Izinto Okwazi Ukuzifunda Lapho Ufika Ekuqothulweni Kuqala eBaltimore
I-Preakness Stakes ivame ukungahoxiswa ngoba ngumlenze wesibili we-Triple Crown yamahhashi, kodwa lokho akufanele kube njalo. Kuyaziwa ngokuba ngumncintiswano weqembu lalaba abathathu ngenxa ye-antics eyenzekayo ngaphakathi kwendawo futhi kubonakala sengathi yinto engaphezulu yomcimbi wendawo, kodwa kubaluleke kakhulu njengamanye amahlanga amabili e-Crown Crown. Khumbula nje ukuthi awukwazi ukunqoba i-Crown Triwn ngaphandle kokuthi uzuze yonke imilenze emithathu.
I-Pimlico Race Course ngaphandle kwedolobha laseBaltimore ibambe iqhaza njalo ngonyaka ngoMgqibelo wesithathu ngoMeyi. Kulula ukuthola futhi, eshibhile kuneminye imilenze emibili yeNduna kaThathu, futhi ukhetho olukhulu ngoMgqibelo ojabulisayo uma isimo sezulu sihle.
Amathikithi
Wonke umuntu uyazi mayelana neqembu ku-Preakness infield evelele. Uphenduke waba yiqembu elinjalo ukuthi i-Pimlico Race Course manje iletha izenzo zomculo ezengeze emkhathini. Amathikithi athengiswa ku-intanethi futhi amanani aqala ngo-$ 55 uma uthenga ngo-Okthoba, ukwanda ube ngu-$ 65 ngoNovemba, $ 75 ngoJanuwari, u-$ 85 ngo-Ephreli, futhi ubiza ama-dollar angu-95 ngosuku lomncintiswano. Ngokusobala kuwukhokhela ukuthenga ngokushesha uma ufuna ukuhamba. zithengiswa nge $ 70 futhi ukuthengisa kuqhubeka kuze kube usuku lomcimbi ukuze kube lula. Yazi nje ukuthi akusikho okwakusetshenziswa ukuba kube ngokwemibandela yeqembu. (Sizofika ezinkambisweni kamuva.) Kuyafaneleka futhi ukwazi ukuthi ngeke ukwazi ukubona umncintiswano wangempela.
Amathikithi ase-Infield yiwona kuphela ongayithenga emthonjeni ngosuku lomncintiswano, ngakho qiniseka ukuthi uhlela phambili uma kungenjalo lapho ufuna khona. Kukhona amathikithi wendawo esendaweni ebizwa ngokuthi i-Mug Club, ehlanganisa ubhiya bonke-ongakwazi ukuphuza. Labo abathengisa ngaphambilini futhi badla amaRandi angu-20 ngaphezu kwamathikithi avamile we-infield.
Amathikithi ezindaweni ezihlezi athengiswa ngo-Okthoba ngonyaka wekhalenda ngaphambi komncintiswano. Izindawo zokuhlala ezihle zidinga ukuba uthenge amathikithi omnyama we-Black-Eyed Susan ngoLwesihlanu, umjaho omkhulu owedlule wezimpelasonto, ephaketheni lamathikithi e-Preakness. Iphakethe lamathikithi elibiza kakhulu lingama-dollar ayi-300, kodwa ungathola indawo ephansi egcinwe njenge-$ 75. Uma ulungile ngokungahlali izihlalo eziqinisekisiwe, ungangena ku-grandstand nge $ 30 kuphela. Amathikithi ahlala phansi ku-Preakness athengiswa ngeThiketFly.com.
Uma ungatholi amathikithi emakethe yokuqala, ungabheka njalo emakethe yesibili. Izihlalo ezivakalayo ngumhlinzeki wesikole wokubheka umklomelo wesibili we-Preakness Stakes. Ngokusobala nawe unezinketho ezaziwa kakhulu ukuze uthathe amathikithi afana ne-Stubhub noma i-aggregator yamathikithi (cabanga uKayak ngamathikithi ezemidlalo) njenge SeatGeek noTiqIQ, bobabili abangabhalisi amathikithi aseStubub. Kubalulekile ukukwenza lokhu uma ufuna izihlalo endaweni ethize njengoba amathikithi asekhona emakethe enkulu kuze kufike usuku lomncintiswano.
