Check out Ovenbird.

The sidewalks could be treacherous as well. If you need to leave the house via ANY mode of transportation you should really, really try to be back before noon. I've definitely seen the sidewalks turn to solid sheets of ice here a few times and it's not fun.

You can absolutely bypass all of their filtering with a VPN. I used one last time I had jury duty.

Highly depends on location/room. Some rooms it's terrible. Some rooms it's okay, especially in certain corners and near windows.

It can't be said enough - Jong Kak is by far the best Korean BBQ. They bring a ton of sides (banchan) and use charcoal. It makes all the difference in the world, IMO. Regular Korean BBQ is... sad.

> It's generally a pretty small percentage of storage unit patrons

I could see the correlation but I have my doubts that only a small number of people are using storage places because they have too much stuff.

In states with homes that generally have no basements (think FL, TX, etc) storage space is often at a premium. Combine this with the typical 1960's home size/design and you have basically zero storage, unless you don't put cars in the garage.

I also think a large number of people like to hoard, to some degree. I know my parents and several of their neighbors hang on to shit they could have tossed decades ago. "But what if I need it some day?" I will admit, I used to fall victim to this mindset and had a closet that was useless because it was full of every kind of cord, adapter, spare part, etc. imaginable. Then I got rid of nearly all of it and reclaimed the closet knowing that I might have to spend a few bucks at Microcenter or Monoprice if I ever need something. Well worth it.

There's also some cultures that hang on to more stuff, like practicing jews who have a kosher set of kitchen stuff that they might bust out on the rare occasion. Some actually operate parallel kitchens with two sets of everything, including appliances. Lots of opportunities here to accumulate a lot of stuff that needs to be stored.

> Kids at a bar is not something you see a lot of at a bar.

Family friendly bars/breweries are becoming increasingly common. Some regions are better about this than others, but you can absolutely find them nationwide.

I can't think of anyone who has said "Balt More" in the local area. The pronunciation varies but a common form is "Bal Ti More" where Ti can be a range of things. The T is never attached to the Bal part in pronunciations I hear regularly.

Bal is usually pronounced as "Ball" or "Baw".

The Ti middle part is represented by Teh, Deh, Tee, nothing at all, and more. Lots of variety here.

More is pronounced as "More" or "Mer."

Some combinations are much more popular than others.

Things to start to pick up around 7 PM'ish. I'd aim for starting NLT than 8 PM. You can definitely check out a few places in a single night.

Just walk around Fed Hill and check out the scene. There's probably a dozen'ish places that fit the bill that are basically next to each other. There's always something going on every Friday and Saturday night, except around holidays.

Jong Kak second floor. They rent out private rooms. It's Korean themed, so you will get absolutely irrelevant, crazy videos playing that have nothing to do with the song. I thought it was hilarious/awesome, but some might find that off putting. I think you could probably fit about a dozen or so people in there comfortably, but it's been a while.

Thanks, I missed autocorrect autowronging it

This seems like a really awful idea. You should Google image search “hand degloving”

The first one in Baltimore, 2018 I think, had gigantic lines. I will cut them slack as it was free and they did not anticipate such success. The next year was much better with respect to lines and crowds.

I thought there was overlap between the two groups? Maybe I missed something.

Is it the same as the Howard County disaster?

Let's see how many people have learned from the past many years of disastrous food festivals nationwide.

> The organizers are working with Peblla, a technology company based in North Bethesda that automates ordering through a mobile app. Chris Liang, Peblla’s co-founder, said his clients have used the mobile app at other festivals, but this will be the company’s first food festival in which they are supporting the whole system.

The real issue is NOT ordering. The real issue is that the food truck model (effectively what these are, with or without the truck) does not respond well to sudden surges in demand if the food is cooked to order. Unless the vendors scale out their infrastructure they are never going to be able to keep up with a huge rush. Or the food has to more or less be prepared prior to the start so it's just a matter of serving it. This problem isn't limited to just food festivals, you can read similar stories about weddings catered by food trucks going poorly just the same.

Personally, I think the "spend money to wait in line and spend more money" model is dumb. There's plenty of amazing Asian food in the area. Why not go visit these restaurants and get the full experience? Heritage in Whitehall Mill is absolutely top notch Filipino food and one of the best restaurants in Baltimore. I can tell you any of the Filipino vendors (I'm assuming there will probably be 2) at this event will be MANY tiers below Heritage. Ekiben is Asian-inspired and awesome. There are tons of great Thai restaurants in Baltimore'ish, and even more just outside (Kittiwat in Frederick was solid when we went and it has some menu items that many Thai places do not).

The DC area has a TON of options. I'm a huge fan of Thip Khao. Or if you want something more fusion, check out Bandoola Bowl. There's sooooooo many options.

I guess you can make an argument for the cultural stuff, but my experience with the Night Market when it was in Baltimore and free was that it was okay at best. Maybe it'll be a lot better, I don't know, but I feel like it wasn't super reflective of how Asian culture actually plays out. Go to a large Chinese or Indian wedding and your frame of reference will forever be changed.

You shouldn’t need to rely on that. They’re usually far short of self driving capabilities and will not be perfect.

Generally if someone rear ends you it will be their fault, not yours. Unless you do something really stupid, of course.

If you’re rear ending people you should probably slow down and pay attention.

Wegmans has wayyyy better cheeses!

What if you take the money you would save on food and instead purchase a more fuel efficient (or EV) car? Or donate to a cause that's trying to go after the big polluters? Saving a substantial amount of money can definitely open up other avenues to make a larger impact.

While I agree with you, you're buying into an effort by corporate America to shift the onus of saving the world onto the consumer. Which they happily find ways to profit off of - lots of people happily buy garbage because it's plastic free. This conveniently gets people focused on tiny contributors of greenhouse gasses while flagrant polluters fly under the radar. I bet a single week-long cruise generates more CO2 than all of the excess plastic in all Aldis worldwide in a year.

Some stuff there is ludicrously cheap compared to other places. When I need heavy cream it's like 5-6x cheaper at Aldi compared to anywhere else.

It's definitely possible that the author caught sales during this. It seems like Wegmans isn't cheaper, but I go so infrequently that it's hard to tell.

I always thought Harris Teeter basically sucked. It always felt like everything there is at premium prices despite not having a premium selection. They do have a fair number of items on sale, which helps a lot, but there is no guarantee that what you want will be on sale.

What's surprising to me is that Wegmans is the cheapest of the listed non-discount grocery stores. I think it has the best selection of all, by far. Harris Teeter is 17% more expensive than Wegmans for, IMO, significantly less selection and quality.

I do wish they would have included Costco in the comparison as well. You'd need to normalize for the large sizes, but that should be easy enough. I wonder how they would stack up to Aldi and Lidl.

Senegalese food can be so damn good, definitely flies under most people’s radars. I always recommend this place and the one in Hyattsville (Chez Dior?) to people. The one in Hyattsville has this intense mint tea that’s pretty awesome. Nailah’s baobab drink is incredible.