Talk of the town: Let me get this straight: Every time a bell rings an angel gets his flaming rum punch?
Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Mystery birds and tor-chay pie
Talk of the Town: Winter — it gets you one way or another.
Mark LaFlamme: The mass shooting leaves a sense of unreality in our wounded city
Street Talk: There are times when I can convince myself, if only for fleeting seconds, that the grim affair was nothing more than a horrid nightmare; something merely imagined in a half-waking fever dream.
Mark LaFlamme: M’corn is hurtin’ so it must be almost Christmas
Talk of the Town: It’s not the holidays without nog, chips, rum balls, corn and fruitcake. Especially the fruitcake.
Mark LaFlamme: Punk Icee, mysterious street wanderer, dies at 64
Street Talk: Punk lived a lifestyle that would seem almost Sisyphean to the rest of us: walk the streets from dawn until dusk, find enough empty bottles and cans to get by another day, and then when that day is done, get up and do it all over again.
Mark LaFlamme: Have you had enough of winter yet?
Talk of the town: I’m dreaming of a Fort Lauderdale Christmas, just like the ones I used to … ah fuhgeddaboudit.
Mark LaFlamme: If I ask your age, an editor is making me do it
Street Talk: The man in question is doing math in his head. He’s calculating the pros and cons of giving out his real age and trying to deduce how this might trip him up down the road.
Mark LaFlamme: I had my November removed and man, I feel good
Talk of the town: Aw, come on. Can we hear ‘Dominick the Donkey’ just one more time?
Mark LaFlamme: My name is Mike, and I’d like to sell you something
Street Talk: My inability to sell should have been obvious by the time I was 10 years old, when I was convinced I could become the richest kid on the block by selling the weekly newspaper known as Grit. Spoiler: I never became the richest kid on the block.
Mark LaFlamme: Happy Whatever Holiday You’re Presently Celebrating
Talk of the Town: It’s a magical time of year where on any given street, you might find a rich blend of three different holidays.