About Rafael Alvarez

Rafael Alvarez is a short story writer and journalist based in Baltimore and Los Angeles. Among his many books are "First & Forever," a history of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the short story collection, "Orlo & Leini." His new fiction collection - "Tales from the Holy Land" - will be released in early 2014. A former City Desk reporter for the Baltimore Sun and current columnist for Maryland Life magazine, Alvarez wrote for the first three seasons of "The Wire," HBO's award-winning police drama set in Baltimore. He can be reached via: orlo.leini@gmail.com

Summer of 2013 in Ocean City, Maryland, the White Marlin Capital of the World

By |2016-12-08T05:51:58-05:00May 29th, 2013|Rafael Alvarez, Worcester County|

  Joe Ciurca, Senior Surfer Memorial Day was early this year. Windy and cold, the holiday came and went almost a week before the month of May had passed.  But early or late – ready or not, rain or shine – the long weekend that honors America’s war dead launches the annual vacation [...]

The 2013 Maryland Film Festival Beatles and Bikes and the Old By and By

By |2016-12-08T05:51:59-05:00May 11th, 2013|Rafael Alvarez, Uncategorized|

  “Everybody’s a dreamer, and everybody’s a star … and everyone’s in movies, it doesn’t matter who you are …” - Raymond Douglas Davies   Deragh Campbell as Taryn This year’s Maryland Film Festival, anchored at the Charles Theater, will be screening some 50 feature films and 75 short films this weekend in [...]

The Earl of Baltimore: Earl Weaver

By |2016-12-08T05:51:59-05:00April 24th, 2013|Rafael Alvarez|

In December of 2010, a blogger for the New York Times wrote that Orioles’ Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver had died and gone to heaven. He was, in fact, at home in Florida. “Well I’ll be damned,” said Weaver when contacted by a reporter in Pembroke Pines. Heaven was also relieved. Some three years [...]

Circus Elephants at Lexington Market

By |2016-12-08T05:51:59-05:00April 4th, 2013|Rafael Alvarez, Uncategorized|

"If you ask me, the circus in always in town ..."                               - guy riding Light Rail, whom no one asked Photo Credit: Feld Entertainment Five pachyderms - bonded trunk to tail - walked west on Fayette Street through [...]

The Romper Room Lady & Ocean City

By |2016-12-08T05:51:59-05:00March 26th, 2013|Rafael Alvarez|

- by Rafael Alvarez  “I burn, freckle and peel …” - an Irish woman’s seaside lament Mary Carol Reilly’s father got two week’s vacation every year from the family leather shop in downtown Baltimore. And just about every summer of her childhood, the Reillys spent part of those two weeks in Ocean City. “My mother [...]

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