Fells Point - Welcome to Our Neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland

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2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to our neighborhood...Fells Point! The place Monica and I call home when we're not traveling the world. In this video, we would like to show you around our beautiful historic neighborhood nestled along the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore, Maryland. A place filled with an eclectic mix of both the past and present where the likes of Frederick Douglas, Billy Holiday and Edgar Allen Poe all lived at one time or another. We'll explore Fells Point's back streets, alleys and taverns and dine at some of her coolest culinary spots. You'll come with us on a typical weekend in our neighborhood where we'll do a little shopping, have a few drinks and listen to live music at one of the oldest saloons in the country. Our hope is that you see our pride in where we live and that it will become contagious so that you will want to come visit our neighborhood one day where you will find the friendliest, most beautiful hard working people who take such pride in their community and in its maritime way of life.
As always, please consider liking, sharing and subscribing to my channel; it really inspires me to keep creating and to bring you all so much more greta content! Thanks you everyone and God Bless!
Sincerely,
David Leonardo Fontana
Also, if you'd like to visit Fells Point, plan your trip with Expedia! I left the links below:
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Places we visited in this video:
The Horse You Came in On: www.thehorsebaltimore.com/
The Cat's Eye Pub: catseyepub.com/
Bertha's Mussels: berthas.com/
The Daily Grind: fellsgrind.com/
Sacre Sucre: www.sacresucre.com/
Greedy Reads: greedyreads.com/
Bmore Licks: bmorelicks.com/
The Choptank: thechoptankrestaurant.com/
The Broadway Market: broadwaymarketbaltimore.com/
The Antique Man: www.theantiquemanltd.com/
Cultivated Creations: www.fpcultivatedcreations.com/
Nanami Cafe: www.nanamicafe907.com/
Sagamore Pendry Hotel: www.pendry.com/baltimore/

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@arnoldrose7587 Жыл бұрын

Brother I am here with my wife celebrating our 7 year anniversary, and your video is amazing. If a stranger comes up to you and gives you and gives you and your wife a hug, don't be surprised. Fels Point is one of our favorite spots, and you represent it well!

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Arnold! My wife and I have also been married for 7 years and would have loved to run into you guys. We ended up going to the opening of a friends new restaurant in Fed Hill yesterday instead so sorry we missed that hug! Congrats on your anniversary and I hope you had an amazing time along the waterfront in our beautiful Fells Point!

@myramendoza7152 3 ай бұрын

What a beautiful love letter to Fells Point. We’re staying at the Admiral Fells Inn in a few weeks. I had no idea it was haunted. Will have to do some research. Thank you for this beautifully done video!

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 3 ай бұрын

Why thank you so much! How wonderful you're coming for a visit and staying at the Admiral's Fell Inn. Be sure to check out the Anchor Bar in the basement and talk to the bartender Steve about the hauntings there at the hotel. He is also the best mixologist in all of Fells Point.

@jerryczarski5991 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this. I was homesick and saw this! It made my day.

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Ай бұрын

I'm so glad! To evoke a feeling like that from a viewer is why I do it.

@hedgefield 3 ай бұрын

Many happy returns

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@catpoofy 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for showing the bright side of baltimore.

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and appreciating the good in our city.

@catpoofy 9 ай бұрын

I adore baltimore! I dont live in the city any more but right outside of it. I need to visit soon. @@DavidFontana-LionsWork

@in10citty 10 ай бұрын

Moving here soon, cant wait. Your video got me very excited

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 10 ай бұрын

Awesome! Welcome to the neighborhood. You're going to love it in Fells!

@CaritoOssaPrada 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video , you are a crack with the edition and the perfection of the images

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carolina! I appreciate 🙏 that!

@davidsue6615 2 жыл бұрын

ESTE ES UNO DE MIS VIDEOS FAVORITOS DE LA VIDA!!!!! Is´t f..... BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING!!!!!!!! ME ENCANTAAAAAAA! QUIERO IR ALLAAAAAAAAA!!

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 жыл бұрын

Este video fue hecbo con todo mi corazon y orgullo para mi vecindario. Gracias David!

@MrMalikmaloney 10 ай бұрын

Nice video on one of my favorite top 5 neighborhoods in my city.

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for taking the time to watch it. It is one of my favorite videos to make but since its Baltimore it hasn't gotten as many views as my internacional videos.

@y25151956 Жыл бұрын

I like this video thank you for sharing

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

While it does have as many views of some of my others, it's one of my favorites as well. Thank you for commenting and liking.

