Category: Baltimore
Instagram post on China Doll (old Baltimore restaurant)
I remember the China Doll restaurant on the 400 block of Park Avenue in Baltimore. I ate there at least once. When I moved to Baltimore in 1976, Chinese restaurants like China Doll served chow mein and chop suey. The first Szechuan restaurant I can recall was Szechuan in Federal Hill. Then there was Uncle Lee’s on Greenmount Avenue. These two restaurants were a revelation.
Being in a bar right after it was robbed
I remember being in Jo’s Organic Bar on Cross St. in Baltimore right after they were robbed. This was in the early 1980s. The police were still in the bar. You could get a drink as long as you had exact change.
Instagram post on the Baltimore Ravens sewing manager
Lamar Jackson is the 2024 NFL MYP (in my opinion)
He was better than he was last year when he won the MVP
His stats are almost all better than Josh Allen’s (his primary competitor)
The players picked him as the top QB – they should know
Next Gen Stats picked him as the top QB – nerds should know
He’s the QB on the AP All-Pro team. He got 30 of 50 first-place votes.
I have also added two local commentaries
https://www.nfl.com/news/next-gen-stats-2024-all-pro-team-offense
The Patterson Park Pagoda
Michael Pierce’s big-man interception
355 pound Ravens defensive lineman had an interception yesterday! It was great.
Ravens offense set team and individual NFL records in the 2024 season
The 2024 Ravens have had one of the all-time great offensive seasons (and one record for the defense)
- The first team with 4,000 yards passing and 3,000 yards rushing
- Derrick Henry is the first player with 1,500 yards rushing in three separate seasons
- Lamar Jackson is the first player with 4,000 yards passing and 900 yards rushing
- The first team with 40 passing touchdowns and 20 rushing touchdowns
- Jackson’s passer rating of 119.6 is the fourth highest in NFL history
- Roquan Smith (age 27) is the youngest NFL player to hit 1,000 tackles
- Derrick Henry is the first player with multiple seasons of 1,900 or more yards rushing
- Derrick Henry had the best rushing season by a player 30 or older
- Lamar Jackson had the best TD/interception ratio ever 41/4
- NFL record yards per rush (can’t find the number yet)
- Jackson has 4 games with a perfect 158.3 passer rating
- Jackson and Henry set the record for most combined rushing yards by a QB and RB
- Michael Pierce has the highest BMI (48.1) of any player who has an interception
- The Ravens had the highest yards-per-carry (5.8) in NFL history
- The Ravens are the first team since 1970 to outrush every opponent
- The Ravens are the only team to have both a top 10 offense and top 10 defense in both seasons
His rating was lower after yesterday’s game
Jackson, Henry, and Kittle Have All-Time DYAR Seasons in 2024
The two Gunning’s crab houses
The Instagram post below reminded me of the two Gunning’s restaurants, both long gone. There was the one in Brooklyn (the southern part of Baltimore). It wasn’t fancy but the crabs were great, Then there was the suburban one that, as a friend said, had the personality of an airport lounge. The food was good, though.
The Baltimore Sun got rid of their features department
Terrible move
Sad! 