Well, here it is the 21st of February.. today at least I don’t have to report another
restaurant closing that I know of…
You might recall that a week or so ago, I attended a program at the Calvert Marine Museum, only to be annoyed by some
idiot who felt it necessary to take a picture of almost every slide that was
presented, and apparently was not familiar with any way to silence his (bleeping) “beep
beep” phone. Tonight there is
another in the series, this one entitled “Invasive Species in the Chesapeake”,
presented by a Jonathon McKnight.. MFO
and I are planning on going, partially out of interest in the subject and
partially to see if beep beep is there.
If so, you might read about me in the newspaper: “Last night at the
Calvert Marine Museum a local resident was arrested when he tried to shove a
phone down the throat of another….”.
anyway, I passed along my displeasure to the museum folk and they shared
my aversion and said they would make an announcement.. hope so.
Since the (free) program starts at seven, we’re going for a
quick app/nip at the Dry Dock prior to the lecture. Portends to be a nice evening (if BB) doesn’t
show. I wonder if one of the “invasive
species” will be indentified as homo sapiens?
And this Saturday we’re venturing north to Baltimore to
catch the last day (Sunday) of the Baltimore Craft Show. We’ve not been to one in a couple of years so
thought it might be nice to make a visit.
Our favorite craft show is still the Smithsonian one (later in April),
but this one is also nice. Only problem
with it is that it contains oh, maybe a thousand booths. With the economy the way it is, maybe there
won’t be so many this year. Although the
selection on the third and last day may not be as broad as the first two,
sometimes prices are “adjusted”. Like
maybe that $20,000 gold necklace might be knocked down to 15…
Another reason of course for going is to have a nice
dinner. Kind of a late decision so our
attempt at a table at Charleston was laughable, the first open slot was
nine. Of course some of my more sophisticated
and worldly friends said we should have gone for that, showed up at eight for
cocktails and hoped for an early table. We
didn’t. which left us with the quandary
of where to go. As fate would have it,
the latest Baltimore Magazine is devoted to their “50….. wait for it….BEST Restaurants”. While our fav Charleston has “dropped” to
number two (Below Ouzo Bay) we’ll probably use that as a guide. And in fact while sitting here looking at the
choices I found at Number Four the Fleet Street Kitchen, which is quite close
to our downtown Marriott. Did a quick
open table and secured a booking at 6:30.
Not too bad. I’m sure the kitchen
has already been alerted to the pending visit of the Bottom Feeder and has
stuck fear in the staff… yeah, you
betcha.. Another (recommended choice)
was Aldo’s over in Little Italy, which came in at lucky 13, but that’s a bit
far.. So, we’ll see!! I am becoming more and more reluctant to take
pictures of the food, so not sure you will share a visual..
Different Dining
And speaking of feeding, don’t forget to care for the birds
in this weather. We’re getting a steady
stream. I was only able to participate
in the Great Backyard Bird Count on Monday, but did tally 19 species (we extend
our backyard to about halfway across the river). Our suet feeder is really popular, drawing in
the titmice, chickadees, wrens, nuthatches, and various woodpeckers. In fact today I just took in the Thistle
Feeder (no action from the Goldies) and replaced it with another suet feeder.
Here’s a little quiz for you: what am
I? (and just "woodpecker" doesn’t count... which one?).
One might note that he/she is indeed
DFD
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