By Hilary Nangle on November 5, 2011
Celebrate Maine craft brewing at Maine Beer Week, Nov. 10-17. The week-long brew-ha-ha features beer dinners, pairings, tastings, tours, meet-the-brewer nights, and more, all highlighting local brews. Participants include 27 Maine breweries; nearly 50 Maine restaurants, taverns, and brewpubs; and a handful of lodging sponsors. Many restaurants will be offering specially priced menus. Maine Beer [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Greater Portland, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Maine Highlands, Mid-Coast, Penobscot Bay, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Maine beer Week |
By Hilary Nangle on July 31, 2011
If you get a sample of what it really was like during the hey day of Maine’s Great Age of Logging, make plans to visit the Ambejejus Boom House, on Ambejejus Lake, near Millinocket and Baxter State Park. It’s been 35 years since Maine’s last logging drive, 35 years since trees felled in the northern [...]
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By Hilary Nangle on May 17, 2011
Why visit Maine in late spring? For starters, you’ll have the state practically to yourself. The summerfolk have yet to arrive in droves. And, you can snag some great rates and packages for lodging. And it’s easier to get reservations at the top restaurants. Sure the weather can be a bit iffy and there’s likely [...]
Posted in Acadia, Deals, Down East Coast, Events, Greater Portland, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Maine Highlands, Penobscot Bay, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Acadia Birding Festival, Acadia National Park, asticou azalea gardens, Belfast, blistered fingers bluegrass festival, Cobscook Bay, down east birding festival, Farnsworth, fishiing, Greenville, Kennebunk, kennebunkport festival, litchfield, Maine Sporting Camps, moose, Moose Mainea, Mount Desert Island, ogu8nquit, old port festival, Portland, restaurant week, Rockland, sundary river, trek across maine, wyeth |
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 March 29, 2011
Ready to point and shoot? Maine has 14 sites designated as National Natural Landmarks, and the National Park Service is looking for photos. Winning photos in the 8th annual National Natural Landmarks Photo Contest will appear in the 2012 50th anniversary commemorative national natural landmarks calendar. Cool, eh? We’re not just talking rock-bound coast and [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Aroostook County, Birding/wildlife viewing, Down East Coast, Hiking, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Maine Highlands, Mid-Coast, Moon guidebook updates, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Appleton Bog Atlantic White Cedar Stand, Bigelow Mountain, Carrying Place Cove, Colby-Marston Preserve, crystal bog, Gulf Hagas, Monhegan Island, Mount Katahdin, National Natural landmarks, New Gloucester Black Gum Stand, no. 5 bog and jack pine stand, orono bog, passadumkeat marsh and boglands, Penny Pond-joe pond complex, photo contest, The Hermitage |
By Hilary Nangle on February 15, 2011
Winter blues have you salivating for some fun events? Hungering for a good meal at a great price? Want to help push a Maine chef to the top of the Best New Chefs column? Well, it’s time to eat, drink, and make merry in Maine. MAINE RESTAURANT WEEK If you haven’t been checking the updates [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Greater Portland, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Lodging, Maine Highlands, Mid-Coast, Penobscot Bay, Southern Coast/Beaches, Where to go | Tagged 2011, Art of Dessert, Bam Bam Bakery, Camden Harbour Inn, Chef Geoffroy Deconinck, Kristin Fuhrmann Simmons, Maine Bartenders Bash, Maine Restaurant Week, Natalies, People's Best New Chef, salt exchange, Sea Glass, Signature Event |
By Hilary Nangle on December 10, 2010
In addition to the Maine Indian Basketmakers Show and Sale in Orono on Saturday, here are a few other events you might want to check out this weekend: Dec. 10-11: Fire & Ice, Kennebunkport Warm up after power shopping in K’port. Sample hors d’oeuvres from area restaurants, enjoy live entertainment, and belly up to the [...]
Posted in Activities, Events, Food, Maine Highlands, Maine Made, Mid-Coast, Shopping, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Boothbay, Christmas Prelude, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Kennebunkport |
By Hilary Nangle on December 4, 2010
One of my favorite holiday events is the annual Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration. On Dec. 11, 2010, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., more than 30 Native American artisans from Maine’s Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, and Micmac tribes will be selling their handmade ash-splint and sweetgrass basketry, demonstrating their craft, and singing, drumming, and [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Free Stuff, Maine Highlands, Maine Made, Shopping, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Hudson Museum, Maine Indian Basketmakers, Orono |
By Hilary Nangle on October 11, 2010
My original plan was to graze my way through dinner by nibbling appetizers or choosing small plates at a handful of restaurants in Bangor, Brewer, and Orono. Based on recommendations from locals, my possibilities included a pulled-pork app at Fiddlehead; fish tacos at Luna; perhaps a return visit to Market Bistro, where I’d had a [...]
Posted in Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Maine Highlands, Moon guidebook updates, Trip Planning | Tagged Bangor, Dining, restaurant, review |
By Hilary Nangle on September 20, 2010
Considering a fall foliage leaf-peeping trip in Maine? Here’s the first in a series of places where you can escape the crowds. I’ll start where the foliage will peak first, in the Moosehead Lake / Mount Katahdin region of Maine’s North Woods. Yup, woods. That guarantees foliage, and the mix of hard and soft woods [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Cabins & Cottages, Food, Hiking, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Maine Highlands, Motels, Resorts, Sightseeing, Sporting Camps, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged fall foliage, Greenville, Millinocket, Moosehead Lake, Mt. Katahdin |
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