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 November 6, 2011
If you think November isn’t a good time to visit Maine, think again: Sure, the weather can be a bit iffy, but special events such as Maine Beer Week, holiday festivities, and the lure of shopping without crowds make it a good time to visit. Most Maine accommodations are at off -season rates, and a [...]
Posted in Deals, Greater Portland, Hotels, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Penobscot Bay, Resorts, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Cape Elizabeth, Captain Lord Mansion, Cliff House Maine, Inn by the Sea, Kennebunkport, lodging packages, Ogunquit, Portland, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on September 21, 2011
Most of my friends who live beyond Maine’s borders think I live in the most ideal place. And they’re right, to a point. But I think there’s an even better place, and that’s one of the islands off the Maine coast. Especially in autumn, when the crowds are gone, the light is soft, the air [...]
Posted in Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Penobscot Bay, Resources, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Adam Campbell, Nebo Lodge, North Haven Island, organic farm, oysters, Turner Farm |
By Hilary Nangle on September 5, 2011
A reader asked: “I want to visit Maine and stay at a motel/hotel cottage/guest house where I can have a view of the harbour and watch the lobster being unloaded. Any ideas?” I sure do. Here are five accommodations that provide a view over working lobster wharves. • Tidewater Motel, Vinalhaven Island Really, you can’t [...]
Posted in Acadia, Blue Hill Peninsula & Deer Isle, Down East Coast, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Motels, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Elsa's inn, Harbor House, Inn at the Wharf, Inn on the Harbor, inns overlooking lobster wharves, Jonesport, Lubec, Moose-a-bec Manor, Prospect Harbor, Stonington, Tidewater Motel, Vinalhaven |
By Hilary Nangle on August 28, 2011
Sitting in a rocker on the front porch of Elsa’s Inn and gazing out at the lobster boats bobbing in Prospect Harbor, it’s hard not to believe all is right with the world…or at least on the Schoodic Peninsula, home to the only mainland section of Maine’s Acadia National Park. Stay north on Route 1 [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Recipes, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Elsa's inn on the harbor, Gouldsboro, Prospect Harbor, schoodic point |
By Hilary Nangle on May 25, 2011
Yesterday, I had the good fortune to attend a brunch at Portland’s Pomegranate Inn launching innkeeper Dana Moos new cookbook, The Art of Breakfast: How to Bring B&B Entertaining Home (Down East Books, May 2011). Dana made putting together a nine-course (!) meal look easy, and she says it is, explaining how in this book. [...]
Posted in Food, Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Recipes, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged breakfast recipe, cookbook review, Dana Moos, fiddlehead recipe, lobster recipe, Pomegranate Inn, Portland, The Art of Breakfast |
By Hilary Nangle on May 16, 2011
Two of my favorite Maine oceanfront inns—Grey Havens and the Blue Hill Inn—have big news for the 2011 season. Grey Havens, Georgetown, Maine After a few years of stormy seas, Grey Havens is open as a full-service inn with restaurant, under the new ownership of experienced innkeeper Eve Roesler, with her husband, Dick, and cousin [...]
Posted in Blue Hill Peninsula & Deer Isle, Deals, Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Mid-Coast, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Blue Hill, Blue Hill Inn, Devin Finigan, dinner, Georgetown, Grey Havens, restaurant |
By Hilary Nangle on May 10, 2011
I fell in love with the Ocean Point Inn, an oceanfront old fashioned inn, cottages, and motel in East Boothbay, Maine, when I stayed on a great deal late last summer (here’s my review from that stay). Well, it’s not the same deal, but the inn is offering some extremely wallet-friendly Internet specials through mid [...]
Posted in Deals, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Mid-Coast, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged East Boothbay, Oceanpoint Inn, review |
By Hilary Nangle on May 1, 2011
C’mon, you know you’ve always wanted to peek inside Camden, Maine’s, lovely historical inns. Well, you can do just that and enjoy a sampling of their house-made sweets during the annual Camden Cake Walk, on Saturday, May 7, 2011. Ten local inns will open their doors for tasting and touring from 1-4 p.m. Participating inns [...]
Posted in Events, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Camden, Camden Cake WAlk, Camden-Rockport Historical Society |
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 |
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