On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 17:29:18 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 10/9/18 5:15 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:23:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:48:35 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Four cruise ships in today. Two big'uns at Pier 20 and 21 plus another two at the extreme right of the scan.
https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/pier-21/

If and when there's a Disney Cruise out of Baltimore, heading that way, we'll be on it. Actually,
we've been in touch with Danny Stewart to put on a Bluegrass Cruise out of Baltimore up that way.
Those are fun. The last one was on Royal Caribbean out of Tampa. Don't like flying to Tampa though.

What's wrong with flying to Tampa. That is usually a non-stop out of
DCA and it is a short ride to the cruise dock. It is certainly better
than Miami.


Baltimore is about an hour away from where Herring lives. About the same
for us. Easy drive, no muss, no fuss, no flying, no airport/airplane
hassles. We drive up to Baltimore frequently for dinner at some terrific
restaurants.

This one is really nice...great food, service, atmosphere...

https://is.gd/qoT4F6

If the weather is decent, we try to get seated in the courtyard behind
the restaurant. There are a number of interesting restaurants in that
neighborhood, so on-street parking can be a bitch.



Thanks. Another place scratched off my list.

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 23:52:07 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:51 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:15 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:23:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:48:35 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Four cruise ships in today. Two big'uns at Pier 20 and 21 plus another
two at the extreme right of the scan.
https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/pier-21/

If and when there's a Disney Cruise out of Baltimore, heading that way,
we'll be on it. Actually,
we've been in touch with Danny Stewart to put on a Bluegrass Cruise out
of Baltimore up that way.
Those are fun. The last one was on Royal Caribbean out of Tampa. Don't
like flying to Tampa though.

What's wrong with flying to Tampa. That is usually a non-stop out of
DCA and it is a short ride to the cruise dock. It is certainly better
than Miami.


Baltimore is about an hour away from where Herring lives. About the same
for us. Easy drive, no muss, no fuss, no flying, no airport/airplane
hassles. We drive up to Baltimore frequently for dinner at some terrific
restaurants.

This one is really nice...great food, service, atmosphere...

https://is.gd/qoT4F6

If the weather is decent, we try to get seated in the courtyard behind
the restaurant. There are a number of interesting restaurants in that
neighborhood, so on-street parking can be a bitch.





Heck, if I want nice restaurants, I drive 5 minutes to downtown Pleasanton.


Baltimore has a lot of interesting restaurants. Where we live, there are
only a handful of good, locally owned eateries.


But drive an hour to a war zone? Saturday we went to San Francisco for
Fleet Week. Watched the Blue Angels spend tax dollars. Since you do not
pay taxes, should not matter to you cost. But since there was a 2 hour
wait for bar eating seating at one of our favorite places, House of Prime
Ribs, we went to the Buena Vista, great Irish Coffee and wife and I split a
crab melt and shrimp Louie salad,

One does not have to go through the downtown kill zone to get to the port.

On 10/9/18 7:52 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:51 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:15 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:23:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:48:35 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Four cruise ships in today. Two big'uns at Pier 20 and 21 plus another
two at the extreme right of the scan.
https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/pier-21/

If and when there's a Disney Cruise out of Baltimore, heading that way,
we'll be on it. Actually,
we've been in touch with Danny Stewart to put on a Bluegrass Cruise out
of Baltimore up that way.
Those are fun. The last one was on Royal Caribbean out of Tampa. Don't
like flying to Tampa though.

What's wrong with flying to Tampa. That is usually a non-stop out of
DCA and it is a short ride to the cruise dock. It is certainly better
than Miami.


Baltimore is about an hour away from where Herring lives. About the same
for us. Easy drive, no muss, no fuss, no flying, no airport/airplane
hassles. We drive up to Baltimore frequently for dinner at some terrific
restaurants.

This one is really nice...great food, service, atmosphere...

https://is.gd/qoT4F6

If the weather is decent, we try to get seated in the courtyard behind
the restaurant. There are a number of interesting restaurants in that
neighborhood, so on-street parking can be a bitch.





Heck, if I want nice restaurants, I drive 5 minutes to downtown Pleasanton.


Baltimore has a lot of interesting restaurants. Where we live, there are
only a handful of good, locally owned eateries.


But drive an hour to a war zone?

Life must be really challenging for you right-wing trashmeisters. We've
been enjoying Baltimore and its surrounding areas for decades. We've
visited Greek, Italian, Uzbeki, Ukrainian, and Polish restaurants, and
lots of mostly seafood restaurants. Also attended many of the city's
ethnic festivals. Like most large cities, Baltimore has a crime problem,
but we don't go looking for it.

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 7:52 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:51 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:15 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:23:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:48:35 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Four cruise ships in today. Two big'uns at Pier 20 and 21 plus another
two at the extreme right of the scan.
https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/pier-21/

If and when there's a Disney Cruise out of Baltimore, heading that way,
we'll be on it. Actually,
we've been in touch with Danny Stewart to put on a Bluegrass Cruise out
of Baltimore up that way.
Those are fun. The last one was on Royal Caribbean out of Tampa. Don't
like flying to Tampa though.

