A new book on the 1972 Chicago White Sox and the Hall of Fame candidacy of Dick Allen intrigues the “Aparicio” in Nestor. Authors John Owens and David Fletcher join him from The Windy City to reminisce about tough times and great uniforms at Comiskey Park. Dick Allen was finally elected to Cooperstown and this is a great retrospective on his impact.
Our defending champion and former Delegate Carl Anderton Jr. drops by in his new role as Director of Rural Economic Strategy along with Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano to discuss life on the Eastern Shore from MACo in Ocean City. (And a little Ravens football, too!)
Our defending champion and former Delegate Carl Anderton drops by in his new role as Director of Rural Economic Strategy along with Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano to discuss life on the Eastern Shore from MACo in Ocean City. (And a little Ravens football, too!)
Congressman Tom McMillen reminisces about Charles “Lefty” Driesell , the 1972 Olympics and how politics has changed in Washington. This was a 2021 chat before honoring Lefty Driesell in College Park.
Anne Arundel County Executive Stueart Pittman extends his Maryland Crab Cake Tour stop chat with Nestor on transportation, getting across the Chesapeake Bay and his love of horses at Pappas Restaurant in Glen Burnie.
Stueart Pittman updates Nestor on some Anne Arundel County progress in his 2nd term at Pappas Glen Burnie
Anne Arundel County Executive Stueart Pittman returns on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Pappas Restaurant in Glen Burnie to discuss second term progress, goals and what makes good local government.
Turn of the century WNST producer Andy Mueller tells old-school Nestor tales to celebrate his 30th Anniversary on Baltimore radio. You might even remember some of this stuff…
Ross Peddicord and Nestor catch up on 40 years of friendship around writing and racing
The thirtieth day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured the next Governor of Maryland, Wes Moore, along with some old friends to celebrate the end of another marathon tour of The Free State.
The 28th day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland took us back home to Dundalk to Scoozi Restaurant for a crab melt breakfast and washed it down at Key Brewing with a local calling.
The 27th day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland took us to Anne Arundel County and waterfront hospitality at Stoney Creek Inn and a cold beer at Manor Hill before seeing Rod Stewart and Cheap Trick at Merriweather Post Pavilion.
The 26th day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland led us to Westminster and the vaunted ‘cake of Rocksalt Grille and a beer on the farm at Farmacy Brewing in Reisterstown.
The 25th day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland led us on the ice cream path to Weis Markets dairy facility in Sunbury, Pennsylvania on a gorgeous day for a drive and a stop at Friendly Farms in Upperco and a beer nearby at Big Truck in Hereford. Nothing like eating fresh ice cream soft served off the line!
The 22nd day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland was spent in Eldersburg with an incredible local journey with old friends. Mike McKelvin and Dante Liberatore own a restaurant and brewing company and shared their Carroll County life with Nestor. And John Maroon stopped by for three decades of sports tales about Cal Ripken Jr. and walking the Great Wall of China and the streets of Beijing together. Lots of delicious 1823 beer here and a toast to the late, great Vince Bagli and Chris Thomas.
The 23rd day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland took us to a place we hadn’t been in many years – Timbuktu in Elkridge en route to see Duran Duran at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Nile Rodgers stole the show but Timbuktu can stick those pimentos in my ‘cake anytime.
The 22nd day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland found us rocking toward The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia but en route we got thirsty at Hysteria in Columbia and made a road stop at Casey’s Crab in Laurel where the owner insisted we go with the Crabmeat Cheesesteak. We’re glad we did!
The 20th day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland we managed to pick up a legendary Angelina’s crab cake from a secret shipping location on Kent Island and a delicious beer at Ten Eyck Brewing in Queenstown.
Day 19 of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour sent us back to the beach and a day of MaCO Conference and chats with politicians and leaders in Ocean City. Our crab cake at Longboard Cafe honored our pal Batman and we got wet with a local at Sinepuxent just over the Assawoman Bridge.
The eighteenth day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured a westbound trip from Ocean City back to Baltimore with a stop at legendary Suicide Bridge Restaurant and RAR in downtown Cambridge.
The sixteenth day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured a beautiful morning drive across the Bay Bridge to spend the day in Salisbury. Mayor Jake Day & Delegate Carl Anderton were great hosts at Mogan Oyster House and a pair of after dark beers at Evolution and Burnish. Plus, the Secretary of Kindness Grace Foxwell Murdock, one of our favorite guests.
The fifteenth day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured a bit of a wild card and last-minute detour to a pair of great places in Baltimore City. The Food Market was a strong #JennStrong selection and Checkerspot hit the spot as a rare “open on Monday” brewery in the region. We’ll be heading back to Hampden to explore the rest of that incredible menu.
The fourteenth day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured an eastside “stay at home” tour for Nestor, who grew up in Dundalk and frequented Highlandtown and Essex all of his childhood. Loved taking the kids to Monument in the city and Schultz’s Crab House down toward Hawthorne. We’ll be back. Often!
The thirteenth day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured a Saturday night trip up I-95 to bucolic North East on the upper Chesapeake for a lively night at Woody’s Crab house and a pre-closing outdoor patio beer at Independent Brewing in downtown Bel Air.
The eleventh day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured a legit Baltimore City day with lunchtime show at L.P. Steamers on Fort Avenue in Locust Point with some great guests and a nightcap beer with Orioles baseball and Ravens preseason football at Full Tilt in Govans.
The tenth day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured a lunchtime tour of Union Brewing in Hampden with gracious host and founder Adam Benesch and an insanely delicious crab cake and platter from The Crab Queen in Randallstown.
David Richardson of Greenmount Bowl tells Nestor about the new betPARX sports wagering opening in Hampstead
How did a guy from Dundalk have a bowling alley next to a restaurant that has become an OTB and now a sports wagering facility in Hampstead? Let David Richardson of Greenmount Bowl and Chris Richards of Greenmount Station tell you about the new betPARX sports wagering option in Carroll County.
Wes Moore tells Nestor and Don his plans to make Maryland growth a source of pride over next decade
Wes Moore joins Nestor and Don to talk campaign and celebrate Maryland and end of Crab Cake Tour
Brooke Lierman joins Nestor at The Land of Kush to discuss role of comptroller in Maryland
Lt. Gov candidate Aruna Miller tells us why she joined Wes Moore ticket to lead Maryland
Aruna Miller discusses ways to make Maryland better with a Wes Moore victory in Annapolis
Dundalk’s Todd Crandell joins Nestor at Costas for a chat about East Baltimore County and progress
Pamela Wood of The Baltimore Banner joins Nestor and Don to talk political season and possibilities
Y’landa Burch educates Nestor on the funds from Project Bounceback and the growth of the organization and its outreach with children all over the state.
Gregg Landry of Towson Transfers tells Nestor about the lost Perry Hall football tapes of 1972 during the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Kooper’s North in Mays Chapel.
Al “Hondo” Handy tells his incredible story from the playgrounds of the Eastern Shore to his four decades of involvement with Recreation and Parks and kids in Ocean City.
Longtime Baltimore real estate leader Bill Yerman and Nestor have been close for years. Recently, they both spent time in Canada noticing how much different life is there in the modern world. Of course, there’s some Springsteen tour talk here, too, to go with the Pearl Jam shows of Quebec and Ottawa on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at The Beaumont.
The Maryland Crab Cake Tour was designed to bring new friends together. Catonsville family attorney Lou Weinkam and Nestor’s lifer pal Howard Scher of Duct Doctors had a spirited chat about fall, football, local business and how sports bring us together.
