In Which We Go to Baltimore
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walkitoutR. drove us down to The Yard House in Dedham and we all got an early lunch, then he dropped us at RTE. This relieved me of my parking anxiety. He tried to reassure me that it was unlikely to be that bad, because it wasn’t like it was Columbus Day weekend, the last time I had trouble parking at RTE. I was like, well, it IS the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend.
The Yard House was good as it generally is, and A. seemed fine with her food.
The train was one of the old trainsets, and A. panicked in the bathroom from the movement of the train (we were pretty fast on a somewhat bumpy stretch) and I went in to calm her down but when the door closed, it had track jumped and we were trapped for a bit. Ugh.
A. was going through wipes really fast, which was stressful. I asked my sister to bring some wipes when she joins us tomorrow.
Feather pillows at the Renaissance Harborplace Baltimore Inner Harbor, and requests for foam (noted on the room request as well) failed — they were completely out of foam pillows and clearly annoyed at even being asked. Whoever supervised the recent room renovation clearly fucked up. The pillows have a sterilized waterfowl feather core surrounded by foam and they obviously thought that would be Good Enough and absolutely anyone who knew that Balticon was held there every Memorial Day weekend could have told them how wrong that would be.
In the hotel’s favor, the room rate was extremely favorable, and they let a teen stay in a room by themselves (not even connecting) as long as a parent is also checked into the hotel.
We had dinner at the hotel, and while it was a limited menu it was fine. The old fashioned on the menu was very alcohol forward and this should not be regarded as a complaint.
The Yard House was good as it generally is, and A. seemed fine with her food.
The train was one of the old trainsets, and A. panicked in the bathroom from the movement of the train (we were pretty fast on a somewhat bumpy stretch) and I went in to calm her down but when the door closed, it had track jumped and we were trapped for a bit. Ugh.
A. was going through wipes really fast, which was stressful. I asked my sister to bring some wipes when she joins us tomorrow.
Feather pillows at the Renaissance Harborplace Baltimore Inner Harbor, and requests for foam (noted on the room request as well) failed — they were completely out of foam pillows and clearly annoyed at even being asked. Whoever supervised the recent room renovation clearly fucked up. The pillows have a sterilized waterfowl feather core surrounded by foam and they obviously thought that would be Good Enough and absolutely anyone who knew that Balticon was held there every Memorial Day weekend could have told them how wrong that would be.
In the hotel’s favor, the room rate was extremely favorable, and they let a teen stay in a room by themselves (not even connecting) as long as a parent is also checked into the hotel.
We had dinner at the hotel, and while it was a limited menu it was fine. The old fashioned on the menu was very alcohol forward and this should not be regarded as a complaint.