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dwhite21787 t1_iw4f3gc wrote

Anything that makes you drive after a snow and returning to your space taken

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dopkick t1_iw4gk1y wrote

She tells you she's taking a job overseas that starts in a few months. And wants to get married so she can take you with. It's the first date BTW.

You do see it through to the end because of the morbid curiosity. And ask a lot of questions.

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Kangaroofies t1_iw4ledp wrote

Going camping … on MLK blvd’s median strip

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danhalka t1_iw4mzi2 wrote

Dine in at Paul Chen's, then go see Paycheck at The Charles on Valentine's Day, 2004.

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AndieIsOnline t1_iw4r8x1 wrote

Buy tickets to the DMV asian night market, don't eat beforehand, get stuck in traffic for 2+ hours and argue with your hangry date about nothing

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sxswnxnw t1_iw4tq36 wrote

A dinner at any Atlas Group restaurant.

Brunch at the Canton Iron Rooster at noon on any given Saturday.

Cheesecake Factory at the Inner Harbor.

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artie_effim t1_iw4w6fh wrote

Fraiser's On The Avenue

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NewrytStarcommander t1_iw4wob8 wrote

You take them out in Mt. Vernon, and they ask you why there's a 200-foot tall erect penis with George Washington spurting out of the top, making you feel completely inadequate in comparison.

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sxswnxnw t1_iw52oa5 wrote

Replying to FHTerp (#514,302)

Hey, I like cheesecake! I just don't want to go to some sad Cheesecake Factory in a dead mall.

Boston Street and that shopping plaza at that time are like hell's half acre. I cannot imagine fighting through all of that to eat some just ok food.

Selecting an Atlas Group restaurant demonstrates a lack of imagination. It's like buying someone roses when you could have found out if they even like flowers.

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puptrait t1_iw5303q wrote

Dinner at the National Aquarium

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No-Lunch4249 t1_iw533cq wrote

Replying to TheCaptainDamnIt (#514,468)

You must be my neighbor who gladly accepted my offer to help shovel him out and then he walked off when his car was done. Just in time for me to realize my car had 2x as much snow on it as anyone else, motherfucker had just dumped his snow on/around my car.

All this to say there’s “making up rules” and there’s basic goddamn civility

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dopkick t1_iw53ma2 wrote

Replying to Smokedsoba (#514,415)

I asked enough questions on our one and only date to be able to answer those questions!

It was somewhere in Africa and generally the workers hung out together a lot. They would make it a point to check out as much as possible. It was safer to do things in a big group as well. So it sounded exciting from that perspective.

Divorce rates are high because the +1 usually finds miscellaneous admin jobs, at best. The novelty of being somewhere exciting wears off quick when you find yourself being a secretary after formally working as a senior engineer. And that often breeds resentment. The employed spouse also gets to travel a fair bit (for work) which means the +1 gets to fly solo a fair bit but never fully fits in.

People who don't get married before heading over often get married while over there. Apparently having similar jobs makes things... easier. But they get divorced too because once the job comes to an end people can find out they don't actually have too much in common.

I will give her credit, she held up to my interrogation quite well. She also probably thought I was interested, so there is that.

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danhalka t1_iw55518 wrote

Replying to TheCaptainDamnIt (#514,468)

Don't try to make sense of it. People want to believe that the effort they expend digging a car out so they can drive it somewhere means they now own that patch of road 'round the clock. "I did a hard thing for myself so now fuck any neighbor or visitor who isn't me!" as local custom.

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TheCaptainDamnIt t1_iw55t7v wrote

Replying to No-Lunch4249 (#514,606)

Basic civility would be understanding that you are not special and entitled to public spaces because of sme you think you did makes you special over. everyone else.

And I help my neighbors dig their cars out AND don't expect anything in return. But you seem to think everyone and society owes you something when it snows.

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APFernweh t1_iw56dyw wrote

Replying to puptrait (#514,605)

They actually used to rent the space out at night for private parties with tables all around the tanks and it was cool as hell. The law firm I used to work for had events there.

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kelzbeano t1_iw57as0 wrote

Replying to TheCaptainDamnIt (#514,740)

Let’s be honest. There are not a plethora of parking spaces when it snows, so if someone shovels over a foot of snow from around there car, I don’t begrudge them wanting it when they return home.

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neverinamillionyr t1_iw57cux wrote

Take some expensive camera equipment for a photo tour of North Avenue.

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jstoer90 t1_iw5du8r wrote

I’m loving the specificity of some of these.

