Anyone live there or thoughts on places that I should see while I've got free time?

6/10/2011 5:37:11 PM

Prop Joe

6/10/2011 5:44:25 PM

I hear everyone visits the morgue

6/10/2011 5:45:42 PM

Aquarium

6/10/2011 5:47:03 PM

I love aquariums but looks like they close at 5 which won't work for me. will be training till 4-5

6/10/2011 5:48:24 PM

Seriously though, go see an O's game. Camden yards is awesome.

Also, they let you take food and drinks into the ballpark (not alcohol though) so you don't have to pay outrageous ballpark prices.

6/10/2011 5:48:33 PM

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 5:54 PM. Reason : .]

6/10/2011 5:51:08 PM

american visionary art museum

crab cakes at faidley's in lexington market

southeastern market for mcnulty's kids

the block for lolz

club charles to hang with john waters

hampden junque to buy some weirdass pee wee herman merch

etc.

6/10/2011 5:51:56 PM

Seconded on the Orioles game.

6/10/2011 5:52:18 PM

^^make that two votes for etc.

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 5:52 PM. Reason : dern.]

6/10/2011 5:52:32 PM

^^

Aquarium and Inner Harbor. Go eat a real crab cake somewhere. Phillips is a chain outside of MD now but the ones there are still better. But yeah Inner Harbor is the best thing Baltimore has going for it.

6/10/2011 5:52:50 PM

O'S BABY

6/10/2011 5:54:14 PM

Quote :

"But yeah Inner Harbor is the best thing Baltimore has going for it."

This is not even remotely true. The aquarium is fine, and the weird dragon/swan boats are sort of neat, but the Inner Harbor is by far the least interesting part of Baltimore.

6/10/2011 5:55:24 PM

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"american visionary art museum"

yes definitely go here

when you say "downtown" I assume you mean Inner Harbor


I recommend The Ottobar for live music and a beer or two
take a cab

6/10/2011 5:56:18 PM

fells point

6/10/2011 6:02:40 PM

FUCK YOU BALTIMORE

6/10/2011 6:02:54 PM

hamsterdam

6/10/2011 6:03:04 PM

Second the O's game. Gorgeous park and plenty to do pre-game around it. It's a fun social experience.

Fells Point/Federal Hill.

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 6:04 PM. Reason : got that wmd]

6/10/2011 6:03:42 PM

omar comin'

6/10/2011 6:08:26 PM

lol fuck Baltimore. Go sailing in Annapolis.

6/10/2011 6:53:41 PM

Been up here for two weeks on business. I would suggest eating at Nicks Seafood House if you're looking for a hangout spot.

Whatever you end up doing, report back how it went. I've been up here awhile and haven't been many places yet.

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 7:03 PM. Reason : .]

6/10/2011 6:58:55 PM

Downtown near JHU was Bourbon Street

decent

Baltimore goes from high end to ghetto in 2 microseconds though

also

you might get robbed and die

6/10/2011 7:14:10 PM

you will not get robbed and die unless you decide to go walking down mcculloh with your ipod out at 1 am

but yes, the gentrification is very spotty

6/10/2011 7:38:20 PM

i came here to post crab cakes, inner harbor and go to DC if you staying the weekend.

there is nice Lebanese place...cant remember the name but food was amazing there!


shit i was looking up capital jazz fest in columbia, md but it was last weekend
i went there few years when i lived in columbia....it was amazing!

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 9:28 PM. Reason : more]

6/10/2011 9:25:40 PM

^ Lebanese Taverna?

6/10/2011 9:30:42 PM

yes thats the one....thanks emce

6/10/2011 9:33:21 PM

6/10/2011 9:36:11 PM

also, if you can find the 12 o'clock boys (or if they find you), you'll thank me

6/10/2011 9:36:49 PM

So I've heard that Baltimore has really been cleaned up, and that's it's a much nicer city than it was, say, 15 years ago. How true is this?

Thinking about a grad school there and I'm at the point where I'm assessing if I want to live at a certain location or not.

6/10/2011 11:33:39 PM

i dig baltimore

there are plenty of places that are perfectly safe and delightful

6/10/2011 11:37:02 PM

I used to smoke weed with john hopkins

6/11/2011 12:08:49 AM

Stay away from Bond/Preston and Durham streets, and Ashland ave.

6/11/2011 12:16:18 AM

preston is fine during the day

6/11/2011 12:58:21 AM

WHY U HATIN?

6/11/2011 2:56:47 AM

how has pit beef not been mentioned yet?

or little italy?



Ok, here: go to Chaps Charcoal Restaurant on Pulaski Highway. Try the pit beef - it's the best you can get in MD (since my Uncle who owned a PB business died, RIP). Anyways, it's a perfect lunch/informal dinner spot.

If you're looking for something more formal, I'll suggest Amicci's or Chiapparelli's, two gems of an italian joint in little italy.

Other than that... the area surrounding Hopkins isn't great when the sun goes down, especially to the North and East. The general area around Baltimore Cemetary contains some of the most dangerous blocks in America. Just be mindful of it - Baltimore's a great place to visit, but it goes from great to ghetto faster than any city in America (besides maybe norfolk).


oh, and John Waters is a goddamn freakshow.

[Edited on June 11, 2011 at 4:03 AM. Reason : .]

6/11/2011 4:02:03 AM

Quote :

"I used to smoke weed with john hopkins"

Least get it right.

It's Johns Hopkins

6/11/2011 7:05:50 AM

I love Baltimore! It's been a long time since I've been on good news though.

6/11/2011 7:25:20 AM

I was right near inner harbor. Baltimore was a JOY to visit! went to fells pt. little italy lexington market etc. was nice.

6/17/2011 2:47:34 AM

I had no idea that Baltimore has a little italy section. how good is it compared to NYC's?

6/17/2011 8:34:09 AM

Druid Hill Park

[Edited on June 17, 2011 at 8:36 AM. Reason : Luther Mahoney]

6/17/2011 8:35:57 AM

stop by and visit EMCE, i'm sure he could use the company. He's in DC area but seriously? its not that far.

6/17/2011 8:56:56 AM

just a visit or you livin up there?

6/20/2011 12:54:33 AM

You miss the Preakness by about a month.

That is by far the best time to be had in Baltimore.

6/20/2011 6:43:20 AM

Indeed, though black eyed susans are overrated

6/20/2011 12:36:48 PM

^^was the best time in Baltimore. Ever since they outlawed BYOB for the infield it's just not that much fun anymore.

6/20/2011 12:40:26 PM

I've only been once since. It was annoying only because I knew what it was before. It was still a better time than you'd have most other places in Bmore.

6/20/2011 1:38:25 PM

Riot and shoot cops

4/27/2015 3:06:21 PM

Baltiless

4/27/2015 3:28:03 PM

Stupid high schoolers

4/27/2015 4:12:58 PM

Go visit officer Salvatore Rivieri, aka "Dude".

4/28/2015 2:53:37 PM