On a Toot!: Baltimore Edition
Fitting in Drinks and Writers Inbetween Coddie Runs.
Welcome to the latest edition of “On a Toot!,” an occasional feature in which I try to remember some of the liquid highlights of the week, and other highlights in general. “On a Toot!” will only run on Fridays and will only be available to paid subscribers. We hope you enjoy it. (In this case, “On a Toot!” is running on a Thursday, because I have a pressing deadline tomorrow. So you can all get a head start on your Baltimore plans.)
“The bar is packed all day long with New York debutantes, brokers, Newport dowagers, bad women who walk good dogs on Park Avenue, chic divorcees and college boys on toots.”—Daily News, 1937, describing the scene at the Ritz Bar in Paris.