Road Trip!!!

At 8am on Saturday I took the Chinatown Bus to Baltimore. You may be wondering, as my Grandma did via email:

Baltimore? As in Maryland??? What's there? They don't even have a good baseball team!

Well, I wouldn't know anything about baseball, Granny. And as I found out, there really isn't much in Baltimore, other than a harbor and some seafood and some landmarks and some busted ass buildings. But you know what is in Baltimore (County not City) ? Gilmore. That's right, of the Monkton Gilmores. On my first trip to Maryland (where I got to cross another state off my list, holler!) I met the elusive Dan Gilmore, enjoyed the many masterpieces of Chef Dave Gilmore, Sr., and was for the first time in a situation where redheads were the majority.

It was a nice, nice, nice relaxing weekend. Dave and I watched nearly the entire 2nd Season of Arrested Development and the entire 1st Season of The Office (US). I also ate several homemade chipwiches, which automatically makes the weekend a success.

Financially, taking the Chinatown bus makes sense. $35 roundtrip from NYC to Baltimore, Philadelphia, or Washington D.C. seems like a good idea until you're standing in the pouring rain on a Saturday morning while dozens of Chinese women direct you onto a bus where you stare out the window at their tiny bodies throwing tiny punches at each other. As Gilmore put it, we're worried about landing on Mars? We should be worrying about finding a more efficient way to connect the largest cities on the East Coast. One that doesn't involve getting dropped off at a rest stop outside of Baltimore or breaking down on the freeway near the Newark airport. Oh, and Gilmore also found the Chinatown bus blog. Now I have offically seen everything.