Baltimore, continued

We landed at Thurgood Marshall Airport and "ubered" to the city at about noon. Unbeknownst (?) to our driver, the Baltimore Marathon was taking place at the same time, so the middle of downtown was blocked off and traffic was gridlocked. The upside was we were able to see much more of Baltimore than we otherwise would have had we been able to drive directly to our hotel on the harbor. For example, I can tell you that the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) has a large campus.

It probably took us almost two hours to finally arrive at the hotel. Thankfully, we were able to check in and relax in our room a bit, which we desperately needed after our adventures since 5 AM. So after watching Fulham lose to Arsenal on the television in our room, we went out in search for food. We found some at Kneads Bakeshop. It's a spacious place with deli sandwiches, coffee, and scruptious pastries. After eating for the first time since Detroit Metro Airport, we ventured along the harbor on Thames Street, poked around the Sound Garden record shop, basked in the vibrant Saturday afternoon crowds on the sidewalks and in the bars, then decided to have cocktails at Prima Dopo, where I probably aggravated the waitress (who looked a bit like the singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb) and bartender by requesting the old-timey "rusty nail" drink. (They didn't have the necessary ingredients to make it--which was fine). After I drank the old-fashioned they made instead, I made amends by ordering one of their specialty Thames Street spritzers.

After we finished at the bar, we ambled back to the hotel and called it a day.