After grabbing dinner at the Ellicott Mills Brewing Company,
we headed down Main Street
to check out the scene. It wasn't long before we caught a whiff of something
that smelled downright delicious. It was the La Pearle Waffles food truck which
had commandeered a parking spot along a very narrow stretch of sidewalk.
Further along we ran into Gunther Miller pedaling Choose Insanity bumper stickers. Gunther told me that sales were a bit off from
previous years as the novelty has begun to wear off. To counter this he has
diversified by adding HoCo magnets with turkey vultures to his product
offerings.
High school madrigals are a traditional part of Midnight
Madness and last night was no exception.
At the bottom of Main
Street I spoke to a hot dog vendor who had
commandeered another parking spot. Brendan told me that he was the guy behind
LaLa’s ice cream parlor. The shop has been “coming soon” for almost a year now.
“It’s been a challenge trying to get open,” he told me. One
of the problems he faced was the ceiling height in the space. It is two inches
lower that the health department regulations require. He told me that he
believes they've resolved that issue and are now on track for an April 2013
opening.
We finished up our Madness night with a wine sample at The Wine Bin. They were offering a red called Santa's Little Helper. It's the kind of wine you buy for the label, not what's in the bottle.
