The wife and I are taking the kiddo to the aquarium Saturday late afternoon/early evening.

Any suggestions for what else we can do Sat night? Planning on leaving early Sunday morning to get breakfast and head back to pee yay.

Also maybe condom can chime in here with last minute awesome tips/prices for a hotel in/around the harbor.

in b4 Adam gets drunk on another family vacation

when was the last one?
if referencing facespace pic from florida or north carolina, there was no alcohol involved in that. that was a crash and burn after driving all night while everyone else slept in the vehicle

I just assume you're always drunk and no vacation is going to stop a routine.

in adams defense he lets his baby get drunk too

She has never had a sip of alcohol and wont for a very long time. Despite my appearance or any previous misconceptions I dont fuck around when it comes to my daughter. She is already smarter than me thanks to her mom. NN ruining that.

adam, have you been gone for so long that you forgot what sarcasm look like? do you really think i think you let your baby drink booze?

well one of the hotels i was checking out for you has a complimentary open bar reception - so drunk vaca is still on the table

nah
beer snob checking in. wug on tap? nothing uber rare? bah ill pass

yea, i guess that came off more serious than it needed to be
soz, im a little stressed out since the bankruptcy court didnt approve our offer on the land i wanted to buy. back to square 1 with trying to figure out what we can afford to up our offer

ans to be honest, it doesnt even need to be in the direct vacinity of the area. we are looking or economy here but nice enough to feel safe with babbies

As long as you aren't dealing drugs. Omar shouldn't be after you.

little italy in baltimore is pretty fun, and you can walk (safely) from the aquarium/inner harbor there

i dont know if you like touring old naval ships, but theres 5 you can see including the old constellation. most of the inner harbor, instead of the aquarium, is the shopping/fancy restaurants. sadly, baltimore doesn't have a ton to offer downtown other than bars.

you could also see a movie at the theater in the inner harbor, if you wanna kill some time after dinner.

orioles are out of town this weekend

let me know if you want any suggestions on food

watching a movie or any sort of sports event is out of the question. the babbies needs entertained and can hardly sit through a meal let alone a movie or sporting event. walking to/from/around little italy seems like a must. walking makes both the females quite happy

we could use a suggestion for food saturday evening. the only meal that is for certain is captain crunch french toast and crab eggs benedict at the blue moon sunday morning

alright, places i've been to and really like:

Fogo de chao - brazillian steak, all you can eat, 50 bucks a head for adults. really fancy and fantastic
http://www.fogodechao.com/index.php?id=164

sabatino's in little italy - delicious italian, self explanatory. 20 dollar entree probably is average
http://www.sabatinos.com/

also in little italy is Vaccaros - amazing pastry/ice cream dessert place. expect you and your wife to gain 5 lbs there because its that awesome
http://vaccarospastry.com/

phillips seafood is a baltimore thing, but its a chain and clearly super exciting, but they have a new location now and i havent been since they moved
http://www.phillipsseafood.com/

^^these are all in walking distance to/from the aquarium. if you are willing to drive, theres brewers art, which has great food and beer. they have a bar (dungeon style) or a formal dining room
http://www.thebrewersart.com/

one place i haven't been to but my friends have told me about it is The Rusty Scupper. you can sit overlooking the harbor and they are supposed to have great crab cakes
http://www.selectrestaurants.com/rusty/

if you want a chain type of place theres also bubba gump and mccormick seafood. both are ok but id go to one of the other places first.

theres some tapas bars and more "fancy" places if you want some master chef making your food and charging you a ton of money for a small plate of something. however, anything in little italy is going to be good

they rent like little dragon boats in inner harbor, if either of em get too squirmy, push em off into the harbor

/e holiday inn express isnt too bad, it's on north gay street, bout 4-5 blocks from inner harbor. i think it runs like 120/night. and sleep inn is right next door, have heard good things about it too. might be a touch cheaper

chain places right at inner harbor: cheese cake factory, five guys, chicago grill, hard rock cafe

This post has been edited by beatin on Thu - Sep 13 2012 - 15:26:52

you could always experiment with crack cocaine, just @ malcolm cakes

babbies first bump

itt rednecks mad

go back to the hotel and fall asleep by 9

go back to the hotel and cook some porkchops on the grill

got plans figured out yet? i'm going to rehoboth beach tomorrow with the wife (day trip). plan is dogfish head for lunch (to get tunk'ed), spend day at beach/boardwalk, dinner at some pizza place which is sposed to be great

def gonna get theobroma, any other rare beers i should try adam?
here is their list:

http://www.dogfish.com/restaurant/menus/br...hats-on-tap.htm

Palo Santo Marron, 12% abv

An unfiltered, unfettered, unprecedented brown ale aged in handmade wooden brewing vessels. The caramel & vanilla complexity unique to this beer comes from the exotic Paraguayan Palo Santo wood from which these 10,000 gallon tanks were crafted.

