Baltimore is the backdrop for the romantic dramedy "He's Just Not That Into You," which opens Friday.
This isn't the first time Charm City is a character in a dopey chick flick. Many of Meg Ryan's scenes in "Sleepless in Seattle" were set in the O's hometown.
While the neon Domino Sugars sign can be seen from an apartment shared by the characters played by Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck, it's only Hollywood wizardry. Most of the movie was filmed in Los Angeles. According to the Baltimore Sun, the window view was a backdrop created by a production designer.
Look closely at some of the bar scenes, however, and you can spy bottles of Natty Boh, or National Bohemian, the beer that was once brewed in Baltimore.
The movie, which focuses on the love lives of nine men and women, is based on the book by writer/comedian Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, an executive editor of the HBO TV series "Sex and the City."
Behrendt grew tired of listening to women make excuses for men they were dating. During a "Sex" story meeting, he put down the cookie he was eating and tossed off the line "Listen, it sounds like he's just not that into you."
Brutal honest truth begat a best-seller and now an annoying movie that portrays women as needy ninnies.
Save your money and spend it on a Baltimore-style crab cake.
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And the BEST Baltimore crab cake has to be from G and M. They are amazing...8 ounces of pure eating pleasure! And they ship overnight. If you know anyone who has moved away and is craving crab cakes, sned them some!
http://www.gandmcrabcakes.com/
Locally, Henretty's crab cakes (in Hockessin) come really close to G and M, just not as large. And his potato salad is to die for!
A friend of mine in LA just told me that she made 9 crab cakes from a pound of crabmeat. I am still scratching my head over that!
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