That might be what I ended up with. There are signs, but that doesn't make people read them. It probably needs a more intense traffic engineering scrutiny. But the most southward block was recently repainted with lane guidance to push people toward the curb lane and that seems to have really helped.

I looked through basically every transportation request option a bit ago when I put in a request that amounted to "please do something about how nobody uses the center lane of Gay St correctly". There's no option for "general shitshow", unfortunately, but there really should be.

There's a sign request option on the City request site or 311 app.

MD Dept of Labor wage claim info: https://www.dllr.state.md.us/labor/wagepay/wpremedies.shtml

I was also going to suggest the Y. I used to go to the Waverly one and there were people of all ages. Raggedy tshirts are welcomed. They do have personal trainers but I have no idea how much they cost. There's a rehab place associated with a local hospital in there too if you need a physical therapist.

Another suggestion would be that if there are any trainers you liked at the JCC, look them up and see where they are/if you can go there/if you can get appts with them at other gyms.

The article did state that they were going for name-brand (e.g., Land o' Lakes Butter) specifically. I'd love to see another store-brand vs store-brand comparison list.

I like these articles, but I think they did Hmart a disservice. Hmart looks expensive if you buy standard European-cuisine staples there (milk, butter, eggs, etc). If I took a shopping list that included "one whole fresh fish, 52 oz soy sauce, 2lb jackfruit, oyster sauce, 10 lbs jasmine rice" to any standard grocery store, then that store would look really expensive. Hmart (and other ethnic stores) are great at what they do (items from their cuisine). I don't buy 1 lb of cumin at Giant, and I don't buy milk from Hmart.

I understand that for these "how do stores compare" lists you have to have a standard list, and that the standard list is going to contain items that most people buy. I'm just arguing it's not a fair comparison to any ethnic store.

The city does have a legal department focused on foreclosing on vacants with liens against them: https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/housing/vacant-housing-crisis-judicial-foreclosure-5CGX2JGTR5DI3M2NYFIUUXS724/

I recently contested a ticket and the court proceeding was over Zoom. This was as of August.

I was one of the last people in the docket so got to see a lot of other people's cases. Something like this, where there was a legitimate issue with the signage, the judge would throw out entirely.

Look at the picture the meter reader took (you should be able to view this online - check the instructions on the ticket) and it might show the sign, depending where your car was. If you contest the ticket, there's an opportunity to upload a picture, where you can put this photo too. The judge will look at the picture the meter reader sent along with any pictures you present.

Since there obviously is a sign, and it says something about parking, I can't say for certain that yours will definitely get thrown out. But the judge definitely did not like Baltimore City's parking enforcement and threw out a lot of tickets.

Basically anything that didn't have a legit excuse was reduced to $50 total with absolutely any excuse, including "oops, I didn't mean to". (Which was mine, TBF.) (Except handicapped parking issues because those are way more expensive.)

How does calling anyone a "basic bitch" strike against sex stereotypes?

"I don't like what this store serves so therefore nobody else should either."

>basic bitches

BTW, the idea of the "basic bitch" is rooted in misogyny. It boils down to "if women like a thing, then it must be stupid."

I didn't develop a point-based scoring system, but following your posts made me wish I had. I just have an overall descriptive rating. Likewise, no formal categories, but I think about things like size, quality of chips, quality of cheese, variety of toppings, and distribution of toppings. My findings so far have been that even mediocre nachos are still nachos, so no major disappointments this far.

So far our favorite has been El Buffalo in Canton. Looking forward to trying more nachos.

I'm on a nacho quest with a co-worker! We've had fun with it so far.

Alexander's Tavern has a specifically GF menu. Their dining room can be loud just from conversation echoes since it's brick, but they don't have TVs blaring or anything.