Ukufika Lapho
Njengoba u-Preakness akuyona iningi lomncintiswano wokuya khona njengaseKentucky Derby, izindiza azihambisani neze. Nokho, izindiza eziya eBaltimore zibiza ngaphezulu kunezijwayelekile (ezaziwa njengezimpahla zomcimbi) ngoba ama-Preakness Stakes efika edolobheni futhi izindiza zezindiza ziyazi ukuthi ukufuna kuzoba ngaphezulu.
Izindiza eziqondile, ikakhulukazi ezivela emadolobheni amakhulu, ziyokhula ngamanani lapho siseduze khona ngoMgqibelo wesithathu ngoMeyi. Umcimbi ngokuvamile uveza ithuba elikhulu ukusebenzisa izindiza zamakhilomitha akho ukuze ukhokhele izindiza kunokuba ukheshe ngoba izindleko zamakhilomitha ngeke zishintshe ngendlela ephawulekayo kusukela esilinganisweni esilinganiselwe uma kuqhathaniswa nalokho izindleko zama-dollar zizokwenza. Kuyafaneleka futhi ukubheka izindiza ngokuxhumana uma ubheka ukulondoloza imali ekuhambeni kwakho. Indlela elula yokubheka indiza i-Kayak, i-aggregator yokuhamba, ngaphandle uma wazi ngokuqondile ukuthi yikuphi ukuhamba kwezindiza ofuna ukuhamba kuyo.
Ungadlulisela eBaltimore kusuka emadolobheni ahlukahlukene e-East Coast. I-Baltimore cishe ihora ukusuka eWashington DC, ngaphansi kwamahora amabili ukusuka ePhiladelphia, amahora amathathu ukusuka eNew York City, amahora amane ukusuka ePittsburgh, namahora ayisithupha ukusuka eBoston.
Ungabheka futhi umbono wokubhukuda komunye walawo madolobha aseduze nokushayela kusuka lapho uma ungakhathazeki ukufaka amahora ambalwa ohambweni lwakho.
Kukhona futhi isitimela se-Amtrak eBaltimore emgodini waseNyakatho-mpumalanga eqala eWashington, DC ekupheleni komunye futhi eBoston komunye. U-Amtrak uhamba eWilmington, ePhiladelphia, eNew York, eNew Haven nasePortence nakwamanye amadolobhana amancane endleleni. Isitimela sithatha isikhathi eside uma ushayela emotweni ngoba ngisho ne-Acela esheshayo ayihambanga ngempela. Isevisi yebhasi evela kuma-opharetha amaningi afana neGreyhound, Megabus, neBott Bus anikelwa eBaltimore evela emadolobheni amakhulu aseNyakatho-mpumalanga, kodwa engeza okungenani ihora ohambweni.
I-Pimlico Race Course ingaphansi kwesigamu samaminithi ayishumi nanhlanu ukusuka edolobheni laseBaltimore. Ukupaka emgwaqweni wokuncintisana kubiza kakhulu. Ukuhamba okupaka izimoto kusuka ku-$ 65- $ 170 futhi, njengoba ungalindela, ukudlula okubiza kakhulu kuyindlela encane yokuhamba emthonjeni. Uhulumeni waseMadrand Transit Administration (MTA) uyabonga ngenkonzo ethe xaxa emncintiswaneni ngempelasonto. Ungathatha ibhasi, isitimela esitimelayo, i-Light Rail, noma i-MARC (isitimela sendawo) ukuya emthonjeni. Iwebhusayithi ye-MTA ibhala zonke izinketho.
