Chesapeake Bay

Had been to Chesapeake Bay last weekend. Went down to the National Aquarium in Baltimore in the morning. Second in the "all of two" aquariums I have been to in my life (the first was Taraporevala Aquarium in Bombay). Since the first aquarium happened when I was 10, I barely remember seeing any seafood. But this aquarium was simply amazing and there were thousands of aquatic species, half the names I couldn't spell (like a biology class nightmare). And there were sharks too... didn't get to check if they were man-eaters. We left to have a Shrimp Pad Thai (so much for marine conservation).

Proceeded to get drunk at the Hard Rock Cafe. Overlooking the USCG Cutter TANEY (apparently the only ship to survive Pearl Harbor) docked on the serene inland bay, delicious smoke from the barbecue pit, live rock music being played behind us, we sat, me, Tanmay & Sid. After we decided we had had enough, we went to the wharf at Fell's Point and sat down at Timothy's to have some more. We discovered that the Chilli Chicken at Timothy's (fried chicken in garbanzo beans with tortilla chips) was not even remotely like the Chicken Chilli at Dara's Dhaba.