Huffington Magazine Issue 2 | Page 96

Exit HUFFINGTON 06.24.12 TRAVEL 50 Hours, 23 Minutes and 20 Seconds in Portland, Maine 1 Thanks to locals’ fearsome independent streak, and an influx of young 295 may have the hippest working watercreatives, New England’s second city front in America. Direct flights from New York, Philadelphia and D.C. make getaways to Portland convenient, and the small downtown, with its great public transportation, allows ambitious travelers to cram in a lot of leisure. Here are our devoted travel reporter’s exacting notes on his hurried visit to the city that went local before going local was a thing. —Andrew Burman Maine TAP FOR DETAILED VIEW LJP 02:32:31 RE ST AV E 1 . 10:13:42 FR 295 AN KL IN NG ST . P O R T L A N D HF CMP RG RE SS ST. SE . ST GH CIAL PI CBLCBL ST . CO M HI CS MER 23:12:53 L . NG PARK ER E AV CO 14:27:40 C B UM D AN ST . 12:52:20 25:54:00 The Casco Bay ferries look like bath toys, but run on schedule. I’m stopping of to pick up saltwater taffy at Great Diamond Island’s legendary General Store for my trip to Long Island’s Sandy Beach. 29:32:02 31:12:18 295 50:23:12 GDI GDI PORTLAND 295 Detail PO . AVE FO EP CO ON NGT 07:30:00 47:38:53 RE SS ST . 00:00:00 SHI WA COREY TEMPLETON (OBSERVATORY); BRENT DANLEY (EASTERN PROMENADE); VILSESKOGEN (FORE STREET); SHUTTERSTOCK (CAT, FIREWORKS); AP PHOTO/PAT WELLENBACH (FERRIES); BOB DELANEY (LITTLEJOHN ISLAND) PORTLAN D MAP BY MICHAEL NEWHOUSE LB CII