Preach!!!! Also can we get some one to address Russell St when you get off the Parkway. It is completely designed for people to speed between lights, otherwise you spend more time idle than actually driving from the off-ramp to Pratt.

I admire the attempts to create a legal and safe dirt bike experience but it seems a large part of the appeal is the risky and illegal nature of flying through city streets.

Hotels in Baltimore are hit or miss. The prices can be tricky too. I would avoid staying downtown or inner harbor or harbor east. You are far away and it is expensive.

I personally like the Hotel Revival and the prices are usually good. It is gonna be as close to Ottobar as you can get. Has awesome bar/restaurant. There is a new place called Hotel Ulysses, but I have zero idea the price, but it looks amazing. T

The Inn at The Colonnade Baltimore is kind of close but on the JHU campus. It is dated and often very expensive but you get a nice safe location and access to multiple food options (Charles Village, Remington, Hampden)

There is a great place right in Hampden called Davenport Imports and Arts

https://goo.gl/maps/2iXKGii9Cr9zWHZe8

I provided them a pretty large un-stretched piece of art 48"x36" and they made a killer floating frame for it. Also have had them do multiple posters and some memorabilia. Prices are fair and they were pretty speedy with the work.

I was responding to the idea of getting out the landlord business. Even with a crushed stock market I would not get into it. However, if you currently own real estate that can regularly get a tenant the long term outlook for that asset is looking pretty good.

That is not happening. The tax loopholes and long term value of real estate make this game too appealing even with increased risk. The cost of housing is going to push more and more people into the rental market so tenant quality will remain solid in most areas.

Get both the water and sewer line. In one year we had both go. Combined cost without insurance was $13,000 and that did not include landscape improvements after the work was done.

I get the logistics but with the hospitality industry you sort of need to use the space you have. You're trying to create an ambiance and experience. One of the great elements to Brewers was you had this dichotomy of the dark, alternative, mysterious downstairs and more refined, classic upstairs. That selling point is totally shot now.

Why do we have a dedicated space to order at the bar? For decades people met because they had to find a way to order from a bartender. I think a lot of this theater has no practical medical purpose and is just a bunch of theater that really dulls a night out.

Well that explains it.

I might have misread the situation. When I entered through the front all the chairs were either gone or on angle forward indicating the bar was closed. No one was seated at the bar and I didn't see a bartender. I might have just caught them on a smoke break and just misread things. However, the vibe still stunk. And this is not just Brewers, it is so many places. The energy is just gone when going out at most places.

Is the upstairs bar usually closed?

I live in Guilford where I believe we have an infrastructure fee on the bill for the reservoir project however the bill has been very steady for about 5 years now, maybe longer. You might have a small leak that has not exploded to a major leak. When that happens you see it on the bill.

What is interesting is that if you look up his house he only paid 15k. There is still a balance.

Exactly what I was thinking. He knows he is gonna win as governor and then use that power to flex on the city to have all this resolved. My guess is he has a leak but was so busy with his campaign he just didn't pay attention. Once you have a crack in a pipe that bill goes to the moon. I have learned that from experience.

Thanks so much for this!

$21000 / 18 months unpaid = $1166

Why is no one asking him the reason for a $1200 a month average water bill!? That is an insane amount of water use. I am not even sure how one accomplished this. Does he have a leak and is not even aware if it?

Will keep an eye open for it, did not see the option when I paid recently.

I see a lot of people hesitant to do it but I find it odd it is not even an option. If I was the city I would want to be collecting as much revenue as I could. I would even go so far as what most cell phone plans do and offer around a 5% discount for autopay. It's a big deal to be able to reliability establish cashflow. It just says a lot that the city is not even thinking this way.

I am not saying as a consumer this is the best option but as a City badly wanting to increase collections this seems like a no brainer.