Baltimore Photos

I’ve posted the photos taken by Dets and TBone from our Baltimore Trip. There are some pretty sweet panoramic photos that TBone took, especially the ones while on the field during the ballpark tour. Nice work TBone – you should quit your day job.
 
 
The album includes:

Having beers at Max’s Tavern w/ panoramic
Views from our [...]

Taxi fare estimation

Here is a nifty application that can estimate the cost of a taxi fare. Not to handy for most of us on a day-to-day basis but if you’re traveling it is certainly one you should bookmark.
It will come in handy figuring out our way around Baltimore and how much trips will cost. One route I [...]

Camden Yards Footnotes – Facts & Figures

Address: 333 West Camden Street,   Baltimore, MD   21201
Construction cost: $110 million (HOK Sport)
Ballpark construction was publicly financed by proceeds from the Maryland State Lottery.
Construction began on June 28, 1989 and the first game was played on April 6, 1992.
Owned by the Maryland Stadium Authority, a state run organization.
The Stadium Authority paid $11 million for the [...]

Others experiences in Baltimore

This site gives a nice write up of their experiences attending some games at Orioles Park @ Camden Yards and touring Baltimore.
Camden Yards is known as the park that began the welcome trend towards classic ballparks. When it was opened in 1993, it was hailed far and wide as the best park in baseball. [...]

Seats for Saturday’s game

(Click to see Oriole Park Seating & Prices)
Our trip to Baltimore currently has 3 things that are set in stone. Our flights (leave Friday night and fly in Sunday night), hotel reservation and finally tickets for Saturday nights Twins/Orioles game. Gary Deters found some cheap $50 tickets right behind home plate on StubHub.com. We’ve gone [...]

A hundred and eighteen what??

Off of yesterday’s BOB list, the place that really stuck out was, Max’s Taphouse, the 2007 winner of “Best Selection of Beers on Tap”. With a list like this, I’m certain we will be making some fun decisions.
Can you really call yourself a beer connoisseur when drinking your brew from a 32 ouncer, like they [...]

Best of Baltimore

We really have nothing on our agenda besides the Twins/Orioles games at Camden Yards. This best of Baltimore gives us some ideas of places to hit.
If you’ve been to Baltimore and have some “do’s” and “don’ts” for things to do, please share.

Baltimore – T Minus 12 Days

 
TBone, Dets, Matt and I are leaving for Baltimore in 12 days to catch a couple of Twins/Orioles games (The Saturday night and Sunday games). I’ve been searching Flickr for images of Camden Yards and also looking around on the web of what else Baltimore has to offer. While we count the days down, [...]