at the Pratt library...

arrived in Baltimore by bus around 11:30. Nice trip, really very short, hard to sit cramped up in one place (the bus did not stop) but with very little traffic, trip was very effective. Checked in at Hotel, really nice, seems to have everything (Flat screen TV; don't have to leave the room, if I want) and close to Camden Yards, which I will go to tonight, and hope that the rain leaves the game alone

Now I sit in Pratt Library, the city's major library, located only a block away from the hotel. Library seems to be a microcosm of city---some intellectuals around, but especially by the computers,  many poor people, who have really no other way of getting on the internet. There is something startling about the diversity of the people, many seem "poor" in a way that is very different from what you seem in NY. Mostly different in dress and speech. They seem to occupy an almost different sphere. Somewhat unsettling, but that is what a free library is supposed to be, open to all.
Yesterday, went to Brooklyn, visited the library, then met Ben B for coffee, really super conversation about the Assembly project and other things theatrical---glad that we met. After that, returned to city (manhattan) and went to Standings the baseball bar that was pretty empty except for myself and Gary, the owner. Some good baseball talk.
Getting tired after that, decided not to go back into Willamsburg, instead headed home.
Did not sleep much last night, as I debated the merits of this trip, and whether I really wanted to take it. However once the morning came, the ambivalence disappeared, and I got to the bus early.
So, here I am, not sure what I will do between now and the game, don't want to vegetate in the hotel room, though it seems somewhat "easy"  Would like to find some place to sip coffee, will probably end up at Starbucks. That is all, will continue report on the visit tomorrow.