January 20, 2005
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To Poe!
Filed under: Traditions I love.
Every year since 1949, a mysterious man has stolen to the grave of Edgar Allen Poe on January 19 to lay down a part-empty bottle of fine cognac and a trio of roses. The man, who’s known as the “Poe Toaster,” wasn’t deterred by this year’s cold spell.
Posted January 20, 2005 at 8:50 | Comments (4) | Permasnark
File under: Briefly Noted, Gleeful Miscellany
File under: Briefly Noted, Gleeful Miscellany
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/copied over to my file as well.
Cool.
do you have any pics of him?? if so, coment back and ill give you my REAl email
Poe toaster picture.
I do not know to this day who the Poe Toaster is.
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