Lost Anecdote From the Pages of Vasari

by Garrett Brown

Originally published on May 1, 2001

Spring cleaning in Baltimore always involved a yellow bucket sloshing with soapy water and a rag recognized as the tattered remains of my father’s bowling shirt, circa 1973. I would be sent to the front of the house on the first warm day of shorts and no socks to wipe the marble steps. It was [...]