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Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Crime, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, National, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Time to probe for facts and action from Capitol Hill to Dundalk via Johnny O

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Since he’s departed his role at Baltimore County Executive and become our local representative in Congress, John Olszewski sits with us several times a year to answer questions and clarify his positions in Washington, D.C. To begin the fall on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, Johnny O joined Nestor (and his AI clone) for a full rundown of issues from the Key Bridge to Trump, Iran to Venezuela and Capitol Hill to Sparrows Point at Costas Inn in Dundalk.

Arts and Entertainment, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Music, Music Classic, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, WNST Classic

Did anyone else out there “camp out” for concert tickets at Hecht Company in the 1980s?

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The stories we can tell five decades later about our lifetime passion for rock and roll and chasing great music in general. Musician Ron West of The Cultivated and The Duran Band joins Nestor for their mutual Dundalk childhood memories of camping out for concert tickets at Hecht Company from Golden Ring to Reisterstown Road Mall. Seventh row at Journey. Second row at Styx. And that time at Merriweather in the front row with Ben Orr and The Cars. And the artifacts that mark the date, place, seat and every memory that we treasure in these ticket stubs we earned the hard way! Or, the fun way…

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Celebrities, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Music, Music Classic, Nestor Aparicio, News, WNST Classic

Who remembers the penguins at Eastpoint Mall?

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That checkered Eastpoint Mall water tower has been gone for four decades but rocker John Allen of Stone Horses joins Nestor of Colgate Elementary for a nostalgic tour of Dundalk, Essex and the end of the mall we grew up in and learned the ways of the world. OK, so who remembers the penguins? Or the monkeys? Or Safety Town…

Business, Community, Crime, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Barrios defines the democratic Dundalk he sees as County Council candidate in new District 9

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Will Barrios of Dundalk sees the need for change on the east side of Baltimore County and brings his platform forward focusing on cleaner, safer streets and community engagement. He tells Nestor why there’s another Venezuelan-heritage fellow in the old neighborhood coming forward to lead as a potential councilman.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Celebrities, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, Music, Music Classic, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, WNST Classic

Trying to “Make A Living” and creating a modern rock song that matters with John Allen of Stone Horses

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Our lifer pal John Allen of Stone Horses returns to East Baltimore here with Nestor at Pizza John’s in Essex to discuss his new single, “Make A Living,” which is getting rock radio airplay and putting the band back on stage locally throughout the spring and summer. And, of course, there’s the Child’s Play reunion and tribute to late singer and guitarist Brian Jack on May 30th at Reckless Shepherd Brewery in Columbia.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Sports, Sports News, Travel

Horse racing season is tastier than ever at Costas inside Timonium racetrack grandstand

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We still love the OG Dundalk location of Costas Inn but coming up on the first anniversary of the “new” Timonium location we sidled up to the bar inside the racetrack grandstand and adjacent to the OTB to discuss the upcoming horse racing Triple Crown season and all of the things that Pete Triantafilos has learned in expanding his father and family’s vision for the hospitality that has made the name “Costas” legendary in Baltimore seafood circles.

John Allen returns to discuss new Stone Horses single Make A Living and Child’s Play tribute to Brian Jack on May 30th

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Our lifer pal John Allen of Stone Horses returns to East Baltimore here with Nestor at Pizza John’s in Essex to discuss his new single, “Make A Living,” which is getting rock radio airplay and putting the band back on stage locally throughout the spring and summer. And, of course, there’s the Child’s Play reunion and tribute to late singer and guitarist Brian Jack on May 30th at Reckless Shepherd Brewery in Columbia.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Health, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, National, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics, Wellness

Putting The Y into your summer fun plan

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We could all use a summer camp and a little more exercise and John Hoey of The Y of Central Maryland returns, joining Nestor at Pizza John’s in Essex on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour with some goals for neighborhood folks to see what their local center is doing to stay relevant and helpful in communities throughout the region.

