Fell Off the Root

[Kojo Douglas]

I just moved to Baltimore and got a really intense, quite stressful job working for a major charity. It's totally unlike any other work I've done before. As a way of dealing with stress, I started doing what most people in Baltimore do - drinking tons of Natty Boh beer. So I've been living high on the hog - endless crab and beer.

But it's time to get back on the root. The beer is totally screwing with my dopamine levels and concentration. I have two bags full of Kava but just haven't tapped into them.

The Kavasseur is being very un-Kavasseur. Time to get back on the bus.

 

[Travis]

Please don't start doing reviews of your favorite 40 oz beers. Good luck with your new job

 

[verticity]

 

[Edward]

I had started to wonder where you were.

 

[verticity]

He's been in Ballmer

 

[verticity]

@Kavasseur's "wake":

 

[Sam Handwich]

What!? You went from maybe accepting a job on a pacific island to living in Baltimore? You need the kava more than ever my friend. Congrats on the new gig (I think)

 

[kilakila]

Hmmm. I don't know - Baltimore? I wish you luck with the job ... But I can't visualize the Kavasseur doing his video reviews in Baltimore.
And dang it man - you're my kava hero. Get off the beer. Please??

 

[Kojo Douglas]

Yep. I'm getting off the beer.

 

[Kojo Douglas]

That being said, Baltimore is a fine city. Finer than most would imagine.

 

[Groggy]

That being said, Baltimore is a fine city. Finer than most would imagine.

It's not a bad city depending where you live..Enjoy the crab, best part of Baltimore!

 

[kilakila]

several friends as well as my nephew live in Baltimore. I visited briefly during a working trip to Washington DC. It does look nice and you get real seasons there. So enjoy but spend time introducing Baltimore natives to the joys of kava. Yea, good luck with that!!

 

[Palmetto]

A few years ago, I had a job interview at Johns Hopkins that I was pretty much guaranteed if I didn't ask for too much salary. I remember thinking, it would be tough for me to live here. That being said, I'm not a city person, and I prefer living in the South. Fells Point/ Little Italy is okay, but the rest of the city, not so much.

 

[HeadHodge]

Yep. I'm getting off the beer.

Oneth By Noble
Twoeth By Tudei

 

[verticity]

Unfortunately Baltimore is very segregated
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/28/baltimore-segregated-maps-riots_n_7163248.html
A while ago I visited a friend of mine in Baltimore, who lived in what is known as the "Jewish area" It was nice. I didn't venture into the areas depicted in the The Wire.

 

[Deleted User01]

What in the world if Natty Boh Beer? Is that a local brewery. I was in Virginia recently and had a really good crab cake sandwich. Norfolk is relatively close to Baltimore so we may do a side trip next year. Bring on the Natty Bo and Crab! FYI, I gained 3 pounds from pounding the IHOPs on the road. Yeah, it's the pancakes covered with strawberries and whipped cream together with the eggs, bacon, and hash browns.

 

[Kojo Douglas]

Unfortunately Baltimore is very segregated
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/28/baltimore-segregated-maps-riots_n_7163248.html
A while ago I visited a friend of mine in Baltimore, who lived in what is known as the "Jewish area" It was nice. I didn't venture into the areas depicted in the The Wire.

Oh, no doubt about that. It's a microcosm of the whole country.

 

[Kojo Douglas]

several friends as well as my nephew live in Baltimore. I visited briefly during a working trip to Washington DC. It does look nice and you get real seasons there. So enjoy but spend time introducing Baltimore natives to the joys of kava. Yea, good luck with that!!

Down with needles, up with shells!

 

[verticity]

Also as a kid I remember visiting the Baltimore Science Museum. It was pretty cool.
http://www.mdsci.org/

 

[Edward]

Norfolk is relatively close to Baltimore so we may do a side trip next year.

Norfolk is bloody miles from Baltimore, it's on the east coast of England near the wash. Lovely cider there... if you're into that sort of thing... hard cider that is, proper scrumpy. I went into a cider farm there once and the guy asked sweet or dry, of course I asked for medium so he put in half a pint of sweet and half a pint of dry. I camped on the field opposite and went to sleep and woke up to the noises of wild animals, like elephants and stuff. Found out in the morning that we were right next to the zoo ;-)