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l33tminion) wrote2023-02-28 09:35 pm
l33tminion) wrote2023-02-28 09:35 pm
Baltimore, Baby
Second trip of Erica's February break last week was amazing! Was great to see Melissa and Elliott and Simon. Simon is standing and crawling and while he's still a pretty quiet baby, he's definitely getting more communicative. (Not talking for real yet, but definitely making good use of a small set of words and hand-signs, and just generally being more expressive.) Erica had two overnights with her aunt and uncle, so I got in some date nights with Julie.
I took Erica to the children's museum one day, and we saw the aquarium and the Baltimore Museum of Art with (different subsets of) the larger group. The aquarium really reminded me of the one in Boston. Not a coincidence, turns out the New England Aquarium was designed by the same architect a few years earlier.
We took Melissa out for dinner at Liora, which was absolutely amazing. (Simon and Elliott missed that one because Simon had a bit of a stomach bug that day, so will have to make it up another time. Definitely wouldn't hesitate to make a return trip.) Had a lot of other good food, including some home cooking.
I really enjoyed Baltimore. Our hotel was just next to the Johns Hopkins campus. It was pretty and walkable, and the transit seemed pretty nice. (In particular, one of the free circulator bus routes ran frequently from the campus area to downtown.) Melissa's neighborhood is pretty cool, her place is really nice.
The trip back was a bit exhausting, the flight was a bit delayed and we got in on the late side. I got so scattered on the way home that I managed to leave my phone in the cab. I'm usually pretty good about avoiding that, even when I'm juggling stuff. The driver was very fortunately kind enough to backtrack a mile or so and return it. (I activated the device finder feature, so presumably he noticed when it started making plaintive lost-phone noises.) Very close call.
I took Erica to the children's museum one day, and we saw the aquarium and the Baltimore Museum of Art with (different subsets of) the larger group. The aquarium really reminded me of the one in Boston. Not a coincidence, turns out the New England Aquarium was designed by the same architect a few years earlier.
We took Melissa out for dinner at Liora, which was absolutely amazing. (Simon and Elliott missed that one because Simon had a bit of a stomach bug that day, so will have to make it up another time. Definitely wouldn't hesitate to make a return trip.) Had a lot of other good food, including some home cooking.
I really enjoyed Baltimore. Our hotel was just next to the Johns Hopkins campus. It was pretty and walkable, and the transit seemed pretty nice. (In particular, one of the free circulator bus routes ran frequently from the campus area to downtown.) Melissa's neighborhood is pretty cool, her place is really nice.
The trip back was a bit exhausting, the flight was a bit delayed and we got in on the late side. I got so scattered on the way home that I managed to leave my phone in the cab. I'm usually pretty good about avoiding that, even when I'm juggling stuff. The driver was very fortunately kind enough to backtrack a mile or so and return it. (I activated the device finder feature, so presumably he noticed when it started making plaintive lost-phone noises.) Very close call.