@yellowmoon1084 2 ай бұрын

Just found your channel. Really great work! Keep it up!

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! That means a lot to me...

@waltervega8730 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful video, thank you for posting! I'm in the process of buying a sailboat and researching the Marinas in Maryland for long term live aboard. This little City just seems so Magical! I'm a New Yorker, I think I need some city in me to survive 😂 This place fits the bill, ocean front property on a sailboat and city living . Perfect marriage.

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 11 ай бұрын

Walter, thank you so much for watching and hopefully subscribing (if you haven't already lol)! And, I totally can relate about the need for city living! Truth be told, you could not pick a better place to live on a sailboat than in Maryland and especially in Fells Point. You'll have all the natural beauty of the waterfront with amazing bars and restaurants only steps away from the docks. We are after all, the sailing capitol of the world!!! And please, let me know when you get that boat and sail her in; I'll show some of the best spots in the neighborhood.

@waltervega8730 11 ай бұрын

@@DavidFontana-LionsWork Yes already subscribed. Looking forward to more videos.OMG! Really! Thank you ! That would be awesome! I'm in NY now and I'm so out of here when I get everything ready within the next year. I want to have a small town city feel with an ocean close to me! Thank you for such great hospitality!

@monicatorres3548 2 жыл бұрын

Definitivamente ha sido uno de los mejores q he visto. Estoy enamorada de este lugar tan maravilloso 👏

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 жыл бұрын

Tan bello sus palabras...gacias guapa!

@raulaldanaf 2 жыл бұрын

Impresionante!!

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 жыл бұрын

Gracias voz! Y lo bueno es que tu conoces mi vecindario bien con Rosa Maria.

@jexsonlopez3870 2 жыл бұрын

excelente buena gastronomía y muy lindo su barrio espero algun dia poder visitarlo y compartir en esos lugares tan lindos

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 жыл бұрын

Ojala vienes un dia! Gracias Jexson!

@onocoffee 2 жыл бұрын

Love this!

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you my brother! I was hoping you would see it and appreciate it.

@ludwiganker1683 Жыл бұрын

I just watch your Baltimore video and I truly appreciate it , such a nice place with so much history. Great way to go about living in your neighborhood and enjoy every corner of it . Nice work 😊my friends 🙏😍🥃🍻☕️

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ludwig; happy you enjoyed it. That's actually my favorite video because we love our neighborhood and it was so much fun to make.

@maritzaaldana276 2 жыл бұрын

Great video David 🙌🏻 You reminded me so vividly of the good times I had in Fells Point! So good that I “almost” didn’t mind Johns Hopkins 😬

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 жыл бұрын

As you already know, my home is your home so just say when you are ready to let those good times continue and we will make it happen.

@johnappleby2182 Жыл бұрын

Kewl video,.....I remember when Surf Side Sallys, was put in. In the early '90's.... my Mother lived on Bond St. Around the corner from Horse You Road In On....they did up the piers and docks, beautifully, since then.... that used to be nothing but feild and railroad tracks across from the end of Bond st and the new brick harbor pier they built, along with the big pay to park, parking lot....my favorite was Full Moon Saloon.....as I'm a bassist, and would jam with the fellaz on jam night Rockn Rodney & the Glenmont Pope's....and Def a Natty Bo, Thang !. My Mother Bar-Tended Mel's for a decade.... after the Bmore Riots, Fells Point really went to crap....lets just say it gets waaay too dark at night, for me, anymore......lol ....ya got the Motorcycle Boyz taking over Fells Point Square, every Friday and Saturday night.......I havent been back since the last Shindig Festival around 4 or 5yrs back.... it was an AWESOME PLACE TO LIVE DURING THE 80'S AND 90'S.....

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

The 80s and 90s were definitely the golden years of Fells. I totally remember Surfside Sallys and Bohagers too. I hear ya that the neighborhood has changed a lot especially at night with we all know who causing mayhem but we tend to do more day drinking now (we're all older now...lol) and it feels totally safe. Hopefully you come back for some beers and live music one day soon. As always, thanks for commenting, liking and hopefully subscribing.