Pete Triantafilos welcomes Nestor back to Costas Inn where horse racing season is ready to welcome you in Timonium

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We still love the OG Dundalk location of Costas Inn but coming up on the first anniversary of the “new” Timonium location we sidled up to the bar inside the racetrack grandstand and adjacent to the OTB to discuss the upcoming horse racing Triple Crown season and all of the things that Pete Triantafilos has learned in expanding his father and family’s vision for the hospitality that has made the name “Costas” legendary in Baltimore seafood circles.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, ColumnNes, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

La Canfora taking calls again at WNST and joining Baltimore Positive will make far more than just a Nasty impact

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Honesty. A pairing people yell about prompting real intrigue. Listeners feel our original local schtick. Delight and yearn, Baltimore! The new La Canfora and Aparicio tandem will fix those seasonal allergies of fake media, hiding owners, lying pro sports executives and general press conference doldrums.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time

Cooking up a proper Italian meal with old friends at Massoni’s in Perry Hall

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The Smalltimore journey continues on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour as Nicole Massoni and Terry Cook welcome Nestor to Massoni’s in Perry Hall for food, family, laughs and some old stories about Bob Ehrlich, Dundalk, Chuck and Brooks, the Governor’s Mansion in Annapolis and how sports and community brings us all together.

Business, C-Suite, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Technology

Still not using – or learning – AI? It’s time to catch up…

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Over the past year, it’s become the greatest and most controversial tool of this century: artificial intelligence. Our defending champion of learning new stuff, Denis O’Donovan of ProfitComm returns to provide Nestor an updated state of artificial intelligence and where and how to get educated and using it on a daily basis to save time, money and get smarter.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Crime, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, National, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Understanding the DNC and its next challenge to American democracy

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Local attorney Robbie Leonard discusses the reality of American politics for Democrats seeking checks and balances with Nestor at Costas Inn in Dundalk on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Wanna run for office? He did a couple of times and updates us on what it means to be a member of the Democratic National Committee.

Denis O’Donovan returns to provide a state of artificial intelligence where and how to get educated and using it

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Over the past year, it’s become the greatest and most controversial tool of this century: artificial intelligence. Our defending champion of learning new stuff, Denis O’Donovan of ProfitComm returns to provide Nestor an updated state of artificial intelligence and where and how to get educated and using it on a daily basis to save time, money and get smarter.

Business, Community, Crab Cake Row, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Working with local people who need a job to help find the right one

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There are success stories all over Baltimore about putting people back to work after the pandemic and Renee Barnes of the Baltimore County Workforce Development – located a block from his childhood home near Eastpoint Mall in Dundalk – is always a reach away for local folks who want and need to work in our region.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, Celebrities, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Health, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Music, Music Classic, Nestor Aparicio, News

The heart of the holiday matter in Dundalk with John Allen of Stone Horses

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The Dundalk boys reunite at the bar at Costas Inn for a little rocking around the Christmas tree catch up as John Allen of Stone Horses joins lifer pal Nestor to spread some holiday cheer and music memories from the soul of the neighborhood. The miracle of music, the new heart of our friend Ed Lauer and the beat of seeing The Go-Go’s Gina Schock perform with Cyndi Lauper at the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame induction in Los Angeles. Rock and roll never forgets…

Communications pro John Maroon joins Nestor for an AI discussion and holiday visit fom Costas Inn in Dundalk

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Our annual “two old sports guys” holiday visit with longtime communications pro John Maroon came on turf very familiar to all parties: Costas Inn in Dundalk, where no one was crabby but the ramping up of artificial intelligence in the world of public relations, marketing and advertising was spicy on our tongues on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Always changing, always evolving…

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Music, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time

What could two Dundalk teachers with 105 years of experience possibly still teach us about science and music?