Uzohlalaphi
Izintengo zehhotela ku-Baltimore nasezungezile azibiza kakhulu ngoba, njengoba kushiwo ngaphambili, i-Preakness ingaphezulu komcimbi wendawo. Kunokuningi okukhethwa kukho edolobheni laseBaltimore enegama lomkhiqizo njenge-Days Inn, i-Hilton, i-Holiday Inn, i-Renaissance ne-Sheraton ngokunikela. Inketho yakho engcono kakhulu yokuthola amahhotela kuzoba ngokusebenzisa i-Trip Advisor njengoba ingakwazi ukuhlinzeka ngokusesha kwamahhotela atholakalayo ngenkathi ihlinzeka ngezibuyekezo eziphezulu kusuka kumakhasimende wangaphambilini.
Ngaphandle kwalokho ungabheka ukuqasha izindlu endaweni yaseBaltimore. Kunezinketho eziningi futhi abanikazi bekhaya bazobheka ukwenza amabhakede ambalwa ngo-Preakness okwenzekayo. Ukunikezwa emakethe kufanele kube kuhle ngenxa yalokhu kanye nokuncintisana kwabathengisi abangenalwazi kufanele kuholele ekwesabeni okuthile. Lokhu kuzoholela ekusebenzelaneni okunye okuhle ngakho, ngakho kufanele uhlole njalo amawebusayithi afana ne-AirBNB, i-VRBO, noma i-HomeAway.
Hambisa ekhasini ezimbili ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi mayelana nokuya kwi-Preakness.
Lapho ku-Pimlico Race Course
Khumbula indlela engikhulume ngayo i-Preakness infield akuyona into eyayijwayele ukuyenza? Izinsuku zokukwazi ukuphonsa amathini ezinyosi komunye umuntu njengoba zigijima ngaphesheya kweqoqo le-porta-potties seziphelile. Awukwazi ukuletha ama-cooler noma iziphuzo zanoma yiluphi uhlobo. Kusasele ukuphuza okuningi, kodwa kwenziwa ngendlela ebiza kakhulu futhi ngaphandle kwamathini okubheja ukuphonswa. Uhlu olugcwele lwezinqubomgomo zokuphepha, kufaka phakathi lokho ongakwenza futhi ngeke ukwazi ukuletha emkhatsini we-racetrack, lubhalwe lapha kuwebhusayithi ye-Preakness.
Uma usufikile emthonjeni uzofuna ukuthola ukuthi ungaphilaphi. AmaGates avuliwe ngo-8 ekuseni ngombuthano wokuqala kusukela ngo-10: 30 ekuseni Ngenxa yokuhlala kwe-Grandstand, awukwazi ukuthola ilungelo umzila wesitimela unjengokungathi uzohlala emgwaqweni ovamile ngoba uhlala kulezo zindawo. Esikhundleni salokho uzokwazi ukuzungeza ngaphandle kwe-Grandstand ubone ama-jockeys akhwele amahhashi endaweni e-paddock. Uma usenkundleni ye-infield ngokungeniswa okujwayelekile, ngeke ukwazi ukuhamba endaweni ye-fieldfield.
Imikhawulo yalokho ongayifaka ku-PImlico Race Course ayisho ukuthi ngeke ube nesikhathi esimnandi emncintiswaneni. I-infield yinkampani engeyona eceleni neqembu elincane. Uzozizwa sengathi usendaweni ephathekayo futhi ngeke ufike ukubona umjaho ngaphandle kweskrini esikhulu, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi ngeke unakekele. Ngesikhathi esifanayo ngaphesheya komzila, isixuku esidala sizojabulela uSusans onama-Black, i-cocktail yokuxuba i-vodka, i-rum ekhanyayo, ne-liqueur e-orange enomvini we-orange ne-phaphayinaphu.
Phandle eBaltimore
Uma kukhona ukudla okufanayo noMargan, sonke siyazi ukuthi uyadla. Kunokuningi kwalokho okunikezwayo eBaltimore. I-Faidley Seafood etholakala edolobheni inqobile umncintiswano amaningi namaqebelengwane ayo. (Banabo ama-oyster amakhulu futhi, njengoba kwenza iTames Street Oyster House no-Ryleigh's Oyster.) UFaidley ushaye uGertrudes, okhonza amanye amaqebelengwane angama-crab aqinile eduze kwe-racetrack.