@juliopereira2807 Жыл бұрын

This is the most beautiful video I’ve seen on Fells Point! definitely you are making me go to visit it again this wonderful neighborhood. I used to work at Design Collective at the Power Plant building and walked many times along the boardwalk to Fells Point. like 30 mins to get there, it’s a beautiful scenic walk with tons of history. Your lucky to live in this neighborhood. I’m putting on my list at least 3 or 4 places you mentioned, the pubs there are fantastic. The Sagamore hotel it’s definitely worth the visit, it’s an incredible beautiful renovation and it’s interior garden and Botero sculpture are wonderful. Just waiting for a sunny day to get there. Saludos David!

@juliopereira2807 Жыл бұрын

Definitely forwarding your videos to my friends and family 😊

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

@@juliopereira2807 Thank you so much Julio! I appreciate all the support and new subscribers I can get to grow my fledgling channel. It has been wonderful hearing such lovely comments from subscribers like you who get my style of video where I'm try to not only take the viewer on an adventure but immerse them in a story with a theme so they feel they are tagging along with me.

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

While it doesn't have the most views, this Fells Point video is my favorite of all the ones I've produced. Our neighborhood has so much to offer as you mentioned and be sure to DM if you visit and we'll grab beer on the waterfront.

@juliopereira2807 Жыл бұрын

I’ll definitely will. I would love to meet you and have some Sapporo or Guinness blonde 🍺🤗

@GratitudeGriot 6 ай бұрын

your wife is gorgeous! great tour! thank you!

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 6 ай бұрын

She is stunning! Thank you Jewell. Very kind of you to say.

@gegalt Жыл бұрын

Great Narration David 0_0

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate that.

@carlosa9298 Жыл бұрын

Saludos desde Vancouver, Canadá.. Me encanta la forma en que presentas tus videos. La próxima vez que me encuentre en el lado opuesto del continente visitando a mi familia en Toronto, me aseguraré de cruzar la frontera y visitar Fells Point.. How about a round of brewskies on me?? 😊🍻

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

Gracias Carlos! Eso suena fantástico! Salud!!!

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 жыл бұрын

Para mis subscritores latinos no olvides tocar el boton de CC para que se traduzca en español.

@Thatguyinthe452 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! This is such a nice video, and I can tell you put a lot of effort into it (on par with the "Love Letter to Antigua" video). I just put that Edgar Allan Poe bar onto my bucket list so I'll have to visit someday haha (and for sure grab some of those Miguel's Minis the next morning). I love the narration (especially using words like "chagrin"). One suggestion, though I'm not entirely sure it would flow with your overall style, but it would be to include a map of these places, or at least the city/state in the beginning of the videos. I'm from Detroit myself but I'm not sure if I could pinpoint Baltimore on a blank US map (those East Coast states are so tiny). And I could probably map out major cities in Mexico or Guatemala, but I'm not sure where some of the other Guatemalan locations from your video are located. But I'm glad to see your wife, Monica, from Venezuela/Colombia(?) enjoying the life over there. My girlfriend is from Guatemala (we live in LA) and she's scared to death of Midwest winters and would never visit Michigan outside of summer. Anyway, the quality of your content on this channel thus far is way ahead of your views and subscriber count (in a good way). If these are your "learning" or "sucky" videos (as most KZfaqrs later on refer to their earliest videos), my god this channel is going to explode. Even if this video doesn't get the views now, it's only a matter of time before others discover your content and this and your other videos take off. Keep at it!

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan! Your map idea is a good suggestion and I will try and incorporate some into my future content. As far as the growth of my channel, I kind of like growing slowly because I know my subscribers are here because they truly enjoy my style and content rather than just being fair weather subscribers. And anytime you make it to Baltimore, please get in touch and I'll show you around Fells Point. Otherwise, hopefully we will meet up for some drinks in Antigua. We plan to be there around the third week of October and stay into November.

@Thatguyinthe452 2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidFontana-LionsWork Would love to! And my birthday is October 14th and am thinking about visiting Antigua for that, at least for the weekend (my g/f is about to buy a property there so I'll probably be visiting more often). Can't beat these (currently) $300 or $400 direct flights from LAX. Anyway, I recall you mentioned you're visiting in October so would love to meet up if the timing works out!

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 жыл бұрын

@@Thatguyinthe452 My cousin is getting married in Antigua on October 29th. We plan to be there around the third week of October and will stay into November.

@sharongauss9298 Жыл бұрын

Love your calm voice and showing our beautiful Fells Point. May I suggest you include the history with some 1800’s photos ?

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 11 ай бұрын

@sharongauss9298 that's a great suggestion and I will definitely do that with my next video on Fells that will focus a bit more on the history of the neighborhood.

