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October 29, 2023
5-8 p.m.
Sagamore Pendry Baltimore
Spirited cocktails were the focal point at the Baltimore Bartenders’ Guild’s 12th-annual “Ryes Up Against Cystic Fibrosis” competition, which once again took on a Halloween theme this year. A 21-and-over crowd—many in costume—filled the Sagamore Pendry Baltimore ballroom to sample a variety of rye whiskeys, as well as cocktails entries created by local bartenders. Adding to the evening’s “booze and boos” fun were bites from local vendors and a costume contest. As always, money raised from the event was donated to the Maryland chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Left to right: Amie Ward, Safe Bars healthtender/executive director/Baltimore Bartenders’ Guild president; Kim Vo (costume inspired by the many plants at her place of work), Dutch Courage Gin Bar bar manager/event volunteer coordinator; Elena Johnson, Ammoora bartender/Baltimore Bartenders’ Guild secretary
Left to right: Rusty Owens (as Pee Wee Herman), H.R. Cars auto mechanic; Kathleen McCullough, Waldorf School teacher
Left to right: FooodandBrews co-founders Ray Grewe and Nancy Neely, as characters from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Man Cheetah and Ongo Gablogian
Left to right: Kat Giordano, archivist; Joseph Giordano, photojournalist
Left to right: Wilson Lamy (as Coach Beard from “Ted Lasso”), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine engineer; Dr. Sandra Quezada (as Cruella de Vil), gastroenterologist; Dr. Nedhi Goel (as “Harry Potter’s” Professor McGonagall), hospitalist; Sundeep Patel (as “Harry Potter’s” Dobby), Howard County Public Schools controller
Left to right: Cynthia Dunyoh, NAACP human resources director; Edem Dunyoh, CDC Construction COO; Deana Jefferson, Trevino owner; Earl Harris, CDC Construction CEO
Left to right: Curt Schmelz (as Fist of the North Star’s Ken Zero), Almo AV engineer; Heather England (as an autumn faerie), Heather England Hair at the Neon Hare owner/hairstylist
Left to right: Winners of the Couples Costume prize: Porter Murray (as Sesame Street’s Burt), artist; Cerea Steficek (as Sesame Street’s Ernie), youth programming manager
Left to right: Anna Kent (as Algernon from Flowers for Algernon), Tom Cat’s Kitchen owner/chef; Anonymous as Fantastic Mr. Fox
Left to right: Hope Bringer, business consultant; Stacie Bostic, mixologist/author
Left to right: Nick Pikounis (as WWE star Seth Rollins) Cafe Campli bar manager; Nick Peña, Alma Cocina Latina bartender— with their WWE-inspired rye cocktail contest entry, “The Piledriver”
