette and ashes: Honoring a father

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezAugust 17, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco

Lois Feinblatt: An ‘ebullient driving wheel for the public good’

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezAugust 1, 2022October 26, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco

Poetry in Greektown, a place of roosters and rainbows

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezJune 30, 2022October 26, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco

Wiley Asberry: Father’s Day, 2022

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezJune 17, 2022June 17, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco

Evelyn Meyers Taylor: Baltimore as bingo, ornery as blue crab

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezMay 27, 2022October 26, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco

Far, Far West of Charles Street: Baltimore reunions in Tinseltown

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezApril 5, 2022October 26, 2022
Posted inAlong the Patapsco

A strong woman and a family’s history

Avatar photoby Rafael AlvarezMarch 24, 2022October 26, 2022

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