@RebeccaBaker-og9yd 4 ай бұрын

Cass elliott of the mamas abd th papas was born in balitimore. Maybe not there.😮😅😊

@RebeccaBaker-og9yd 4 ай бұрын

Baltimore.

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 4 ай бұрын

Oh, very cool! That is something I did not know. There are so many artistic and talented people that come from Baltimore, including Julia Louis Dreyfus, Edward Norton, and of course, our beloved John Waters, to name a few.

@boomxmilizexpathacks9440 Жыл бұрын

Used to hang out at the Horse listening to Rob Fahey every weekend and parked under abandoned police station that later became TV set. Poe's ghost always with us at The Horse You Came in on Saloon!!

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

I too remember Rob Fahey playing at the Horse...very cool memories!

@boomxmilizexpathacks9440 Жыл бұрын

@@DavidFontana-LionsWork He's still playing! I traveled back to Maryland just to see him and the Pieces play. Lots of outdoor venues now but it's like Horse reunion with lots of nostalgic tales of back in the days

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

@@boomxmilizexpathacks9440 cool. I always caught him by chance when I went to the Horse. Maybe I'll get lucky this weekend!

@johnappleby2182 Жыл бұрын

Yes...MAANY good Times With Bald Rob. Got to jam with him there a few times on Bass...we lived around the corner on Bond Str...my Mother Tended Mel's for over a decade...hidden little gem.

@bigskater228 Жыл бұрын

The sign in Fells Point says it was established in 1726?

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

1763 is when it was legally/officially established as Fells Point proper It was actually settled in 1670 and later incorporated in 1729.

@levilam522 7 ай бұрын

That's the patapsco river, not the bay....

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the clarification 👍

@beratumityldz7356 Жыл бұрын

if I can get a j1 visa, I will work in Baltimore for 3 months.

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 11 ай бұрын

You will love it here...I wish you luck 😊

@beratumityldz7356 11 ай бұрын

@@DavidFontana-LionsWork so dangerous xd

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 11 ай бұрын

I've lived here all my life and have never encounter danger. Maybe it's the way I handle myself but don't believe everything you read and see in the media @@beratumityldz7356

@beratumityldz7356 11 ай бұрын

@@DavidFontana-LionsWork why am I saying lie brother for this

@beratumityldz7356 11 ай бұрын

@@DavidFontana-LionsWork If you talking about sagamore hotels around its okay nıt dangerous but when you walking 2 miles north from fells point its very dangerous

@falconinflight6235 6 ай бұрын

Don't be there after dark, because crime is out of control everywhere in Baltimore City. Period

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 6 ай бұрын

I've lived in the city all my life and have never had an issue. Not saying you dont have to be vigilant but most of the crime stories county people hear about takes place on the west side.

@levilam522 7 ай бұрын

Now you'd be risking life and limb to get there, crime in baltimore is terrible...

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 7 ай бұрын

lts funny, I hear a lot of county people say that, but for us who live in the city, we feel safe and don't notice the crime being different or worse than anywhere else.

@levilam522 7 ай бұрын

Grew up right in pigtown in the 60s and 70s, nothing like the city now... live in the country now, had family living on Carrol st. Up until 2005..

@jhonsmith5487 2 жыл бұрын

Apreciando a una mujer tan hermosa. 2:10 sentadillas son unos mikujava.Monster muchas y un buen ejercicio. 5:25 Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😍👍 Saludos desde la Cd.. de world losg mortales abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 2 жыл бұрын

Gracias por su observaciónes tan buenos Jhon. Saludos y como siempre gracias por su apoyo mano!

@djbrianc 8 ай бұрын

What? No “ crime ridden shyt hole” thinly veiled racist nasty comments about the place that is Baltimore??? Are you people slipping? 😂 I’m disappointed. ( Sarcasm)

@DavidFontana-LionsWork 8 ай бұрын

Lol! Right? Shocking that someone is doing something positive about Baltimore and its beautiful neighborhoods...

@ludwiganker1683 Жыл бұрын

I truly appreciate your hard work producing these awesome videos of the wonderful places you travel and from your neighboring surroundings . 🙏😍😎🍷🥃☕️🍺🥂🥘🏖🐋😄🧁

@DavidFontana-LionsWork Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ludwig for your kind words! It really does take a lot of work to film, edit and produce each video plus I'm always trying to learn new things to keep improving them but it is a labor of love.