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CdS & Baltimore!
Apr. 14th, 2003 01:00 amAs mentioned in previous post, Cirque du Soleil (Dralion) in Baltimore with various people!
Left Manassas right around 3, aiming for Baltimore at 4:15 to meet people for the 5pm show. Alas, horrendous traffic on 66, 495, -and- 95--most of it entirely unwarranted, some of it due to rubbernecking, some of it possibly related to protests in DC (the traffic signboards mentioned Events in DC)--at 4:15 I was still on 495, several miles from 95. Exchanged several phone calls (with Diana, SSB, and Carson, at least), and eventually made it to the tent at 5:05. Shouldn't take two hours to go 70 miles to Baltimore, really it shouldn't. Paid $10 to park in a garage right down the street, got my tickets from Will Call (left by SSB & Geoff), and hurried my way in.
Wow. The show was phenomenal. Dancing, gymnastics, music, singing, slapstick, costuming, lighting, props, stunts, tricks, all flat-out amazing--beautifully done. Standing O from the whole tent at the end. :)
(One-ring style, 3/4-round seating, incorporating peformers on, above, and at back of the stage. A lot of activity, but not too much to follow.)
Then, on to dinner.. wandered around that bit of town for many a minute, trying to please everyone (low-carb options, no pizza/sushi/italian/mexican), before losing a few people to time constraints and encountering a few places that were understaffed or understocked. Eventually, we decided on the Capitol City Brewing Co. on the Inner Harbor. A few people drove over, I and a couple other guys walked--over a lot of the same ground I walked with Esther the other weekend, which was freaky. (I don't frequent Baltimore enough to be familiar with it! :P) The service was a little lacking, and food a little understocked (though to be fair, it was Sunday night), but the food and drink were fantastic, particularly the crab dip, the BBQ chipotle sauce, and the Pale Rider ale I had. (They brew five of their own beers; SSB got the sampler.)
Got a ride back to my truck, followed Nick/Geoff out of town, and hastened my own way home--little over an hour, as it should be!
65 new posts! Prolific for a Sunday afternoon/evening.
Left Manassas right around 3, aiming for Baltimore at 4:15 to meet people for the 5pm show. Alas, horrendous traffic on 66, 495, -and- 95--most of it entirely unwarranted, some of it due to rubbernecking, some of it possibly related to protests in DC (the traffic signboards mentioned Events in DC)--at 4:15 I was still on 495, several miles from 95. Exchanged several phone calls (with Diana, SSB, and Carson, at least), and eventually made it to the tent at 5:05. Shouldn't take two hours to go 70 miles to Baltimore, really it shouldn't. Paid $10 to park in a garage right down the street, got my tickets from Will Call (left by SSB & Geoff), and hurried my way in.
Wow. The show was phenomenal. Dancing, gymnastics, music, singing, slapstick, costuming, lighting, props, stunts, tricks, all flat-out amazing--beautifully done. Standing O from the whole tent at the end. :)
(One-ring style, 3/4-round seating, incorporating peformers on, above, and at back of the stage. A lot of activity, but not too much to follow.)
Then, on to dinner.. wandered around that bit of town for many a minute, trying to please everyone (low-carb options, no pizza/sushi/italian/mexican), before losing a few people to time constraints and encountering a few places that were understaffed or understocked. Eventually, we decided on the Capitol City Brewing Co. on the Inner Harbor. A few people drove over, I and a couple other guys walked--over a lot of the same ground I walked with Esther the other weekend, which was freaky. (I don't frequent Baltimore enough to be familiar with it! :P) The service was a little lacking, and food a little understocked (though to be fair, it was Sunday night), but the food and drink were fantastic, particularly the crab dip, the BBQ chipotle sauce, and the Pale Rider ale I had. (They brew five of their own beers; SSB got the sampler.)
Got a ride back to my truck, followed Nick/Geoff out of town, and hastened my own way home--little over an hour, as it should be!
65 new posts! Prolific for a Sunday afternoon/evening.
