The east's Portland

Becky’s Diner, 390 Commercial Street; 207-773-7070.

Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, phone 207/775-6148; www.portlandmuseum.org/. Open Tuesdays through Thursdays and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. year round (in summer the museum is also open on Mondays). Admission is $8 adults, $6 seniors and students.

The Museum of African Culture, 122 Spring Street, phone 207/871-7188. Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., free admission.

Wadsworth Longfellow House and Center for Maine History, 489 Congress Street, phone 207/879-0427; www.mainehistory.com/. Admission is $7 to both the gallery and the house, $4 if you decide to skip the house. The house is closed from November through May, but the gallery is open during that period from Wednesdays through Saturdays from noon to 4pm. The rest of the year, the gallery is open from 10am-5:30 daily and the house from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily.

The Eagle Island Tour takes four hours total and is only available in the summer months. For more information or to book, go to www.eagleislandtours.com/.

Gilbert’s Chowder House, 92 Commercial Street, phone 207/871-5636.

Portland Head Light and Museum, 1000 Shore Road at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, phone 207/799-2661; www.portandheadlight.com/. The park surrounding the lighthouse is open from dawn to dusk each day, but the museum is only open daily from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Museum admission is $2.

Fore Street, 288 Fore Street, phone 207/775-2717.

Portland Stage Company performs at the Portland Performing Arts Center, 25A Forest Avenue, phone 207/774-0465; www.portlandstage.com

Pauline Frommer is the creator of the new Pauline Frommer guides in bookstores now. Her book, Pauline Frommer's New York, was named Best Guidebook of the Year by the North American Travel Journalists Association.

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