A stay in Baltimore’s most aesthetically pleasing guesthouse

As the saying goes, you can go home again. You can even be treated like royalty—papyrus and all.

As a child growing up in Harford County, Maryland, I often relied on my grandmother’s advice.

One of her lines, in particular, stayed with me: “One day, you’ll be a guest in your parents’ home."

She offered this advice to remind me I would grow up and create a life on my own terms, one far beyond the limits of my circumstances. As a child coping with alco…