By Hilary Nangle on July 3, 2011
On Golden Pond, that dreamy sunset-of-life film starring Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Jane Fonda, may have been filmed in New Hampshire, but playwright Ernest Thompson took his inspiration from Great Pond, the largest of Maine’s Belgrade Lakes. A mailboat—not the lovely wooden launch of the film, but a modern pontoon boat—still plies Great Pond’s [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Cabins & Cottages, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Lodging, Sightseeing, Sporting Camps, Trip Planning | Tagged Alden Camps, Bear Springs Camps, Belgrade Lakes, Castle Island Camps, D.E.W. Animal Kingdom, French's Mountain, Hutton Studios, Maine Bone Carving, maine lake vacation, Maine Sporting Camps, Whisperwood Lodge |
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 20, 2011
One of my more fun and challenging assignments for the best few years has been picking the Best of Maine for Yankee Magazine. (I shared a few of my 2011 picks on 207, the evening magazine TV show). It’s not an easy task, and one I don’t take lightly. I agonize over these, as there [...]
Posted in Activities, Food, Lodging, Resources, Tips, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged 207, Best of Maine, Yankee |
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 |
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 March 28, 2011
Looking for a spring getaway in Maine? Want to spend a few days on a beach in a seaside community that offers some life, even in the off season? Now through May 15, the Seaside Inn, in Kennebunk, has a two-night package including breakfast. Stay at the beachfront inn midweek for two nights for $89 [...]
Posted in Deals, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Motels, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Kennebunk Beach, Seaside Inn |
By Hilary Nangle on March 22, 2011
Wow, folks, here’s a real deal, but you must act today. Jet Blue is having another one-day sale, offering $59 one-way fares between New York City (JFK) and Portland, Maine (PWM). Fare is valid for travel April 5 through May 26, which means you can use it to take advantage of the 50-percent discounts offered [...]
Posted in Deals, Hotels, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Motels, Resorts, Transportation, Trip Planning | Tagged $59 fare, Jet Blue, Maine innkeepers association habitat for humanity |
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