In a flashback episode, Mark at the Mic visited "Sandwich Czar" Rino Betti for a fun conversation on how Rino and his long time companion and wife June built an iconic Burlingame sandwich shop, named "Sam's," which was in business for 38 years.  Rino talks of the origins of the shop, shares his famous sandwich dressing, announces that he was the creator of "Cheese Please" on the corner of Burlingame Ave and Calif.  He also remembers with sentiment how his loyal customers came to his aid with a "go fund me" account created by Cathy Baylock and Russ Cohen to help him move from his Calif Dr location to "The Depot" on Howard Ave.  A wonderful walk down memory lane.  

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Mark at the Mic had an afternoon conversation with the current Mayor and 3.5 year councilman Peter Stevenson.  Ironically, Peter was a guest 3.5 years ago when he was running for city council.  The fellas discussed Peter's top priorities and challenges for the City, downtown development, including ideas for Broadway Burlingame, transportation and safety.  Mark at the Mic also makes a plea for a 4th of July parade or any day parade to keep the "Burlingame, its a Small Town" feeling.  A fun and informative episode. 

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Chief Reilly takes center stage with fun and factual stories of his long time career as a Burlingame Fire Fighter and long time Chief.  Burlingame's last Chief and Central County's first Chief.  Bill shares a few memories of his time in Vietnam, his 54-55 years plus of being married to his high school sweetheart Nancy, and even lets us know how much a new fire engine costs.  Hint: it ain't cheap.  A fun and informative interview. 

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In this episode of a Mark Goes Rogue podcast Mark at the Mic sits down with long time teacher Gwen Minor, who teaches the likes of Shakespeare, Socrates and Homer to children.  Mark who is a no nothing when it comes to aforementioned challenges Gwen to teach him about Shakespeare.   You'll have to listen in to find out what happened.

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Mark at the Mic sits down with local authors Jessica Beebe (Burlingame) and Matt Barrows (San Jose) a sister and brother team who co-authored their first novel "Muddy the Water"  and it's a page turning thriller.  Jessica and Matt share their challenges and triumphs, frustrations and humor with Mark in their 5 years of writing this suspenseful novel.  High praise from Katie Couric, journalist and author and Peter King long time writer for Sports Illustrated, among others. The book is available at Barnes and Noble, Amazon and wherever fine books are sold.

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Mark at the Mic sits down with Sarah and Jacob Marotta, a sister and brother team that recently purchased the former Nini's Coffee Shop located at 1100 N. Humbolt in San Mateo Ca. They have renamed the iconic coffee shop Kiki's Coffee Shop.  How did they choose the name Kiki's?  Who are Sarah and Jacob?  When are they going to open and what kind of cuisine can we expect?  You'll have to listen to Mark's first podcast of 2025 to find out the answers to those questions and much more.   #burlingameitsasmalltown #burlingamehistoricalsociety #markatthemic

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