our lives in small town, East Africa

Sunday, September 06, 2009

more crabs. hey, it is baltimore

We've all started school now, Justin teaching and Juma in second grade in New Haven, and me in my PhD in Baltimore. Which means we're only together on the weekends. It sucks; we just said goodbye for the third time since Justin's been home from Africa.

Justin and Juma came down to Baltimore this weekend, and after a good kayaking excursion on the Chesapeake Bay, we stopped to take part in a Baltimore tradition: feasting on crabs.

Now, we'd all had crab legs before, but when the waitress came to our table with twelve crabs and just slid them right onto our table, we were...unprepared.

This was one local tradition we felt we had to try at least once.



And once might just be enough.

But then, we didn't like New Haven pizza when we first tried it, and now we think it's heavenly. Never say never.

4 comments:

malia said...

:( i'm sorry about the distance and the goodbyes.

Monica Rich said...

Oh no -- just weekends!?! That totally stinks! How long will that last?

Sarah said...

Just this semester, thank goodness.

And actually, the school is on a 4-term system, so my classes all change at the end of October. So potentially, I'll get 3 nights at home later this fall. And maybe--maybe--four nights at home. But that might be too much to hope.

Matt&Andria said...

You guys are brave! (for being away from each other, AND those scary crabs!) We miss you guys tons!