I miss 2011.

I'm kind of disappointed with the things that have gone in on the Avenue lately. I live in Hampden and I am not interested in any of the new places. Ever since Trohv went out several years ago, it seems like the Avenue is not as much of a hot spot as it used to be.

Take some expensive camera equipment for a photo tour of North Avenue.

Let’s be honest. There are not a plethora of parking spaces when it snows, so if someone shovels over a foot of snow from around there car, I don’t begrudge them wanting it when they return home.

Isn't it more effort to DM people you deem worthy than just posting it and giving them a plug for their business?

I'm sure you can understand how it makes it look like you are just making shit up on some "I have a girlfriend but she goes to another school" type shit

A stop at Methany’s Burger Stand would be a pretty poor choice.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/joe-metheny

Alcohol profit margins are much higher.

They actually used to rent the space out at night for private parties with tables all around the tanks and it was cool as hell. The law firm I used to work for had events there.

For real

We just grab it out of the touch tank, right? It's like the lobster tank at the grocery store.

Basic civility would be understanding that you are not special and entitled to public spaces because of sme you think you did makes you special over. everyone else.

And I help my neighbors dig their cars out AND don't expect anything in return. But you seem to think everyone and society owes you something when it snows.

Don't try to make sense of it. People want to believe that the effort they expend digging a car out so they can drive it somewhere means they now own that patch of road 'round the clock. "I did a hard thing for myself so now fuck any neighbor or visitor who isn't me!" as local custom.

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Yes, always a good meal, but more bar food.

Many have a bar. I wouldn't say they're centered around it though.

No. When I moved to Baltimore, (1984) there were many venerable old restaurants which were very interesting and part of the city fabric. Sadly most of them have died, mostly as younger the generations did not want to continue the family business. In their place have been a new generation of restaurants, though all in a new national style and often not locally owned. Many have had great food, but could be located anywhere in the country. Not quite a chain concept, but with none of the local color or interest.

Of course the pandemic has been a killer of all levels of restaurants.

I asked enough questions on our one and only date to be able to answer those questions!

It was somewhere in Africa and generally the workers hung out together a lot. They would make it a point to check out as much as possible. It was safer to do things in a big group as well. So it sounded exciting from that perspective.

Divorce rates are high because the +1 usually finds miscellaneous admin jobs, at best. The novelty of being somewhere exciting wears off quick when you find yourself being a secretary after formally working as a senior engineer. And that often breeds resentment. The employed spouse also gets to travel a fair bit (for work) which means the +1 gets to fly solo a fair bit but never fully fits in.

People who don't get married before heading over often get married while over there. Apparently having similar jobs makes things... easier. But they get divorced too because once the job comes to an end people can find out they don't actually have too much in common.

I will give her credit, she held up to my interrogation quite well. She also probably thought I was interested, so there is that.

I always try to check out new places because of that initial fail rate. I wish Baltimore had more just restaurants though - i don't know why almost every restaurant in Baltimore has to center around a bar. Like, mentally, I'm not going to grab lunch in a bar

You must be my neighbor who gladly accepted my offer to help shovel him out and then he walked off when his car was done. Just in time for me to realize my car had 2x as much snow on it as anyone else, motherfucker had just dumped his snow on/around my car.

All this to say there’s “making up rules” and there’s basic goddamn civility

Dinner at the National Aquarium

A vacancy tax might be easier to implement on a local level. But I love where your head's at

Hey, I like cheesecake! I just don't want to go to some sad Cheesecake Factory in a dead mall.

Boston Street and that shopping plaza at that time are like hell's half acre. I cannot imagine fighting through all of that to eat some just ok food.

Selecting an Atlas Group restaurant demonstrates a lack of imagination. It's like buying someone roses when you could have found out if they even like flowers.

Ropewalk Tavern

Yup.

I’m sure it was.