By Hilary Nangle on July 31, 2010
Since I’m dishing on dining in Aroostook County, Maine, figured I’d share another favorite local restaurant, Grammy’s in Linneus, just southwest of Houlton. Now I’ve been to a lot of home-cookin’ joints in Maine, but I’ve never seen portions as huge as those served in this place. Nor have I ever seen two-fisted whoopie pies. [...]
Posted in Aroostook County, Food, Moon guidebook updates, Trip Planning | Tagged Dining, Food, Grammy's, Houlton, Linneus, restaurants |
By Hilary Nangle on July 30, 2010
Whenever I asked a local where to get the best taste of the St. John Valley (or St. Jean, if you’re French)—that strip of Acadian culture separated from New Brunswick, Canada, by the St. John River—the answer was always a variation of: “You must go to Dolly’s for the best ployes, creton, and chicken stew.” [...]
Posted in Aroostook County, Food, Maine Made, Moon guidebook updates, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Bouchard Family Farm, creton, Dolly's, Frenchville, Maine, ployes, St. Jean Valley |
By Hilary Nangle on July 21, 2010
My all-time favorite, must-go festival in Maine is the annual Grand Lake Stream Folk Arts Festival, held under tents on a grassy ballfield in a tiny town wedged between two lakes and straddling its namesake stream (prized by anglers) way Down East. The artisan talent is huge, the prices reasonable, the music fabulous, the setting [...]
Posted in Down East Coast, Events, Mid-Coast, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged acoustic music, antiques, Antiques in the Garden, bluegrass, Boothbay, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, fairs, festivals, Folk Arts Festival, Grand Lake Stream, Hiram, Maine, Ossipee Valley Music Festival |
By Hilary Nangle on July 20, 2010
My friend Jackie Dishner—author of Backroads & Byways of Arizona, speaker, and mountain bike rider—dishes on her day on Peaks earlier this summer. by Jackie Dishner My first overnight stay in Portland, and I woke up to foggy windows. Rain. It was pouring outside, and I had no umbrella. More a day for museums, my [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Greater Portland, Maine Made, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged biking, islands, Maine, Peaks Island, Portland |
By Hilary Nangle on July 19, 2010
On a hot, muggy day earlier this week, I joined guests aboard the 95-foot ketch Angelique, one of the members of the Maine windjammer fleet, for a cruise from Camden, through the waters of Penobscot Bay. Our destination: the annual Parade of Sail by the Rockland Breakwater.En route, we shared the waters with lobstermen hauling [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Food, Lodging, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Angelique, Maine, Maine windjammers, Parade of Sail, Penobscot Bay, Rockland, sailing, windjamming |
By Hilary Nangle on July 17, 2010
If I had been asked to advise President Obama and family on what to do while on Mount Desert Island, I’d have given them this Top 10+ list of things to do when visiting Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island: • Loop-ti-doo Drive or pedaling Acadia National Park’s Park Loop Road is a must, [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Hiking, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine, Mount Desert Island, schoodic point, Top 10 things to do |
By Hilary Nangle on July 15, 2010
Once a year, tiny Paris Hill comes alive for its Founders Day celebration, when Bob Bahre shares his private car collection with the public. More than 60 prized vehicles—including Packards, Duesenbergs, Stutz Bearcats, a Tucker, a Thomas Flyer, vintage race cars, and more—are on view. The 2011 event is on Saturday, July 16. Admission to [...]
Posted in Activities, Events, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged antique cars, car show, Founder's Day, Hannibal Hamlin, Maine, Mollyockett Days, Oxford Hills, Paris Hill, vintage automobiles |
By Hilary Nangle on July 13, 2010
Saddleback resort, in Rangeley, Maine, is offering free moose-spotting tours this summer. The resort’s Moose Patrol bus departs Saddleback’s downtown Guest Service Center on Mondays and Thursdays evenings, rain or shine. According to Kara Wilson, tour guests have been sighting a record number of the ungainly beasts this summer, along with foxes and deer. They’ve [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Deals, Free Stuff, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged free, Maine, moose, moose tours, Rangeley |
By Hilary Nangle on July 12, 2010
I love anything lavender, and the lavender tea I’m sipping just now is simply lovely. It comes from Maine’s Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village’s herb gardens. You can order it, as well as it other herbs and herbal products, online. Doing so helps support the last inhabited Shaker Village. I purchased it during my recent travels [...]
Posted in Activities, Food, Maine Made, Shopping, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go |
By Hilary Nangle on July 12, 2010
When was the last time you saw a frog-jumping contest? You can watch kids compete in this old-fashioned game that’s part of the annual Mollyockett Days celebration, in Bethel, Maine. (The 2011 event is July 16-17). The three-day, jam-packed schedule includes food, music, demonstrations, children’s entertainers, parades, fireworks, craft show, and such oldie-but-goodie kid-oriented events [...]
Posted in Events, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Bethel, Maine, Mollyocket Days |
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