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iammaxhailme t1_iw5g5lr wrote

pretty sure the moment I walk in, its already the worst date they've ever had 😎

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CrunchyTater t1_iw5jjtj wrote

Oh, I was sooooo confused by this. I thought something occurred and you were warning us of an all-time worst date, like a specific time, to be in Baltimore hahaha

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CelebrationNo5813 t1_iw5ltby wrote

Take them out for a night of squeegeeing in the rain

Afterwards goo to taco bell for dinner and cap the night off with a stroll in Latrobe homes

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DetainTheFranzia t1_iw5mgmo wrote

Go on a "Progressive McDonald's Dinner" where you keep driving around looking for a McDonald's that has the shake machine working, and at the end you'll give up and settle for at least the ice cream machine working, but you can't find that either.

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N4zdr3g t1_iw5u8s8 wrote

A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were going to go out for dinner to celebrate a minor thing. Date night got cut short when we were mugged in the alley next to our rowhome and I got shot in the leg. Finally got home after ten hours in the hospital, never having had dinner.

So my worst Baltimore date would be that.

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EmbarassedGiraffe t1_iw60517 wrote

Replying to DfcukinLite (#515,025)

Not everyone that appreciates what Atlas has brought to the relatively shitty Baltimore restaurant scene is a “shill” - we suck next to DC or many other major cities when it come to good food options…. We’d rarely dine downtown if it weren’t for Atlas. Stop hating on folks willing to pour money into our dying and (sadly) dangerous city. Embrace ANYONE willing to invest!

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hammeringhome t1_iw65ne2 wrote

Work up an appetite by doing some light shopping at the Galleria, followed by dinner at Hooters in HarborPlace. Take a night cap at Pratt Street Ale House and end the evening with a dip in the Inner Harbor.

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OTTER887 t1_iw6me1i wrote

Replying to CelebrationNo5813 (#515,673)

What?? Taco Bell is one of the better options.

As long as it's the south S Haven St one. And the ones outside of downtown are even better.

...just don't go to the north S Haven St one at night...you have been warned.

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BMoreGirly t1_iw6nkyj wrote

Replying to rental_car_fast (#516,327)

There's like the same 50ish people on this sub who hate Atlas and think they are setting the narrative for Baltimore with their constant anti-Atlas rhetoric. The truth is Atlas wouldn't be as successful as they are and expanding constantly not just throughout the Baltimore region but DC, Annapolis, Philly, Texas, and FL if they weren't successful. I have no skin in the game with Atlas, I just find the constant anti-Atlas rhetoric on this sub ridiculous and boring, and I'm suspicious of the motives behind it. Perhaps it's people with failing restaurants badmouthing the successful competition? 🤔

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DfcukinLite OP t1_iw6vpf5 wrote

Replying to BMoreGirly (#517,273)

Lol atlas aren’t “successful” because of merit. They’re billionaires children and grandchildren that were given a few restaurants on their families property harbor east in the four seasons with stolen concepts from chefs of merit, Then expanded chained versions of the same Restaurants in Texas, Florida and Annapolis. The DC locations aren’t doing that well and aren’t that popular because people in DC actually have taste. Atlas does well because all of their restaurants are on their family’s prime real estate in tourist areas and the steal ideas and poach talent from competitors. That’s it and all.

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UlisesLima9 t1_iw6zfpy wrote

Weekday lunch date: Chaps pit beef to go + eat in the club

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nationdecay t1_iw78sxb wrote

A evening at the harbor at the Cheesecake Factory, followed by a trip to that cheesy beach/harbor side bar in fells point, followed by shopping at security square, and ending the evening off with a hike through leakin park

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epzik8 t1_iw78tv5 wrote

Great Panda in Church Square ordered to East Biddle

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tapitha t1_iw7amr0 wrote

Replying to APFernweh (#514,776)

I went to a fancy corporate event there once too. Very cool. We ate our way through the aquarium. Felt bad eating seafood in front of the displays. I was 24 -- first time I ever had caviar and tried frogs legs

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WaterWithin t1_iw7ephw wrote

You think you are going to go out on The Avenue but your date gets pulled into Zissimos and never wants to leave.

