By Hilary Nangle on April 29, 2011
I know, I know: The grass is growing, the flowers are blooming, the golf course is open. Well maybe where you are, but not up at Sugarloaf. I just came off the hill, and the conditions are excellent. Yes, excellent. Sure, some of the trails with natural snow are sketchy, and yes, there are a [...]
Posted in Activities, Skiing/Riding, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged 15 k, golf, marathon, Ski and tee, skiing, Sugarloaf |
By Hilary Nangle on April 29, 2011
I asked Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich, of the Sea Glass dining room at the Inn by the Sea, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, to share a recipe for one of Maine’s favorite spring delicacies, fiddleheads. “I am very excited to have our forager bring us fiddleheads next week. You have to treat them lightly so they retain [...]
Posted in Deals, Food, Greater Portland, Maine Made, Recipes, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Cape Elizabeth, Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich, fiddleheads, Inn by the Sea, Sea Glass restaurant |
By Hilary Nangle on April 28, 2011
If you’re heading to Mount Desert Island, Maine, this summer, there are a lot of changes in the local food scene in Bar Harbor. Jeff Anderholm, innkeeper of the Bass Cottage Inn, in Bar Harbor, has updated me with the latest on new restaurants, closed restaurants, and picnic options for those planning a picnic in [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Moon guidebook updates, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged 10 Tables, Bar Harbor, Bass Cottage Inn, Eden Vegetarian, Fathoms, Hannaford, Maggie's, Miguel's, Mount Desert Island, Pat's Pizza, Pectic Seafood |
By Hilary Nangle on April 26, 2011
Five documentary films about recreational canoeing and kayaking will be screened at the 4th Annual Paddlers Film Festival, at the Eastland Park Hotel in Portland, this Thursday, April 28. Doors open at 5 p.m. and screenings begin at 6:30 p.m. Films slated to be screened are Birthright, Finding Farley, This is Canoeing, OLVM 36, and [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Events, Trip Planning | Tagged canoeing, kayaking, Maine, Paddlers Film Festival |
By Hilary Nangle on April 23, 2011
Every now and then I stumble across an innovative lodging package, one that goes well beyond the ho-hum usual offering of room, meals, and activity at a slightly discounted price. Hunting and Preparing Wild Mushrooms with David Spahr, offered at Le Vatout, a bed-and-breakfast inn in Waldoboro, Maine, certainly meets that criteria. Local ‘shroom forager [...]
Posted in Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Mid-Coast, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged cooking, David Spahr, foraging, La Vatout, Waldoboro, Wild mushrooms |
By Hilary Nangle on April 20, 2011
If you can’t get to Italy, well it’s coming to Maine. The Italian Life Expo is bringing a taste of the Old Country to Portland’s Ocean Gateway, June 9-11, 2011. Vintners, food producers, chefs, travel specialists, and artisans from Tuscany, Piemonte, Brescia, Friuli, Emilia-Romagna and other locales will be offering tastings, demonstrations, and educational programs. [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Greater Portland, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Italian Life Expo, Portland |
By Hilary Nangle on April 19, 2011
Wow! Purchase a $50 raffle ticket and if you’re lucky, you may win a Maine Dream Vacation, an all-inclusive four-day dream vacation in Camden, Maine, valued at $6,000. Five-hundred tickets will be sold to benefit Youthlinks, a community service program for Mid-coast youth. The winning ticket will be drawn July 15, and the vacation must [...]
Posted in Deals, Mid-Coast, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Camden, Maine Dream Vacation raffle, midcoast, Rockland, Rockport |
By Hilary Nangle on April 12, 2011
When it comes to pet-friendly travel in Maine, the Inn by the Sea, in Cape Elizabeth, does everything right. So says Bernie, my almost-five-year-old Leonberger (no, not a cheese, a big, furry dog). Bernie and I recently spent a night at this beachfront boutique inn: 24 hours of pure dog bliss. It began with check-in, [...]
Posted in Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Trip Planning, Where to go, Woof | Tagged Cape Elizabeth, Crescent Beach, Inn by the Sea, ocean-front lodging in Maine, pet-friendly lodging in Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on April 9, 2011
Want to add some value to your Maine vacation dollar? Instead of simply lazing away a summer vacation, pair it with an opportunity to learn something new. Conquer nature-deficit disorder with a family immersion into the great outdoors on an island. Learn to paddle a sea kayak, craft furniture by hand, build a boat, play [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Blue Hill Peninsula & Deer Isle, Down East Coast, Greater Portland, Maine Highlands, Mid-Coast, Penobscot Bay, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Bar Harbor, Bay Saiing School, Bradford Camps, Brooklin, Carpenter's Boatshop, center for Furniture Crafsmanship, College of the Atlantic Family Nature Camp, Grain Surfboards, Hog Island Audubon Camp, Island Kayaki-camping, L.L. Bean Outdoor Discovery School, Lubec, Maine Fiddle Camp, Maine Guide's License, Maine Outdoor Learning Center, Pemaquid, Penobscot School, Rockland, Rockport, Shelter Institute, Sikorski Seminar, Summerkeys, Surfboard building camp, Wooden Boat School, Woodturning school, Woolwich |
By Hilary Nangle on April 2, 2011
I’m a sucker for small, focused, and quirky museums, and this gem, in Jonesport, Maine, sure fits the bill. Ronnie Peabody, executive director and co-founder of the Maine Coast Sardine History Museum, in Jonesport, reels off statistics about Maine’s sardine processing heyday. In the early 20th century, more than 400 factories salted the Maine coastline [...]
Posted in Activities, Down East Coast, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Jonesport, Maine Coast Sardine Museum, Ronnie Peabody |
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