
"Good Morning Baltimore, dum dum" - all I used to be able to think of when I heard 'Baltimore' is the opening song in Hairspray (a musical). Which is pretty sad. But now I have some new things to think about.
A few weekends ago, Micah and I found some super-cheap (maybe $110 round trip for both of us, total) tickets to Baltimore. Which was pretty awesome seeing how Kerry and Jason Graves and Lee and Mary Chaney Spencer all live there.
I was excited to see Kerry since I hadn't seen her since the wedding and I hadn't seen their house. They grabbed us from the airport on Friday night and we headed out for sushi / Japanese food. After a good dinner, we headed to their house. It's a row house (as most are in Baltimore). It's really great though because it's one of the wider ones (13ft across?) and the downstairs is pretty open which is nicer than most. I really liked it. It had a lot of character with brick walls and a neat staircase.

Saturday we went wandering in Fells Point, popped in and out of some shops and grabbed a yummy lunch at a sandwich place. We walked along the harbor and headed back to the house to catch a college football game in the afternoon.




That evening, we grabbed dinner nearby and then met up with some of Kerry and Jason's friends at a bar in the area for a few drinks. We then headed over to another bar to say hello to Lee and Mary Chaney. The evening ended with a trip to a karaoke bar which turned out to be lame-o since they had stopped taking sign-ups and everyone missed out on Micah's amazing rapping ability (not kidding - you know what I'm talking about for those who have seen him in action).

Sunday we slept in a little bit and headed to brunch on a gorgeous sunny, warm day. The four of us met Lee and Mary Chaney (and their dog, Albert) at the Speakeasy. We even got to sit outside and enjoy the warm sunshine. We made a quick stop by the Spencer's house to see their in-progress renovations - a big project!
We spent a relaxing afternoon watching a Ravens game at the Graves' house. After that was over, Kerry drove us by a large park and up to a pagoda on top. It was closed, but we still got to admire the view of the city around us. Then we drove over to the Avenue and browsed through some shops along the street before heading back to the house to grab our stuff to head to the airport.


Short, but sweet trip. Not bad for a weekender.
