During our recent trip to Baltimore, Griffin and I spent some time touring the city’s Inner Harbor. The Inner Harbor is home to the National Aquarium (subject of a future post), some museum ships, and assorted shops and eateries. We were there on a beautiful Saturday afternoon — the perfect time to be on a scenic waterfront. I got the sense that a lot of the crowd, like us, were there to kill time before the Orioles game. Here are a few shots we took before heading into the aquarium:
Joe Tourist.The Domino Sugar Refinery. I feel like I saw an awful lot of this building in the background of scenes in “The Wire” and “Homicide: Life on the Street.”United States lightship Chesapeake. Apparently, this ship served as a floating lighthouse. Check this off as yet another lighthouse I visited this year.The USS Torsk, a World War II submarine that was the last U.S. Navy vessel to sink an enemy ship during the war.The USS Constellation. This ship was designated as a “sloop-of-war.” There’s something about the word “sloop” that seems decidedly unwarlike.Marylanders seem to love leaning into to their essential Marylandness. One sees references to Old Bay, crabs, and the word “Hon” all around. And they’re very proud of their state flag. As a resident of New York, where people come out of the womb complaining about Albany, that kind of state pride is refreshing to see.
Researcher. Marketer. Teacher. Father of adult children and dogs. 20th Century holdover. Central New York native. Long-suffering Buffalo Bills fan. History nerd. Traveler. Vintage advertising enthusiast. Hat wearer.
a.k.a. V.J. 
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