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Around Town @ - Baton Bob Returns To The Spotlight Of Midtown

Baton Bob... he's back, he looks FABULOUS and he's here to stay.

Well Patch readers, we’re coming to you LIVE from a window seat here at Gilbert's Cafe on 10th Street in Midtown. The anticipation of both the bar opening up to selling mimosas at noon and the appearance of Baton Bob returning center stage to the streets of Midtown has my pulse racing. Hmmm, which one do I want most, the mimosas or Bob's appearance? Well duh, it's Baton Bob, I want to see, I can get a mimosa anytime.

The return of Bob is just crazy! There are customers walking in here at Gilbert's all wanting a window seat just so they can have a Bob's Eye view of him. To add more fuel to the Baton Bob fire, Gilbert's Cafe is running a "Baton Bob Sprinkled Pancake" special. Rusty the manager has balloons flying and the powdered sugar dusting through the air. I just grabbed my favorite server Doug to get another round of pancakes and to secure more mimosas... "Doug, make that two more mimosas!" Anyway, the very cool mother and daughter team to my left, Linda and Ebony (from OTP - Cobb County) just asked me who Baton Bob is. I gave them the low down and now they too are on the look out for Bob.

Tick ---- tick ---- tick ---- tick... the countdown to 1 p.m. is ticking away.

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Well the clock has ticked away another hour and I have had another two mimosas and way two many pancakes so where is BOB? WAIT!!! Do I hear that famous whistle? Could it be Bob? People are sticking their heads out the window yelling, "it's HIM, it's BOB!" Guess what...it is Bob in all his glory. Even the Midtown fire engine truck is blasting its horn seeing him. Bob is shaking it up big time, the camera phones are coming out taking his picture marching up 10th Street. He's now walking up past Flying Biscuit. He's heading towards Blue Med Spa. Someone just yelled he's going to Joe's On Juniper and Einstein's. Ok, now he has just done a spin in front of 5 Napkin Burger.

Is he now coming to Gilbert's? OMG... he's headed this way! Now he's marching through Gilbert's and the crowd is getting crazy! My OTP friends (Linda and Ebony) next to me are in shock! "This would never happen in Cobb County" Ebony responds. I lean into her to say, "yeah that's why we live here in Midtown and have this much fun." She then turns to me and says, "I just love him." Well Girl, so do we!

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Fans can follow Baton Bob on his website at www.batonbob.com or through his Facebook page or on twitter. We love you Bob, welcome HOME!

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