What's wrong with flying to Tampa. That is usually a non-stop out of
DCA and it is a short ride to the cruise dock. It is certainly better
than Miami.


Baltimore is about an hour away from where Herring lives. About the same
for us. Easy drive, no muss, no fuss, no flying, no airport/airplane
hassles. We drive up to Baltimore frequently for dinner at some terrific
restaurants.

This one is really nice...great food, service, atmosphere...

https://is.gd/qoT4F6

If the weather is decent, we try to get seated in the courtyard behind
the restaurant. There are a number of interesting restaurants in that
neighborhood, so on-street parking can be a bitch.





Heck, if I want nice restaurants, I drive 5 minutes to downtown Pleasanton.


Baltimore has a lot of interesting restaurants. Where we live, there are
only a handful of good, locally owned eateries.


But drive an hour to a war zone?

Life must be really challenging for you right-wing trashmeisters. We've
been enjoying Baltimore and its surrounding areas for decades. We've
visited Greek, Italian, Uzbeki, Ukrainian, and Polish restaurants, and
lots of mostly seafood restaurants. Also attended many of the city's
ethnic festivals. Like most large cities, Baltimore has a crime problem,
but we don't go looking for it.


You avoid it at all costs would be a better statement.

Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 7:52 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:51 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:15 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:23:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:48:35 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Four cruise ships in today. Two big'uns at Pier 20 and 21 plus another
two at the extreme right of the scan.
https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/pier-21/

If and when there's a Disney Cruise out of Baltimore, heading that way,
we'll be on it. Actually,
we've been in touch with Danny Stewart to put on a Bluegrass Cruise out
of Baltimore up that way.
Those are fun. The last one was on Royal Caribbean out of Tampa. Don't
like flying to Tampa though.

What's wrong with flying to Tampa. That is usually a non-stop out of
DCA and it is a short ride to the cruise dock. It is certainly better
than Miami.


Baltimore is about an hour away from where Herring lives. About the same
for us. Easy drive, no muss, no fuss, no flying, no airport/airplane
hassles. We drive up to Baltimore frequently for dinner at some terrific
restaurants.

This one is really nice...great food, service, atmosphere...

https://is.gd/qoT4F6

If the weather is decent, we try to get seated in the courtyard behind
the restaurant. There are a number of interesting restaurants in that
neighborhood, so on-street parking can be a bitch.





Heck, if I want nice restaurants, I drive 5 minutes to downtown Pleasanton.


Baltimore has a lot of interesting restaurants. Where we live, there are
only a handful of good, locally owned eateries.


But drive an hour to a war zone?

Life must be really challenging for you right-wing trashmeisters. We've
been enjoying Baltimore and its surrounding areas for decades. We've
visited Greek, Italian, Uzbeki, Ukrainian, and Polish restaurants, and
lots of mostly seafood restaurants. Also attended many of the city's
ethnic festivals. Like most large cities, Baltimore has a crime problem,
but we don't go looking for it.


You avoid it at all costs would be a better statement.



That’s right, Bilious...we don’t go looking for street crime and street
criminals. Do you?

--
Posted with my iPhone 8+.

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 23:52:07 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:


Baltimore has a lot of interesting restaurants. Where we live, there are
only a handful of good, locally owned eateries.


But drive an hour to a war zone?

You just need to look at the murder map and see which gangs are
beefing that week so you can plot a safe course through town.

https://homicides.news.baltimoresun.com/

Bill

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True North wrote:Â*
Four cruise ships in today. Two big'uns at Pier 20 and 21 plus anotherÂ*
two at the extreme right of the scan.Â*
Â*https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/pier-21/Â*
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"That many people hitting town. Â*I would want to be somewhere else."

Local news says there were five cruise ships in today with over 11,000 passengers.
Busy downtown and the local tourist spots but wouldn't even know what was going on a kilometer from the docks. We did see a couple large groups of maybe German or Scandinavian bicycle tourists while walking our dog at Point Pleasant Park.

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 21:42:11 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 7:52 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:51 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:15 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:23:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:48:35 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Four cruise ships in today. Two big'uns at Pier 20 and 21 plus another
two at the extreme right of the scan.
https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/pier-21/

If and when there's a Disney Cruise out of Baltimore, heading that way,
we'll be on it. Actually,
we've been in touch with Danny Stewart to put on a Bluegrass Cruise out
of Baltimore up that way.
Those are fun. The last one was on Royal Caribbean out of Tampa. Don't
like flying to Tampa though.

What's wrong with flying to Tampa. That is usually a non-stop out of
DCA and it is a short ride to the cruise dock. It is certainly better
than Miami.