This post has been edited by blackjack21 on Fri - Sep 14 2012 - 19:41:07

If you are going to rehoboth, you should drink their brewpub exclusives. Those are the ones that you can only drink there and they do clearly allow growlers to go. Palo Santo and Theobroma are distributed.

As for the specifics:

Leaving around 8 a.m. tomorrow and doing a bit of shopping in PA. Planning on checking into our hotel shortly after noon. Grabbing a bite to eat and going to the aquarium. Then walking around little italy and we are going to eat at whatever catches our attention. Maybe walk around some more after eating and do whatever the ladies want. Call it an early night and wake up early to hit the blue moon on the way out.

the first 2 places you mentioned we are considering.
nn phillips, that isn't just a baltimore thing, they are everywhere

Cool, hope you like wherever you go!

When I was in Baltimore, I saw ads for the zoo that highlighted that they served beer. Sounds pretty cool to me.

Yea they do Smithsonian zoo better tho, better animals

went to Sabatinos

the people/service was exceptional. they made us feel like family and were very accomodating

the food was absolute trash. my wife got veal that tasted like jerky with extra salt added. side of spagetti was like noodles with ketchup. my daughter seemed to like it though

i got a bowl of mixed seafood, they successfully became the first place to ever overcook shrimp and lobster so bad that I couldnt tell them apart. the clams and muscles were also overcooked to the point where they were gritty and in pieces. to top it all off, the pasta tasted like dirty dish water

bill was $70. i paid and left a $14 tip because the service was awesome. i felt stupid for clearly telling them how fucking bad the food was. so we walked across the street and got pizza.

considering it would have cost us less to go to fogo de chao... what a kick in the dick

+1 to Evan for the suggestion.

This post has been edited by Duped on Sun - Sep 16 2012 - 18:03:52

sorry, food wasn't so terrible when we were there

/edit - i feel bad man, i really don't have that bad of taste in food

This post has been edited by blackjack21 on Sun - Sep 16 2012 - 18:43:19

How do you go from good to "wasn't so terrible"?

so basically you are acknowledging that you knew the food was subpar when recommending this place to adam

i remember it being good, jeez you guys are assholes

lol

pooping in a toilet

currently accepting all culinary advice from evan

<3

I know what you meant, but it looks terrible on paper haha

sry

I asked my wife if she remembered Evan from our last DC meetup. She said yes and confirmed his identity and followed up with: "dont blame this on him." LOL

We tossed around the idea for a bit that maybe we just hit it at a bad time or chose the wrong stuff from the menu. Oh well, no biggie.

Meh, maybe, pretty sure we both ordered pasta dishes, and it was good for me at least. Maybe i just love gnocchi and sausage. We def won't be going there again though if you said it was bad.

How the aquarium is fun, my wife wants to go to the blue moon place sometime.

blue moon will ruin you for life...you have been warned

the captain crunch french toast is fucking biblical. i dont even like captain crunch but what it does to the french toast is unreal...
i got 3 slices of it as a sort of dessert after my eggs benedict that were amazing. maryland crab style, remove the canadian bacon and insert lump crab meat? yes please!

it has been 3 years since we were last there. and the food remained stellar. prices have gone up a bit though which is understandable because its popularity sure as shit isnt diminishing

the aquarium was cool. it seemed like it was smaller than i remember it. they had some sections closed off for renovations. my daughter was going nuts screaming "fishies" to the point where i think she was hyperventilating.

hahahaha. did you see the dolphin "show"? i put show in quotes because it was super lame when we saw it...

they make a big deal out of the jellyfish, but to me they all look the same and are pretty boring. my favorite is the octopus, and sea turtle

no, didnt do any extras. just normal admission