"Native Baltimorian" a Baltimore Travel Page by grandmaR

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I was born and brought up in Baltimore, and until April 2006, my mother lived in Baltimore County. I often came up from Leonardtown to visit her.

I worked at a building on St. Paul Place in the late 80s and early 90s. I drove down St. Paul to the I-695 Beltway, or to our city house in northern Anne Arundel County. I enjoyed looking at the the new and old buildings and the changing city architecture and skyline. I took this picture from my car this August as I drove down St. Paul Place again. I have no idea what these buildings are.

My sister and I usually took my mom somewhere for dinner to celebrate her birthday.

In 1998, we went to Annapolis and stayed a weekend in a hotel overlooking the harbor.

For her 90th birthday (1999), my three girls and their children took her to Chuckie Cheese. Then the next day, my sister and I had a surprise birthday party with 40 people which was in Towson.

For her birthday in 2000 (age 91), we went down to the harbor and took the water taxi around and then had dinner down there.

In 2001, we went to a restaurant in Roland Park.

In 2002, we ate at the Renaissance Harborplace overlooking Baltimore Harbor (top picture) with the son of my mother's first cousin who was visiting from Japan.

In 2003 and 2005, we had a celebration out on her deck (in Towson)

For her 95th birthday (2004) I took her to Gertrudes at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

She died before her 2006 birthday when she would have been 97