One of my favorite places is robyn’s house, where you can pick up large blocks of cheese and carry them back to your home country. You hear that “wooden dome with no nails” guy? You forgot to mention that homoerotic thing where the freshman naval academy guys try to, um, mount that pole thing with hardly any clothes on. IN THE NAVY! Duh duh duh duh duh-dut-duh!

Perhaps its just me, but I’m amused that a write up on Summer journeys has an image where a business is decorated for Christmas.

That said, Annapolis has always been a fun day trip and I’m always up for going back.

picnic on st johns campus in the fall. cant beat it.

Annapolis also has the largest collection of pre-civil war buildings anywhere in the US. So if you’re into colonial architecture, there really is nowhere better.

You can also rent a sailboat, which is incredibly fun. (Annapolis is the sailing capitol of the US, or so they claim)

@ Pop … no worries. Its a good image, and it made me smile. Not an easy task when I’m at work.

If you’re visiting by car and want to grab a lunch on your way in to eat by the water, far and away the best options in all of Annapolis are:

-Giolitti Deli – Italian sandwiches, sides and meats that beat anything I’ve yet found in DC http://www.giolittideli.com/

and

-Chris’s Charcoal Pit – CASH ONLY – unbelievable Gyros and baklava, yummy fries http://www.chrischarcoalpit.com/joomla/index.php

That is a beautiful photo you posted-good catch though that it’s a christmas photo for a summer post Park View, haha. Oh well. I grew up in Calvert, where the was REALLY NOTHING TO DO, so we always went to Annapolis since it was 20 min. away. I agree the mall has seriously gotten out of hand! I’ve only been there 1x in the past 12 years, traffic is madness. I LOVED the consignment shop/goodwill on the right side of West St. as you go down the to harbor. You could find the greatest things if you looked hard enough. My sister got a brand new $300 pair of shoes for $20. All the “hand me downs” in the Annapolis area were practically new! I love RamsHead Tavern and the Storm Bro’s icecream also.

One of kind view, great view, amazing wine selection…
http://www.severninn.com/

Also, the Merlyn Statehouse is the oldest continuously-inhabited capital building in the US. Their is a Tiffany-designed stained glass panel in there as well.

I’m too lazy to Google it, but Annapolis is the only city – or one of the very few cities – in America built using a Jacobean plan. Something to do with the way the city radiates from the traffic circles.

The dome is amazing! I was a state senate page and lived in Annapolis for a while and that has to be my favorite experience from high school. We got to write out names up in the dome along with the graffiti from the previous 250 years. Plus there are fully preserved bird skeletons in the rafters.

Some other cool places to check out are Paca House for an amazing revolutionary-era garden and Potato Valley Cafe right on State Circle. http://www.potatovalley.net/.

I like to pronounce it “anna-pollis” or “anna-nap-polis.” People get mad.

In Annapolis, I think Chick and Ruth’s Delly is the best, but that’s a matter of taste, with cheery yellow and orange.