Buy me some peanuts....

Eric and I along with our friend Ben headed up to Baltimore, Maryland today as the Detroit Tigers were in town for a 4 game series. We were excited to see Camden Yards from the inside as we usually only see it from the outside when we are up in the city. I was also very excited about seeing my Tigers. :)

We got up there early and got some sweet parking, then headed about to find a late lunch. We ended up eating at the Diamond Bar which is in the Hilton right across the street. We enjoyed a very delicious lunch along with this great view of the park.



We eventually headed back across the street and then inside to look around and find our seats.



After a stop to watch batting practice from what i nicknamed flyball alley we headed on to find our seats.

This is a view from the standing only area (aka flyball alley).



We eventually made it to our seats and were awe struck by the awesomeness that was to be our seats. We were in the front row right along the 3rd baseline. It was AWESOME!!!

Pre game:


During the game...this is our view towards home plate:


We had a great view of the Tigers Pitchers doing their warm-ups.



Joel Zumaya tossed us a ball during warm-ups and Ryan Perry came by and autographed it for me (and stopped for a quick photo op ;) ).



Towards the 7th inning we got a drink and of course I had to play with the camera settings. This is a view of the warehouse that appears attached to the stadium but is actually about 20 feet or so from the stadium. It is connected by a bridge a few stories up.



We took advantage of the 7th inning stretch for a group photo and to stretch our legs.



We ended up leaving before the start of the 9th but the final ended up being Detroit 6 - Baltimore 3 so here is a picture of the scoreboard with the "final". ;)



While the seats were awesome (location) the seats themselves were NOT big booty friendly. We had an awesome time though and can't wait to get to our next ballpark to see the Tigers play.

Thank you Ben for joining us on this awesome trip. :D

Birthday's in Baltimore

I celebrated my 29th birthday on Friday (February 1) and in celebration of my day Eric and I snuck off to Baltimore for the weekend. We got up early on Saturday and made the drive up. Traffic was very light which made for a nice drive. We checked into the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bwish-renaissance-baltimore-harborplace-hotel/ and when we got to our room we were greeted with this amazing view.



After unpacking and admiring the view we headed to the National Aquarium. http://www.aqua.org/

We first went and checked out the Australia exhibit and then made our way towards the sharks, into the rainforest and finally to the dolphin show. This is what I was looking forward to the most.





Sadly my battery died right after this photo. I was so upset about this. I tried to enjoy the show but was mad at myself because I didn't charge the battery fully. Oh well I guess.

After the aquarium we wandered around Inner Harbor and then went and had lunch at J Paul's.
(http://www.j-pauls.com/) This place was very good. What was neat was they serve you FRESH soft pretzels while you wait for you meal. I ordered a rueben and it was the BEST rueben I have ever had. After lunch we headed back to the hotel to rest and relax. We had plans to go to Morton's (http://www.mortons.com/) that night for dinner but decided that we just wanted to enjoy each other's company in our room and have a quiet dinner. We went across the street to one of the pavillion's and picked up sushi and burgers and fries from Five Guys (http://www.fiveguys.com/). What a combination. But hey...it's what we wanted. :)

We enjoyed dinner while overlooking the city.



Sticking with the quiet theme we ordered room service for breakfast (plus we just couldn't leave that view).

After we checked out we headed for Ellicot City, MD and the Ellicot City B&O Railroad Museum (http://www.ecborail.org/).



We enjoyed walking back in time and learning about the history of the station and the B&O Railroad. We got a bonus of a CSX coal train heading EB. :)

It was an amazing weekend, with the most amazing man I know (aside from my dad ;) ). I always dread my birthday but Eric always seems to go above and beyond to make it a special day.

Full album of our trip can be found here:

Baltimore 2008

You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person. - Alec Waugh