1-9-2011 Brunch at Sharkeys, Ellicut City

We drove up to Columbia Md today to have brunch with Brian and Deb Sharkey and kids Grace and Chris. It only took about an hour to get there. We had a good visit and a great brunch. We left at about 3pm and drove 10 min to Ellicott City, a old town full of specialty shops, antique stores, restaurants and so on. The architecture was different than what we were used to now, having quite a few big stone buildings in town. This is due to a quarry being right there. The claim to fame of the town is that it was the start of the B&O railroad, the first railroad in America, in the 1830s. The RR started out as a horse drawn system but in a few years steam locomotives were being used. Visited the museum, took these pictures. It was very very cold and windy so we walked around just a bit and visited a toy store - what else for grandparents?