Baltimore is about an hour away from where Herring lives. About the same
for us. Easy drive, no muss, no fuss, no flying, no airport/airplane
hassles. We drive up to Baltimore frequently for dinner at some terrific
restaurants.

This one is really nice...great food, service, atmosphere...

https://is.gd/qoT4F6

If the weather is decent, we try to get seated in the courtyard behind
the restaurant. There are a number of interesting restaurants in that
neighborhood, so on-street parking can be a bitch.





Heck, if I want nice restaurants, I drive 5 minutes to downtown Pleasanton.


Baltimore has a lot of interesting restaurants. Where we live, there are
only a handful of good, locally owned eateries.


But drive an hour to a war zone?

Life must be really challenging for you right-wing trashmeisters. We've
been enjoying Baltimore and its surrounding areas for decades. We've
visited Greek, Italian, Uzbeki, Ukrainian, and Polish restaurants, and
lots of mostly seafood restaurants. Also attended many of the city's
ethnic festivals. Like most large cities, Baltimore has a crime problem,
but we don't go looking for it.


You avoid it at all costs would be a better statement.



That’s right, Bilious...we don’t go looking for street crime and street
criminals. Do you?

Sometimes it just finds you.

Keyser Söze wrote:
Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 7:52 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:51 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/9/18 5:15 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:23:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:48:35 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Four cruise ships in today. Two big'uns at Pier 20 and 21 plus another
two at the extreme right of the scan.
https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/pier-21/

If and when there's a Disney Cruise out of Baltimore, heading that way,
we'll be on it. Actually,
we've been in touch with Danny Stewart to put on a Bluegrass Cruise out
of Baltimore up that way.
Those are fun. The last one was on Royal Caribbean out of Tampa. Don't
like flying to Tampa though.

What's wrong with flying to Tampa. That is usually a non-stop out of
DCA and it is a short ride to the cruise dock. It is certainly better
than Miami.


Baltimore is about an hour away from where Herring lives. About the same
for us. Easy drive, no muss, no fuss, no flying, no airport/airplane
hassles. We drive up to Baltimore frequently for dinner at some terrific
restaurants.

This one is really nice...great food, service, atmosphere...

https://is.gd/qoT4F6

If the weather is decent, we try to get seated in the courtyard behind
the restaurant. There are a number of interesting restaurants in that
neighborhood, so on-street parking can be a bitch.





Heck, if I want nice restaurants, I drive 5 minutes to downtown Pleasanton.


Baltimore has a lot of interesting restaurants. Where we live, there are
only a handful of good, locally owned eateries.


But drive an hour to a war zone?

Life must be really challenging for you right-wing trashmeisters. We've
been enjoying Baltimore and its surrounding areas for decades. We've
visited Greek, Italian, Uzbeki, Ukrainian, and Polish restaurants, and
lots of mostly seafood restaurants. Also attended many of the city's
ethnic festivals. Like most large cities, Baltimore has a crime problem,
but we don't go looking for it.


You avoid it at all costs would be a better statement.



That’s right, Bilious...we don’t go looking for street crime and street
criminals. Do you?


I worked in Oakland in the crime area 40 years ago. So, I adjust.

On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:41:21 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 17:29:18 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 10/9/18 5:15 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 15:23:53 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:48:35 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Four cruise ships in today. Two big'uns at Pier 20 and 21 plus another two at the extreme right of the scan.
https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en/webcams/pier-21/

If and when there's a Disney Cruise out of Baltimore, heading that way, we'll be on it. Actually,
we've been in touch with Danny Stewart to put on a Bluegrass Cruise out of Baltimore up that way.
Those are fun. The last one was on Royal Caribbean out of Tampa. Don't like flying to Tampa though.

What's wrong with flying to Tampa. That is usually a non-stop out of
DCA and it is a short ride to the cruise dock. It is certainly better
than Miami.


Baltimore is about an hour away from where Herring lives. About the same
for us. Easy drive, no muss, no fuss, no flying, no airport/airplane
hassles. We drive up to Baltimore frequently for dinner at some terrific
restaurants.

This one is really nice...great food, service, atmosphere...

https://is.gd/qoT4F6

If the weather is decent, we try to get seated in the courtyard behind
the restaurant. There are a number of interesting restaurants in that
neighborhood, so on-street parking can be a bitch.



I suppose. I never really liked Baltimore that much. Maybe traffic got
better but it really used to suck trying to get around. Like you say,
parking might be an issue too.
Annapolis wasn't horrible and they had good restaurants there too.
I still was not really that interested in eating out. After spending
as much time on the road as I did, in places like New York and Chicago
with great restaurants within a short walk, driving very far to eat
just seemed silly. I got to the point that I would rather stay home
and cook something I liked. When you are at the grocery store with the
budget of even a cheap restaurant, you can buy some pretty nice food.

The only 'nice' area I've found in B'more is the inner harbor, which is a tourist trap.