Celebrating the 4th of July in Charm City

As most know, I really love the 4th of July. Fireworks, friends, BBQs, long weekends… all good stuff. This year we went to an afternoon ballgame and watched the fireworks at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Very apple pie of us, I know.





The game was a lot of fun and reminded us of how great Camden Yards is. The new Nationals ballpark is great, don’t get me wrong- but its just not in the same league. Neither park are your typical "hotdog and beer and that's all that's here" stadiums- the Nats have 5-Guys burgers and Ben's Chili Bowl, but at Camden you can find crab cake sandwiches, open-pit barbecue, handmade soft pretzels and a variety of Maryland microbrews.

The afternoon was mixed- we had fantastic seats, there was a tribute to these Iraq war veterans from Maryland, and O’s won- but Mother Nature wasn’t the kindest to us. We sat through a number of periods of rainfall, and while it was not quite heavy enough to stop the game, it was enough to get us thoroughly soaked.


great seats (note all the orange rain ponchos)


Camden has a great selection of beer including Bass, Smithwick's .

After the game we walked to the waterfront for fireworks. It was very crowded and rained again, but we found an incredible spot on the marina dock that allowed us to have a great view of the fireworks. So we dried off a bit settled in for the show.







Overall, it was a great day.
Happy 4th everyone and Happy Birthday Grandma Rona!