Indawo yokudlela yase-Pierpoint eseduze kwamanzi ingenye indlela enhle yokudla amaqebelengwane. I-Bo Brooks e-Canton yenza ezinye izimbiza ezinamanzi amaningi emanzini e-pickle kanye nobhiya uma ufuna okuthile okuyingqayizivele. Okokugcina, i-Jimmy's Famous Seafood yabonakala kwiDiners, Drive-Ins, ne-Dives futhi yaziwa ngokuba ne-crab enkulu nezinye izitsha zasolwandle.
Kukhona okunye ekuphileni ekuphileni kunesikhumba, ngakho-ke kunezinye izinketho zokusampula eBaltimore. I-Chaps Charcoal Restaurant ihlinzeka ngama-sandwiches ayo ahloniphekile e-Pit Beef agcwele u-anyanisi ne-"Sauce Tiger," inhlanganisela yemayonnaise ne-horseradish. Labo abazalamba bangakwazi ukuhamba nge "I-Raven," ephethe i-Pit Beef efanayo, anyanisi, ne-"Sauce Tiger" kanye nenkomo yenkomo, i-Turkey, ushizi waseMelika kanye ne-sajuce. Abantu bahlala befuna up pizza omuhle futhi uzothola ukuthi ku-Joe Squared, uJohnny Rad, noma i-BOP Brick Oven Pizza. Wonke umuntu uthanda i-Mexican, yingakho uzobe usuqedile ukudlula ku-Barcocina. I-Duck confit empanadas ne-lobster guacamole izokuqinisekisa ukuthi kuwufanelekile uhambo. Igama elithi Johnny Sanchez cishe alinakukwenza ucabange ngezinga eliphezulu laseMexico, kodwa u-taqueria ovela kubapheki be-elite uJohn Besh no-Aaron Sanchez eHorseshoe Casino empeleni bakhipha, ikakhulukazi i-tostados.
I-Burger engcono kunazo zonke eBaltimore ingadliwa kuNgxenye Nezabasebenzi, lapho uhlobo lwe-burger lushintsha khona njalo. I-"Classic Classic" esanda kuboniswa ilula, kodwa i-mayo kanye ne-cheddar iyayinika ngempela ukunambitheka okuhle emhlabathini owomile we-chuck osemdala. Eminye imenyu equkethe inyama yendawo, ikakhulukazi i-charcuterie, iphinde iphumelele. UBryan Voltaggio wathola injabulo ngesikhathi sakhe e-Top Chef nendawo yakhe yokudlela entsha u-Aggio ekhonza isiNtaliyane esesimanje ingenye yezindawo ezishisa kakhulu edolobheni kulezi zinsuku. I-Azumi entsha kulezi zinsuku ezine idlulisela i-sushi enhle edolobheni, kodwa inyama yenkomo ye-Waygu iyinto yokudla kakhulu.
Ibhiya laseBelgium likhulu ezweni lonke lezi zinsuku futhi uBaltimore unikeza yona noDe Kleine Duivel. Banikeza amabhiya angaphezu kuka-150 amabhodlela nezinhlaka ezingu-8 ezijikelezayo. I-Union Craft Brewery yavulwa ngonyaka ka-2012 kanti i-taproom yayo igcina abaphuzi bejabula ngoLwesine noLwesihlanu ebusuku lapho indawo yokupaka ihlanganisa umculo, ama-cornhole kanye namaloli okudla.
Labo abadinga i-cocktail ehle kufanele bahambe baye eBhokisini Cocktail Club e-Federal Hill. Kukhona ukudla okuhle futhi, kodwa imenyu ye-cocktail iyona engcono kakhulu edolobheni. I-Old Fashioned engcono kakhulu edolobheni ikhonjwe ku-WC Harlan futhi ayithandi i-Old Fashioned enkulu. I-Manhattan, enye isiphuzo se-bourbon sonke esikujabulela, isiphuzo sokuzikhethela ku-Rye, enye indawo epholile yokudla eFells Point.
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