I I hope that’s correct. I’ve been generally disappointed with Sammy’s after 3 meals there.

Changing out valves does not require a permit.

It’s unclear what the actual situation is here. Definitely don’t sign away your right to keep the contractor responsible for performing up-to-code level improvements, but I can’t tell what else is being negotiated here. Definitely don’t sign a contract that totally indemnifies the contractor even in cases of negligence.

A bunch of crows, referred to as a “murder of crows”

Those green eyes are 🔥

Best of luck!!!!

You are inappropriately mixing too many variables, and at the same time ignoring many of the important ones.

First of all, that statement isn’t even factually accurate. Actually take a look at the racial demographics of the cities included.

Second of all, looking at cities is pretty arbitrary. If you look at a state level, a plurality (if not majority) of the most violent states actually have relatively low Black population..

Thirdly, in cases where a city is particularly violent AND the racial demographics are “primarily Black”, either by majority or plurality, these cities are often also relatively poor, so the primary analysis is actually more that “poor crowded people tend to experience/cause more crime”, and “Black people are disproportionately poor”, which isn’t really surprising. Sure, there might be other nuanced perspectives there, but these two are the elephants in the room.

Given your wife’s preferences, I’m inclined to suggest B & O Brasserie, .4 miles down Charles Street. It’s relatively fancy and solidly “upscale mainstream American”.

The only thing is that their hours on Sundays are 8-12, then opens again at 5. You would be looking more at late breakfast/early brunch.

It’s a great spot — I’ve celebrated my birthday there in years past.

Otherwise, CIVIL, EDR (Eat Drink Relax), and some places in Mt Vernon Marketplace might work. My only reservation with Mt Vernon Marketplace is that the options are quite diverse in terms of cuisine styles (off the top of my head, Asian dumplings, tacos, Korean/fusion, ramen). There is a great oyster place, a good burger place, and a fish place (Fishnet). All are fun, but they seem less “birthdayish” to me.

If you switch over to having dinner, a number of other options open up, including the classic Sotto Sopra (Italian) down the street between Walters and B & O Brasserie (right near the Cathedral). Sammy’s Trattoria also opens at 5, and is the opposite direction (north).

Good call — Cajou is great, but fair warning, it’s 5 blocks and .3 miles away from Walters. A walk Im easily willing to make, but others might not want to.

That being said, if OP is already going to Mt Vernon Marketplace (which IMO seems like the best option) that’s literally just a block and a half from Cajou.

Didn’t know Unity had opened — good call-out.

I now realize lots of places are either closed on Sunday (like Topside) or don’t open until 5.

CIVIL might be of interest, as well as Dooby’s.

Yeah no disrespect to OP, but honestly this question is getting old.

Whatever happened to people just searching Google for what the want and including “Reddit” in the query? /s

Sounds to me there is resounding professional opinion that the job was not done correctly. I would say get affidavits from those folks and then pursue this matter legally, or at least get this into mediation with the original contractor.

They’re at 801 East Fort Avenue for anyone wondering. That’s the same block as Wylie Gunters, just in front of the shopping center.

Happened last night near the Roger’s Avenue station. News story here.

The Bun Shop tends to be pretty full at night, but mostly just with people on laptops. Spyrits Wine Bar usually has a decent crowd, if that’s what you’re in to. That’s kind of the limit of what I’ve seen.

They were removed/covered over fairly recently. The dedicated table with plugs was also removed. Supposedly this was to deter homeless people from camping in the station and charging devices. It’s possible there were other reasons as well.

Recent discussion here.

Hampden

Yeah you may need to repaint everything starting with an odor-treating/sealing primer coat. Really depends on how bad it is.

Cigarette smoke can accumulate in the filters and vents. Simply saying that you will want to consider that in your treatment plan as well. If you end up with an ozone machine, consider running the HVAC as well during treatment and changing the filters.

If it’s not too strong, consider using various ozium products. Also remember to pay attention to your HVAC if that’s relevant. Learned that the hard way…

Not unique to Brewer’s Art right now. Most places around there are pretty empty these days, with very few exceptions.

Hey fam!

Yup. etymology for anyone interested.

Craigslist is actually not terrible for this, although as always, be careful.

Sounds like the pro move is to get happy hour drinks somewhere else then go to Clavel for food. Class act, you ;-)

For those who might not be aware, The Clavel folks also own Fadensonen and WC Harlan; hence the relevance. Dutch Courage is also great and close by.