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 November 17, 2011
I spent the better part of the past five months noodling the highways and byways of Maine’s Acadia region researching a new edition of my Moon Acadia National Park book for spring 2012 publication. As I noodled, I nibbled, and I wanted to share some of the must-have Maine-made foods that left me craving more. [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Maine Made, Resources, Trip Planning | Tagged Bar Harbor, Black Dinah Chocolatiers, Blue Hill, Brooksville, buck's harbor market, Deer Isle, Ellsworth, Grindstone Neck of Maine, Isle au Haut, Lucy's Granola, Maine Needhams, Nervous Nellie's Jams and Jellies, Smith Family Farm, tinder hearth bakery, Winter Harbor |
By Hilary Nangle on October 15, 2011
Life doesn’t get much sweeter than creating a successful gourmet chocolate business on a Maine island that’s home to a remote section of Acadia National Park, and that’s what Kate and Steve Shaffer have done with Black Dinah Chocolatiers on Isle au Haut. And now, Kate is sharing the secrets of her success, along with [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Recipes, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Black Dinah Chocolatiers, Desserted: Recipes and Tales from an Island Chocolatier, Isle au Haut, Kate Shaffer, Steve Shaffer |
By Hilary Nangle on September 28, 2011
What better way to spend a glorious autumn morning than hiking in Maine’s Acadia National Park. It’s not only views that make hiking the Beachcroft Trail up Acadia’s Huguenot Head so rewarding, but also the trail itself. It’s an engineering masterpiece, comprising nearly 1,500 pink granite steps that snake through woods and over ledges. According [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Champlain Mountain, hiking, Huguenot Head |
By Hilary Nangle on September 14, 2011
If you think vegan dining isn’t delicious, you’ve never dined at Eden Restaurant, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Eden serves vegan fare that could turn even the most committed cowboy carnivore into a veggie-eating happy hipster. After a couple of year’s closure, Eden reopened in a spacious new digs on Bar Harbor’s Main Street, in the [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Moon guidebook updates, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Bar Harbor, Eden restaurant, vegan, vegetarian |
By Hilary Nangle on September 13, 2011
Recently, we dined with friends at Fathom, a new-in 2011 restaurant in downtown Bar Harbor, Maine. After one meal, we understood why other guests at the Ullikana, the inn where we’re staying, had returned not once, but four times during their one-week stay. Fathom is located just off Cottage Street in the space occupied previously [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Moon guidebook updates | Tagged Bar Harbor, Fathom restaurant, fine dining, review |
By Hilary Nangle on September 12, 2011
Shhhh, now don’t tell too many people about Compass Harbor, a lovely little, relatively unmarked section of Acadia National Park that’s an easy one mile stroll from downtown Bar Harbor, Maine. Whether you’re coming in on a cruise ship and simply want a little quiet time or are intown and trying to escape the shopping/ice [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Hiking, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, George Dorr |
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 August 18, 2011
So many tidbits, I’m just bundling them in nice package for you. By region: Kennebec Valley • The Maine State Museum, in Augusta, is expanding its weekend hours, opening Sundays from 1-4 p.m. through at least Nov. 27, when the pilot project ends. New hours begin Sunday, Aug. 21, when the museum will celebrate with [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Deals, Down East Coast, Entertainment, Events, Free Stuff, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Augusta, Bar Harbor, Carrabassett Valley, College of the Atlantic, Maine Huts & Trails, Maine State Museum, Tides Institute and Museum |
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