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Velghast t1_iw7pmi4 wrote

Replying to DfcukinLite (#514,887)

I drive for Lyft allot. I am up on north avenue all the time. I have never had an issue getting out and about in that area. But that corner over by the BP and the cemetery gets some weird people

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EmbarassedGiraffe t1_iw7reje wrote

Replying to rental_car_fast (#518,888)

One incident at a restaurant got everyone fired up… they adjusted their dress code after that. So funny everyone calls the places racist… check out most of their places after 10 pm… it’s far from a lily white crowd…

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Prolapst_amos t1_iw7wwiz wrote

Replying to EmbarassedGiraffe (#519,433)

That’s a not what anyone said homey. You posited that we should be thankful to Atlas Restaurant Group; I’m informing you that no, dipshit, we’re fine otherwise.

If you want to cape for people who can win a rigged system that’s your business; those that know, know if you dig an inch into any story, you will find the networks of privilege.

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EmbarassedGiraffe t1_iw8f9a3 wrote

Replying to Prolapst_amos (#519,705)

Again, not unique to Atlas. Our city is poor and crime ridden and I want to see as much investment as possible - especially in the downtown harbor area. We aren’t going to survive without tourist dollars and investment in dining (and real estate, and schools). There are plenty of wealthy privileged folks around that have chosen NOT to spend their inherited millions on Baltimore. I’m happy to have anyone spend money in Baltimore. The negativity around wealth in this town is obnoxious. I’ll take investment in a bunch of differently themed restaurants than investment in casinos and casino restaurants downtown any day. That said, glad we have the casino money too- I’m not gonna hate on the wealthy casino owners (or sports team owners) either. Baltimore needs it. We are not “fine otherwise” - we need to fix a lot in Baltimore and it’s going to take money.

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EmbarassedGiraffe t1_iw8kcn6 wrote

Replying to Prolapst_amos (#519,705)

Again, not unique to Atlas. Our city is poor and crime ridden and I want to see as much investment as possible - especially in the downtown harbor area. We aren’t going to survive without tourist dollars and investment in dining (and real estate, and schools). There are plenty of wealthy privileged folks around that have chosen NOT to spend their earned or inherited millions on Baltimore. I’m happy to have anyone spend money in Baltimore. The negativity around wealth in this town is obnoxious. I’ll take investment in a bunch of differently themed restaurants than investment in casinos and casino restaurants downtown any day. That said, glad we have the casino money too- I’m not gonna hate on the wealthy casino owners (or sports team owners) either. Baltimore needs it. We are not “fine otherwise” - we need to fix a lot in Baltimore and it’s going to take money.

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bodybydada t1_iw8p7wj wrote

Replying to N4zdr3g (#516,087)

Sorry to hear that happened to you. Can I ask why they shot? I would hope most muggings involve handing over valuables and each going their separate ways. Did something go to shit? Or just fuck you in particular? Appreciate it. Nightmare situation.

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shezcrafti t1_iw8yylr wrote

The year is 1999, and you are taking a girl you just met on AOL to Baja Beach Club.

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N4zdr3g t1_iw9nm0z wrote

Replying to bodybydada (#521,133)

I honestly didn't see that they had guns already drawn, and I foolishly thought I could hit him and make a run for it. Probably he wasn't even actually aiming at me, but the pistol went off and the two of them dashed into a waiting getaway car and sped away.

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Fattybitchtits t1_iwc18vm wrote

Have her meet you up at that bus stop in front of the abandoned church on liberty heights, next to the gas station where everyone gets shot. Take a stroll down Garrison Blvd and catch the sunset at the playground right before you hit Belvieu where the hookers hang out and shoot heroin between their toes, then head down to Hoffmans Liquors on Park Heights and brown bag some plastic bottle vodka on the sidewalk until you’re ready to get food poisoned at one of the Caribbean restaurants next to the race track. After dinner invite her back to your grandmothers place to watch a movie, tell her you just need to pick your computer up from the shop on the way home and get stabbed trying to buy a $90 stolen MacBook from the guys in ski masks on W Belvedere and Cordelia.

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bookoocash t1_iwc92il wrote

Replying to artie_effim (#514,239)

My future wife and I met up there for a first date. It was nice. Drank some beer and ate some chicken tenders. It was the middle of winter and Fraziers is real cozy to sit in those big booths at that time of year. I didn’t really know what taking someone out on a “nice” date was at the time, but we seemed to have a good enough time that she stuck around.

Almost 9 years and 2 kids later, here we are.

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AFCGooner14 t1_iwggmfi wrote

Take out chicken box on Penn&North only to get robbed of everything and the chicken boxes.

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WiFryChicken t1_iwgo236 wrote

Take your date to the Cardinal in Canton to listen to the MAGA owner insult patrons while she is taking shots.

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