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Tourist trapped!

You can run, but you can't hide: Embrace the invasion

June 11, 2008

 
Tourist trapped!
Looking downtown from the Washington Monument (Credit: Amanda Krotki)

It happens every summer. There we are innocently trying to score a table at The Cheesecake Factory at Harborplace contemplating the merits of ordering a whole rocky road cheesecake when we look up from this reverie to discover that we are not alone. Suddenly, we are very much not alone. The photo opp-crazed, funny accent-having, non-Baltimoreans have descended in droves. We know this is an annual occurrence, but, somehow, it still shocks us every year: People are coming to Baltimore for vacation? There's touristy stuff to do in Charm City? Who knew? Well, we did, sort of. This year, instead of making for the peace and quiet of the 'burbs, we've opted to embrace this tradition and become tourists in our own town. Here's how:

High 5: Tolerable tourist traps

High 5: Tolerable tourist traps

Out-of-towners aren't the only ones to get in on it

Navigating the Inner Harbor

Navigating the Inner Harbor

10 ways to play tourist in your own backyard, erm, body of water

Pop quiz answer

Welcome to Baltimore. Now Duck

Amphibious tour takes unique route to same old sites

A Segscellent adventure

A Segscellent adventure

One daring reporter embarks on the journey of a lunch break

Monumental glee

Monumental glee

Learn about 14 of Baltimore's monuments

Take some antacid to the ball game

Take some antacid to the ball game

Eat, eat, eat for the home team

Red-letter days

Red-letter days

Upcoming events to get hot and bothered about

To market, to market

To market, to market

Explore Baltimore's public markets

Ravenchase adventures

Ravenchase adventures

We quest in your general direction

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