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 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 |
By Hilary Nangle on November 13, 2011
Maine’s big resorts get most of the attention, but for young families or anyone on a budget, smaller areas provide not only a fun experience, but also a good value. Perhaps the vertical isn’t as grand, but really, how often do you ski 2,000 feet without stopping? All of these little guys have night skiing, [...]
Posted in Activities, Mid-Coast, Skiing/Riding, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Auburn, Black Mountain, Bridgton, Camden, Camden Snow Bowl, Farmington, Locke Mills, Lost Valley, Mt. Abram, Rumford, Shawnee Peak, Titcomb Mountain |
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 8, 2011
The Pemaquid Field School, offered by Southern Maine Community College is a three-week hands-on archeological program under the direction of Dr. Neill De Paoli. Participants learn excavation and recording techniques, laboratory procedures, and artifact identification while helping with excavations at Pemaquid Falls, a site with a rich prehistoric and colonial history. Indigenous people used this [...]
Posted in Activities, Events, Mid-Coast, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged archeological dig, dig into history, history buffs, Pemaquid Falls |
By Hilary Nangle on June 5, 2011
Once each year, seven land-accessible lighthouses along the mid-Maine coast open their towers for the Midc0ast Maine Lighthouse Challenge, a two-day self-guided driving tour covering the coastline from Pemaquid Point, tipping the Pemaquid Peninsula dangling south of Damariscotta, to Castine, on the western edge of the Blue Hill peninsula. Included on the tour* are Dyce’s [...]
Posted in Activities, Blue Hill Peninsula & Deer Isle, Events, Mid-Coast, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Castine, Dyce's Head Lighthouse, Fort Point Light, Grindle Point Light, Historic Inns of Rockland, Islesboro, Maine Lighthouse Challenge, Maine Lighthouse Museum, Marshall Point light, Owls Headlight, Pemaquid, Pemaquid Point lighthouse, Penobscot Marine Museum, Port Clyde, Rockland, Rockland Breakwater light, Searsport, Stockton Springs |
By Hilary Nangle on May 24, 2011
Maine is world renowned for its lobster, and there are plenty of ways to enjoy it. Eating it, of course, is one way, but you can also enjoy a festival celebrating the bugs, or watch races between lobsterboats (fierce competition), or go out on one and learn about and perhaps take part in how the [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Blue Hill Peninsula & Deer Isle, Down East Coast, Events, Food, Greater Portland, Mid-Coast, Penobscot Bay, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, When to go, Where to go | Tagged Capt. Jack, Frenchboro Lobster Festival, lobster, lobster festivals, lobster shacks, lobster tours, Lucky Catch, Lulu, Maine Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor Lobster Festival |
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 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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