Notes from the Baltimore trip - All about Baltimore.

I am home from our quick trip to Baltimore.  I have to say the trip was fairly easy and things went just as planned.  Baltimore is a funny city.  It reminded me a lot of Minneapolis.  Maybe because it was just flat cold.  Really cold....16 degrees at 3:00 in the afternoon.  And there were several old "factory" type places as well as modern city development.  We really didn't plan to do much besides the visit to the Myositis center.  I wasn't sure how long it would take and we knew it would be winter weather.

I booked a room using Priceline and got a reservation at the Marriott Waterfront right in downtown Baltimore.  It is just a few miles from the hospital.  When we checked in, I mentioned we would love a room that looks over the water because we were planning to spent significant time in the hotel.  We were pleased when we got to room and realized we had a corner room that looked over the water and the city.

Sunset view from the room over the waterfront.

Baltimore

The first night there, we got settled into our room and decided to make it simple and eat at the hotel.  They had one restaurant.  They had a sort of strange  menu.  We did order the Maryland Blue Crab dip to be regional.  I curse Nola for teaching me crab dip is good.  Mom wasn't very hungry so she had a bowl of crab chowder too.  I had soup and a salad.  Mine was weird.  The soup was a white bean, kale, and chicken sausage soup.  It was very spicy.  The salad was advertised as a carrot salad but it was really just  frisée lettuce with a few carrots, radishes and a vinaigrette.  I am pretty sure most everyone has had frisee lettuce in their life.  It is the one that is super bitter and spicy like pepper.  At first I thought it was delicious but the after bite was significant and I soon decided I couldn't eat anymore.

Baltimore Blue Crab dip with pretzel bread

When we got back from the hospital, we were ready for lunch.  We went back to the restaurant and I was a little nervous what I would find to eat. But they had a delicious lunch special with a bowl of soup, salad, and a 1/2 sandwich.  I got squash soup, ceasar salad, and a veggie sandwich.  The sandwich was so interesting.  It was pumpernickel bread with hummus, lettuce, tomato, green apple, and hard white cheese.  It was interesting enough, I am going to try to make one at home. The flavors together were really good.

For dinner, we decided to spoil ourselves and go to Flemings that was next door.  Mom had never been to Flemings so it was fun to experience it with her.  The weird thing is we went a little early...6:00 which is super early for dinner on the East Coast.  So we were one of just a few tables. 

Between chowing, we decided to watch movies in our room.  I was wanting to rest lots to help continue to get over my cold and I was pretty sure I would be tired  physically...which I was.  We watching 3 movies and it was very fun.  Gone Girl?  OMG!  We watched St. Vincent too.  That was a very pleasant surprise.  And we watched Alexander no good very bad day (or something like it) and it was pretty cute.

This morning, we got up at 3:30 to get ready to head to the airport and catch our flight.  We weren't sure how tough it would be to get a cab, through security, and to the gate so we left some time.  We ended up having lots of time.  And frankly, I've been a zombie since we got up.  That is just too early for me!

We had a great trip.  I kind of giggled when we checked in because there was a towel animal in our bathroom.  Since this is my "financial adventure" of the year, I thought it was a great addition since there is probably not a cruise in my near or far future.  (Cruises usually have towel animals each night.)  I'm so appreciative of Mom coming with me.  Thank you Mom.