When we first got into town, I had to visit the Ace. The Ace of Cakes.
I watch "The Ace of Cakes" on the Food Network all the time. It's about this baker in Baltimore named Duff (he's the Ace) who runs Charm City Cakes. It's a super fun show, and I definitely wanted to see the bakery while I was in the city. We drove for about 20 blocks or so once we got off the highway and found it right in the middle of the hood.
They black out the windows with paper so you can't see inside since it's such a tourist place, I would imagine. Anyway, you should watch the show. :)
Unashamed of my mini photo shoot outside of the bakery, we headed back towards the ballpark and the inner harbor to meet up with David's friend Becka from college at Ithaca.
I experienced the most delicious dessert I have ever had at Pizzeria Uno. Sadly, I don't have a picture of it, but they baked this chocolate chip cookie in a wrought iron pan. It was super moist and they put ice cream and whipped cream on top of it. I'm fairly certain that and the pizza we ate contained more calories than I should've eaten in a month, but it was totally worth it.
So I made a new friend in Becka. I totally get why David's stayed so close to her since college. She's awesome, and we all had so much fun hanging out that day! Her sister, Emma, came and joined us at the end of lunch and then we walked around the city, killing time until the game.
We had so much fun! It was beautiful on the harbor that day. It was hot, but the breeze felt wonderful. Becka spotted a carousel, so of course we had to ride. David stood with the dads and took our picture.
Then it was GAME TIME!
We changed into our Red Sox gear. As an aside, I would like to point out that there were far more Red Sox fans than Baltimore Orioles fans there. I felt kind of bad for them considering it was their home. The ballpark was beautiful! We sat behind home plate in the third section above the field. It was far away, but the vantage point was actually quite good. We could really see all of the action!
Obviously, the Red Sox won! We had a fantastic day in Baltimore! It was so much fun spending time with David's friends, seeing the Ace and watching the Sox beat up on the Orioles!
