NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun | December 23, 2011
Nicole McAllister, a longtime Johns Hopkins Club waitress whose grit and determination to see that her daughter received a college education paid off earlier this year when she had the pleasure of seeing her daughter receive her bachelor's degree, died Dec. 16 of a stroke at Sinai Hospital. The Northwest Baltimore resident was 44. The daughter of a construction worker and a teacher's aide, Nicole McAllister was born in Baltimore and raised on Newton Avenue. After graduating from Walbrook High School in 1985, Ms. McAllister worked as a teller for almost a decade at the old Union Trust Co., later Signet Bank, until she was laid off from her job In 1994, she took a job as a waitress at the Johns Hopkins Club, which is on the university's Homewood campus, where she quickly built a loyal and dedicated following.
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun and Baltimore Sun reporter | November 24, 2010
Angela G. Thompson, who in 49 years of waitressing at Sabatino's in Little Italy memorized her orders and rarely used a pad, died of a heart attack Nov. 15 at Franklin Square Hospital Center. She was 76 and lived in Highlandtown. "She worked until the week before she died," said her son, Michael R. Thompson of Baltimore. "She wanted very much to make 50 years at the same job. " Born Angela Goth in Ansbach, Germany, she met and married a Virginia-born serviceman, Richard McCarty Thompson.
NEWS
June 16, 1991
Graveside services for Loretha Dillon, a retired waitress at a Pikesville restaurant, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Woodlawn Memorial Park in Bluefield, W.Va.Mrs. Dillon, who was 71, died Wednesday of cancer at her home on Bedford Road in the Sudbrook Park area.She retired more than a year ago after nearly 20 years at the Steak and Egg Kitchen.The former Loretha Wells was a native of Corbin, Ky., and before moving to the Baltimore area, had worked as a clerk in a department store in Bluefield.
NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen | September 27, 2009
Lois E. Pannell, a longtime waitress and animal lover, died Monday of heart failure at Northwest Hospital Center. She was 71. Mrs. Pannell retired earlier this year from Sheraton Four Points at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, where she had worked for the last 15 years. Earlier, she had worked at the now-defunct Black Pearl in Harborplace, and Westview Lounge & Supper Club in Catonsville. Lois Ellen Schwartz was born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Park.
FEATURES
By DAVE BARRY and DAVE BARRY,Knight Ridder/Tribune | December 6, 1998
SO I'M SITTING IN A CNN studio in Los Angeles. They have smeared makeup on my face so it will look naturally orange on television. A man named Mario has inserted an earpiece into my ear, which has me a little concerned because, not to brag, or anything, but I am the Mark McGwire of earwax production. I'm afraid that Mario will need a winch to get that thing back out of there. I'm also concerned about whether Mario cleans this earpiece between guests, and what other guests it was inserted into before me. Henry Kissinger, for example.
ENTERTAINMENT
By David Zurawik and The Baltimore Sun | February 24, 2012
Hallie Day, a 24-year-old waitress at the the Cheesecake Factory in Towson, made it into the semi-finals on "American Idol" and will compete in a live telecast Wednesday. Day, who lives in Nottingham, says she hasn't sung much professionally, and her appearance Wednesday will be her first with an audience that size. "I performed with the Jazz Caravan, a jazz band, one time," she said. "And then, I led worship at Second Presbyterian Church in Towson. Other than that, I haven't really performed a lot. So, a lot of this is very new to me. " Day, who says her favorite genre is "soul" music, says she started singing in church at age 5. "I loved the little solos that I would get, and I think that's maybe when the diva started to come out," she said with a laugh.