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By Hilary Nangle on March 23, 2012
Spring’s here, and it’s time to start planning your spring/summer/fall visits to Maine. Here are two deals to help ease the budget: The Maine Innkeepers Association’s annual Habitat for Humanity program and a three-night package at the Bass Cottage Inn, including a dinner at its 10 Tables fine dining restaurant. Bass Cottage Inn/10 Tables The [...]
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By Hilary Nangle on March 4, 2012
After a relatively mild winter, March roared in lionlike, with a major snowstorm that dropped upwards of a foot on Maine’s western mountains. Saddleback, Sugarloaf, Sunday River, Shawnee Peak, and Mt. Abram all benefited, and if you have any doubt about the conditions, don’t. They’re superb. It’s a white, white world in the mountains. In [...]
Posted in Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Skiing/Riding, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Black Diamond Burittos, Hug's, Maine Huts, Nestlewood, Orange Cat, Sugarloaf |
By Hilary Nangle on February 21, 2012
The James Beard Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for its 2012 James Beard awards. Maine chefs and restaurants in the running are, by category: Best New Restaurant: • Petite Jacqueline, Portland Outstanding Chef: • Melissa Kelly, Primo, Rockland Outstanding Restaurant: • Fore Street, Portland Best Chef Northeast: • Penelle, Megan, and Phoebe Chase and Ted [...]
Posted in Food, Greater Portland, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Belfast, Boda, Bresca, Camden, Chase's Daily, Emilitsa, Fore Street, Francine Bistro, Petite Jacqueline, Portland, Primo, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on February 20, 2012
Maine has some of the best snow conditions in New England, and that’s good news for skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, and snowshoers. I spent two recent days skiing at Sugarloaf, Maine, and I’m here to tell you that the conditions, top to bottom, are excellent. There’s enough natural to color the world white, and the snowmakers [...]
Posted in Activities, Skiing/Riding, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Saddleback, Sugarloaf, Sunday River |
By Hilary Nangle on February 10, 2012
For too long, Belfast, Maine, had only one restaurant worthy of a dedicated road trip, and that one served dinner only on Friday nights. Now it has The Lost Kitchen. The Lost Kitchen began as a secret supper club by Erin French, but word spread and its popularity grew. The Lost Kitchen restaurant occupies the [...]
Posted in Food, Moon guidebook updates, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Belfast, review, The Lost Kitchen |
By Hilary Nangle on January 25, 2012
It’s quiet season, and two of Maine’s nicest inns—the Hartstone Inn and Hideaway, in Camden, and the Inn by the Sea, in Cape Elizabeth—are offering great deals. Both are known for their restaurants as well as their lodging. February is Fabulous at the Hartstone Inn & Hideaway The February is Fabulous special at the Hartstone [...]
Posted in Deals, Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Camden, Cape Elizabeth, Hartstone Inn, Inn by the Sea |
By Hilary Nangle on January 24, 2012
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine Film fans take note: On Friday, Feb. 3, the Farnsworth is kicking off a new program, Rockland Shorts: An International Film Series, with a screening at The Strand Theatre. The bimonthly series aims to show contemporary, probing, independent films that help define the digital generation with restriction of culture, format, [...]
Posted in Greater Portland, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Farnsworth Museum, Penobscot Marine Museum, Portland Museum of Art |
By Hilary Nangle on January 23, 2012
Everybody loves a deal, and I’ve got quite a few for you. Book today: TOO LATE, YOU MISSED IT, SORRY. $49 airfare from New York, NY, (JFK) Portland, Maine (PWM) on Jet Blue. The fare is good from Jan. 30 through April 3, 2012, which means it’s perfect for a skiing/snowboarding escape to Sugarloaf, Sunday [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Deals, Events, Food, Free Stuff, Greater Portland, Lodging, Mid-Coast, Penobscot Bay, Skiing/Riding, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged airfare, Black Mountain of Maine, Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, dog-kissing, Free skiing, Habitat for Humanity promotion, Inn at Brunswick Station, Maine Restaurant Week, Planet Dog, Portland, Ruford |
By Hilary Nangle on January 11, 2012
Sunday River, in Newry, Maine, is launching a series of specialty Dining at the Peak dinners for 2012. These Saturday night events include guest chefs as well as wine and beer dinners. Seating is limited, so plan ahead. Here are the highlights so far: Jan. 14: A visit to Portland’s Vignola and Cinque Terre via [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Dining at the Peak, Newry, Sunday River |
By Hilary Nangle on December 30, 2011
Maine’s State Parks are offering four, free, First Day Hikes, each led by park staff, on Sunday, Jan. 1: Aroostook, Cobscook Bay, Wolfe’s Neck Woods, and Popham Beach. Each hike will focus on the park’s natural landscape. Aroostook State Park, Presque Isle, 8-11 a.m. Park Manager Scott Thompson will focus on “Stories in the Snow,” [...]
Posted in Aroostook County, Down East Coast, Greater Portland, Mid-Coast, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Aroostook, Cobscook Bay, First Day Hikes, guided hike, Maine state parks, Popham Beach, Wolfe's Neck Woods |
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