Baltimore is so different from Raleigh! They live in an adorable row house walking-distance to some great restaurants but parking is a bear! They live in an alley, no parking available, but you can drive through it so after pulling the car up and unloading, CK and I wandered around for about 10 minutes looking for a parking spot. We ended up finding one 5-6 blocks from their house. They do this everyday!
Their house is adorable and I wish I had a picture! It's a little brick row house with a bright blue door. It's got a courtyard in the back and very steep winding stairs to the second floor bedroom and bathroom. It was pretty small but we managed to squeeze our air mattress in the living room.
Did I mention that Crosby was with us? CK and Irene have a husky mix named Lilly. I used to live with CK so Crosby and Lilly have a sisterly love-hate relationship that they rediscovered over the weekend. Lilly has turned into such a city dog! We woke up Saturday morning and walked about 7 blocks to the park to let them run a bit and use the bathroom. Crosby is so used to stepping outside and immediately having grass that she was pretty confused. She was also pretty distracted by all of the stairs and doors we were passing. I think she tried to make herself at home at each one.
That day we had plans to run in the Washington DC Great Urban Race. Derrick and I ran in one three years ago in Atlanta and got totally hooked! It's basically a one day Amazing Race all around the city. We talked CK and Irene into going with us which they may have regretted after seeing the weather forecast :) It rained ALL day. Hard rain, like soaked to the skin by the end of the day, rain. Despite the weather we had an awesome time! I'm going to do a separate post on the specifics of the GUR but here's a picture of Derrick and CK in the metro station. This is while we were all still nice and dry and happy.
Saturday night CK and Irene took us to Poppies. It's a mexican restaurant within walking distance of their house and it was amazing!! It's a bar on one side and a sit down restaurant in the other. I don't think it was just the fact that we were happy to be sitting and eating after our day, the food really was good! We also had cherry-lime margaritas that were dangerously delicious!! That's the type of city life that I get envious of. I think it would be so great to be able to walk to some hip, local restaurants.
After dinner we headed back to the house and we all were out by about 10:30. I have never slept so well! My body was exhausted from a late night and early morning the day before and a day filled with running and rain! The following morning we were able to squeeze in a tour of Under Armor before hitting the road to Raleigh. Under Armor has a really cool work environment. CK took us around to all of the studios and we were able to get a sneak peek at all of the upcoming products Under Armor will be releasing. They have huge conference rooms that are just lined with mannequins, accessories, shoes, ect. You name it and we saw it. They also have a pretty cool cafeteria and a basketball court. It was very cool to see the fabrics that CK had a hand in designing. He's done some amazing stuff and I'm so glad we were able to check it out!
Anyways, I'll be back with a recap of the GUR and maybe even some video footage! At least one hilarious clip that started out our race!
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