Here's how it happened:
I love Craig's List. I love reusing/recycling. I love that one man's trash really can be another man's treasure, so this morning, we drove to Baltimore to pick up an accent table for our living room. Truth be told, my living room is my least favorite room in my home. Since we've had kids, it doesn't know if it wants to be a living room, an office or a play room...it's a combination of all three, which drives me crazy, but I digress...
As we drove into the city, past the Raven's stadium, we noticed some unusual traffic and road closures...and then we remembered...the Baltimore Grand Prix! Thankfully, the traffic wasn't terrible and we could see a little of the race from the road, which was awesome! I was hooked. After we picked up our new (to us) accent table, we headed toward the Inner Harbor for the Grand Prix.
It was around 1:30 PM by the time we parked, so there was only one race left, but it was the BIG one (we were told--I actually know nothing about IndyCar, except that Arie from Emily's season of the Bachelorette is an IndyCar driver--and yes, he was there, but no, we didn't see him). Since it was so late in the day, we hadn't had lunch yet, and the tickets were expensive, we decided to have lunch at Brio and then watch the race from outside of the fence. It worked out great. There was a spot by the sharpest curve of the track where we could see through the fence (they're pretty good about making the track so that you have to pay if you want to see much of anything). We heard a crash while we were inside the restaurant and it was LOUD, but thankfully no one was hurt.
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| Miss Audrey at Brio in Baltimore (she would have eaten the butter by itself if I had let her...instead she licked it off of her bread...yum?) |
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| Brian & an Ethan who wouldn't stay still for a photo. |
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| Audrey and I (this did not last for very long!) |
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| Brian and the kids (I'm not sure why Brian and Ethan look mad, they were having a good time...I promise!) |
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| Ethan--and here you can see the view we had. We could see the cars as they went around the curve. |
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| Mommy and Audrey (doing her "silly face") |
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| I love that they won't smile on command, but ask for their silly faces and you'll get them! |
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| This car was right behind where we were standing. I don't know what kind of car it is. (If you do, I would love for you to leave a comment!) |
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| Surprisingly, Ethan did not take an interested in the car, but Audrey wanted to see, so we went to check it out. This particular car does not race anymore, they only use it for show. |
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| Audrey didn't want to pose for a photo by herself, but thanks to the reverse camera on my phone, here we are! |
Since we were a little far away, it was hard to get a good video, but while Audrey and I were still in the restaurant, my trusting husband took Ethan outside and gave my new droid to a stranger who had tickets to the track side suites (which were right next to where we were standing) and he took this video for us (that after 30 minutes will not upload--but I'll have my
The kids and I napped in the car on the way home--thanks for driving, honey (and for carrying my solid wood accent table down three flights of stairs!)
We also made 2 other amazing Craig's List purchases tonight--dinning room chairs (finally, after 6 years, I have chairs to go with my dining room table!) and another accent table to replace the Ikea table in our family room (I like to call the new table our "grown-up" furniture). Ikea served it's purpose, but it's time to move on :)
And how did we get all of these awesome finds home? Our new (to us) mini van, of course! I will post pictures tomorrow :)
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