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It didn’t even seem possible that colleagues Calvin Statham (59 years) and George Scheulen (46 years), who once taught Nestor at Holabird Junior High School in 1979, could still be teaching him about the important things in life beyond chorus and physics all these years later. Two beloved Baltimore County educators continue trying to tame their rambunctious student for the holidays with music and love (and crab cakes) at Costas Inn in Dundalk.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, College Sports, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Sports, Sports News

Sausage, soccer and suffering local World Cup madness

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Bringing the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back to DiPasquale’s for an Italian tour of the holidays, we knew Darren The Sausage King would bring us some seasonal favorites. Nestor explores some East Baltimore holiday flavor in Canton just in time for kielbasa and sauerkraut on the dinner table while talking World Cup fever with Highlandtown soccer legend Pete Caringi.

Rocker John Allen of Stone Horses and Nestor spread holiday cheer and music memories from the heart

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The Dundalk boys reunite at the bar at Costas Inn for a little rocking around the Christmas tree catch up as John Allen of Stone Horses joins lifer pal Nestor to spread some holiday cheer and music memories from the soul of the neighborhood. The miracle of music, the new heart of our friend Ed Lauer and the beat of seeing The Go-Go’s Gina Schock perform with Cyndi Lauper at the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame induction in Los Angeles. Rock and roll never forgets…

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Technology

Communicating and relating publicly the Maroon way

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Our annual “two old sports guys” holiday visit with longtime communications pro John Maroon came on turf very familiar to all parties: Costas Inn in Dundalk, where no one was crabby but the ramping up of artificial intelligence in the world of public relations, marketing and advertising was spicy on our tongues on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Always changing, always evolving…

Calvin Statham and George Scheulen tell Nestor about 105 years of teaching Baltimore County students

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It didn’t even seem possible that colleagues Calvin Statham (59 years) and George Scheulen (46 years). who once taught Nestor at Holabird Junior High School in 1979, could still be teaching him about the important things in life beyond chorus and physics all these years later. Two beloved Baltimore County educators continue trying to tame their rambunctious student for the holidays with music and love (and crab cakes) at Costas Inn in Dundalk.

Darren The Sausage King brings Nestor some East Baltimore holiday flavor at DiPasquale’s in Canton

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Bringing the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back to DiPasquale’s for an Italian tour of the holidays, we knew Darren The Sausage King would bring us some seasonal favorites. Nestor explores some East Baltimore holiday flavor at DiPasquale’s in Canton just in time for kielbasa and sauerkraut on the dinner table while talking World Cup fever with Highlandtown soccer legend Pete Caringi.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, TastyNes, Travel

No. 4 TastyNes and 27th Anniversary Tour: Pollo a la brasa Chicken Rico in Highlandtown

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Perhaps it’s that South American family familiarity or just that fact that it’s simply delicious? Nestor has been quietly carrying out a box of chicken, rice, black beans and plantains at this Highlandtown spot ever since he saw the doors open on Eastern Avenue. Let him tell you why it’s so high on the list…

Arts and Entertainment, Business, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, TastyNes

No. 17 on #TastyNes Tour & WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary: Icy Delights Egg Custard Snowball

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We’re all big kids when we get to the front of the snowball line and need to decide on a flavor. When in doubt, always go with egg custard or skylight. And always go to Icy Delights. Trust me: we’ve tried ’em all! People in East Baltimore know. Dundalk born; now shared even on Sundays in various Baltimore County spots. Cool off! And do the marshmallow if you wanna…

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, TastyNes, Travel

No. 19 on #TastyNes Tour and WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary Countdown: Fuji San Drunken Noodles

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The website at Fuji San says: “Best drunken noodles and pad thai in Maryland” and we’re not here to argue that as a gastronomic fact. If you love Thai food, make a stop on York Road in Cockeysville and see why we rarely go anywhere else when we’re craving a passage to Bangkok.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, TastyNes, Travel

No. 24 on #TastyNes Tour and WNST Baltimore 27th Anniversary Countdown: The Beaumont in Catonsville

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Our 27th Anniversary #TastyNes Tour around town brought to you by Curio Wellness as part of our Maryland Crab Cake Tour takes us back to Catonsville and one of the tastiest special occasion treats we can find to splurge on and feel completely self-indulgent in buttery, velvety decadence. The fried lobster tail at The Beaumont is the “other” divine crustacean and is simply perfect in The ‘Ville.

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