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.skipjackmar-thalewis.org)/.The Lantern Queen, an original turn-of-the-century paddle wheeler,operates public cruises from Hutchins Park on Thursday and Fridayevenings ( 888-937-3740, www.lanternqueen.com).Havre de Grace Maritime Museum preserves those busy days ofcommerce when the city was a major hub for waterborne traffic.Openweekends, May-September, 1-5pm.Free admission (100 LafayetteStreet, 410-939-4800).This is the self-proclaimed  Decoy Capital of the World, due largely tothe Havre de Grace Decoy Museum.Here you can see the folk artform of both master craftsmen and backyard carvers on display.Onmost weekends, you ll find carvers giving demonstrations of their art.Open daily, 11am-4pm.Admission is $4 adults, $2 seniors and chil-dren over age eight (Market Street and Madison Mitchell Place, 410-939-3739).Steppingstone Farm Museum is just outside the city in Sus-quehanna State Park.The museum demonstrates rural arts and craftsof the period 1880 to 1920, and preserves several historic farm build-ings.Open weekends, May-October, 1-5pm.Admission is $2; children12 and under free (461 Quaker Bottom Road, 410-939-2299).246DiningDiningAt MacGregor s Restaurant & Bar all tables have a water view inthis former 1924 bank building serving lunch, dinner and Sundaybrunch.Seafood, of course, is the specialty, but they also serve pastaand steaks.There s an outside deck, gazebo bar, comedy club, and livemusic Friday and Saturday evenings (331 St.John Street, 410-939-3003, www.macgregorsrestaurant.com).The location speaks for itself at the Tidewater Grille, perched at theend of Franklin Street overlooking the Susquehanna River.Dine insideor out on the decks ( 410-939-3313).Price s Seafood Restau-rant shares the same view a block up on Water Street.Steamed hardand softshell crabs in season ( 410-939-2782).The Bayou Restaurant is a friendly and locally popular restaurantserving seafood, homemade bread and pies (927 Pulaski Highway,410-939-3565).For lighter fare, there s gourmet coffee at Java by the Bay (118 N.Washington Street, 410-939-0227), Fortunato Brothers Pizza(103 N.Washington Street, 410-939-1401), and sweet treats, sand-wiches and home-baked bagels at Ice Dreams (209 N.WashingtonStreet, 410-939-1525).Bay City Market & Lighthouse Deli (200 Congress Avenue,410-939-3116) will be happy to pack a picnic lunch if you want toenjoy the outdoors.Try the steamed shrimp to go, BBQ chicken andribs or a sandwich on homemade bread.See also The Crazy Swede, below.LodgingThe Crazy Swede Restaurant and Guest Suites has 10 suites inthree historic buildings.All have private bath, phones, central air, re-frigerators and many have sitting areas.The main building has foursuites and houses the restaurant, where lodging guests receive a 20%discount on their meals.The restaurant serves fresh seafood and beefspecialties for lunch and dinner daily, and a Sunday champagnebrunch (400 N.Union Avenue, 410-939-5440, www.crazyswede-restaurant.com, $$).The Currier House Bed & Breakfast overlooks the Susquehannawhere it meets the Bay.Matthew Currier s original 1861 modest homehas been enlarged several times over the years, with a wrap-around247Central MarylandHavre de Graceporch added.It is operated by the builder s great-granddaughter.Eachof the four guest rooms has a private bath and is furnished with an-tiques and Currier family heirlooms (800 S.Market Street, 410-939-7886, 800-827-2889, www.currier-bb.com, $$).Vandiver Inn Bed & Breakfast is a sprawling 1886 Victorian man-sion with nine exquisitely decorated rooms, many with fireplaces.Theadjacent Murphy and Kent Guesthouses offer another eight rooms.Four of the suites have Jacuzzi tubs, and all rooms are air-conditioned(301 S.Union Avenue, 410-939-5200 or 800-245-1655, www.van-diverinn.com, $$).La Cle d Or Guest House is the 1868 home of the Johns Hopkinsfamily  yes, the Johns Hopkins of the famous Baltimore hospital.There are two suites appointed with antiques, chandeliers, and fabu-lous fabrics.Outside there s a Jacuzzi and a brick-walled  secret gar-den (226 N.Union Avenue, 410-939-6562 or 888-554-8378,www.lacledorguesthouse.com, $$).Spencer Silver Mansion Bed & Breakfast has four guestrooms in the main house, and a carriage house that sleepsfour, where guests with well-behaved pets can stay.Fresh fruitis served daily in rooms, and a full breakfast is served until 10:30am.The biggest decision you ll have to make is where to sit and relax: onthe wrap-around porch, in the garden on the four-seat glider orAdirondack chairs, or on a hammock under a grape arbor (200 S.Un-ion Avenue, 410-939-1097 or 800-780-1485, www.spencersil-vermansion.com, $).InformationThe Havre de Grace Tourism Commission, 224 North Washing-ton Street, 800-851-7756 or 410-939-3303, www.hdgtourism.com.The Web site for the City of Havre de Grace, www.havrede-gracemd.com, provides information about the city s government andhas a section for visitors that features a calendar of events, points of in-terest, and history of the town.EventThe annual Decoy & Wildlife Art Festival is held the first weekendin May at the Decoy Museum and the middle and high schools ( 410-939-3730).248Around TownEllicott CityAround TownA full-grown man dressed in tights and a medieval cap blows hugebubbles outside a celestial-themed gift shop.Up Main Street a fewdoors, another man puts the finishing touches on an oil painting, work-ing on an easel set up on the sidewalk in front of his studio.Meanwhile,a uniformed volunteer fireman raises the American flag outside theFirehouse Museum, a cute carriage house-turned-fire station perchedon a triangle-shaped ledge high above the main street [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]