The Charm City Circulator bar crawl

So, yes, it is possible to barhop on it, you just have to limit yourself to one drink a bar if you want to actually make it to more than three in one night.

That was my original plan anyway. And it was in the crapper pretty much as soon as I stepped inside Nevin's, where I did a quick succession of Blue Moons, Irish car bombs, and Lithuanian liqueurs.

But I knew that was going to happen. For one, passengers and transportation activists had complained about the short hours in Monday's story about the circulator.

And two of my fellow passengers further underscored the complaint when we got off the bus at Cross Street Station. Their exchange:

Lady 1: "All right, that was awesome."

Lady 2: "Maybe we take it back?"

Lady 1: "Yeah, maybe. If we can get wasted before 12 a.m."

So what

else

did I learn during my bar crawl? The Hill is about as authentic as a vintage armoire at Restoration Hardware. Go to Peter's Pour House to see suburban dad garage bands do R.E.M. covers.

And Nevin's is for lovers. At least lovers of karoeke, Irish car bombs, and barbacks who look like Grandmother Willow. (Read: me).

The full dispatch is here. A stop-by-stop guide to barhopping on the purple and orange circulator follows:

The Orange Route guide was partly put to the test in January by a group of Baltimore residents who dubbed their sprawling crawl the "

."

Stop 218: Pratt & Eutaw Streets

Frank & Nic's West End Grille, 511 W. Pratt St.

Sliders Bar & Grill, 504 Washington Blvd.

Pickle's Pub. 520 Washington Blvd.

Stop 220: Pratt & Calvert streets

Tir Na Nog Bar & Grill, 201 E. Pratt St.

Stop 223: Harbor East Circle

James Joyce Irish Pub and Restaurant, 616 President St.

Taco Fiesta, 618 Exeter St.

Stop 225: Central Avenue & Bank Street

Mustang Alley's, 1300 Bank St.

Stop 201: Lombard & President Streets

Power Plant Live, 328 N. Charles St., including bars, Luckies, Mex, Mosaic, Rock Bar.

The Purple Route will get you from Pennsylvania Station to South Baltimore:

Stop 305: Pleasant & Charles Streets

Mick O'Shea's, 328 N. Charles St.

Maisey's, 313 N. Charles St.

Stop 309: Biddle & Charles streets

Brewer's Art, 1106 N. Charles St.

Club Phoenix, 1 W. Biddle St.

Stop 310: Lyric/Pennsylvania Station

Turp's, 1317 N. Charles St.

Mt. Royal Tavern, 1204 W Mount Royal Ave.

Stop 323: Cross Street Market

Nevin's Cross Street Station, 31-33 E. Cross St.

The Hill, 1017 S. Charles St

Metropolitan, 902 S. Charles St.

Stop 303: Light Street

Water Street Tavern, 102 Water St

Peter's Pour House, 111 Mercer St.

Photo: Riding the circulator at night (above, right); South Baltimore's best barback, Linda Diehly (center). (Amy Davis/Baltimore)