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By Hilary Nangle on March 22, 2013
So much happening in Maine, and I’ve been too sick with the flu to tell you about it all. Accept my apologies along with my promise to return to regular posts. I’m beginning with accommodations updates, including the loss of one inn-based restaurant and an especially intriguing renewal that promises a guest-only (at least for [...]
Posted in Acadia, Blue Hill Peninsula & Deer Isle, Down East Coast, Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Bar Harbor, Camden, East Wind Inn, harbor house on Sawyer Cove, Isle au Haut, Jonesport, Portland, The Danforth, The Keeper's House, The Norumbega, The Pomegranate, Yellow House |
By Hilary Nangle on July 23, 2012
When immersed in the often jaw-dropping natural beauty of Acadia National Park, it may seem superfluous to seek out man-made gardens, but those on Maine’s Mount Desert Island gild this already stunning landscape. While garden mavens will treasure these sights, even those who don’t know a peony from a pansy will be tickled. (This post [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Moon guidebook updates, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, Acadia National Park, Asticou, Bar Harbor, Charlotte Rhodes Park and Butterfly Garden, College of the Atlantic, Farrand Garden, Garland Farm, Mount Desert Island, Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, Sieur du Monts Springs, Somesville, Somesville Historial Museum and Gardens, Southwest Harbor, Thuya, Turrets Sea Side Garden, Wlld Gardens of Acadia |
By Hilary Nangle on July 9, 2012
June’s rains turned Maine’s landscape lush and green, and now July’s sunshine is bringing out the colors just in time for annual garden tours. While most occur on only one day each summer, a few are spread out over the season. Hint: Buy tickets in advance, when possible, as they usually are less expensive (but [...]
Posted in Acadia, Penobscot Bay, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Bar Harbor, Beatrix Farrand garden, Belfast, Belfast OPen Garden Days, Berwick, Brooks, Camden, Camden House and Garden Tour, Cape Elizabeth Garden Tour, Freedom, Gardens in the Watershed, Hope, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, lincolnville Center, Mount Desert Island garden Tour, Northeast Harbor, Ogunquit, Opend Days at Garland Farm, Private Gardens of the Kennebunks, Rockland, Rockport, Seacoast Water Garden Tour, Seal Harbor, Searsmont, Spruce Head, Swanville, York |
By Hilary Nangle on July 1, 2012
Add a little art and culture to your Maine summer vacation with one of these exhibits or special programs: The Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress, Saco Museum, through Nov. 10, 2012 More than 15 years of research and restoration have gone into the Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress, a rare treasure of American art created [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Events, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Bar Harbor, College of the Atlantic, Culturepass, Eastport, Edith Wharton, Farnsworth, Lubec, Moving panorama of pilgrim's progress, Rockland, Saco, Saco Museum, wyeth |
By Hilary Nangle on June 23, 2012
Call me impressed: On Monday, June 25, 2012, College of the Atlantic President Darron Collins plans to climb every mountain in Acadia National Park and swim across Somes Sound, a natural fjord, as a fund raiser for the environmentally oriented liberal arts college in Bar Harbor, on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Collins, along with students [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Events, Hiking, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, College of the Atlantic, hiking |
By Hilary Nangle on June 3, 2012
Even those who aren’t vegetarian will enjoy staying at these bed-and-breakfast inns in Maine. Candleshop Inn, York Beach It’s just a short walk from Short Sands Beach from this low-key, family friendly B&B. Begin the day with a vegetarian buffet breakfast (other dietary needs can be met with advance notice, including vegan and gluten-free) and [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Maine Highlands, Mid-Coast, Southern Coast/Beaches | Tagged Atlantean B&B, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Bath Elms, Candleshop Inn, Fiddlehead, Hancock, kismet inn, Oceanside Meadows, