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| Mount Vernon's Red Maple is so trendy it needs no sign. As the hour grows late, the music grows louder. |
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Baltimore ain't called Charm City for nothin'. Check out Mayor Martin O'Malley: thirtysomething, plays in a rock band, and bent on making Baltimore the hippest city on the Eastern seaboard. (Women call him Mayor O'Hottie.) At heart, he's just another one of the locals who keep this city real. To see where this "city of neighborhoods" gets its saucy charm, hang like a local. C'mon, hon, we'll show you around.
Friday: Canton's Happy Hour
Stay at the Peabody Court, a small European-style hotel in the Mount Vernon Arts and Cultural District. You'll be a block or two from scores of shops and restaurants and a quick cab ride away from some great local gems. Plus, your room might have a view of Baltimore's George Washington monument. (Ask locals why they call him the "Father of our country.") Rates start around $159; (410) 727-7101. See our online Travel Planner (sltravelplanner.com) for more lodging ideas.
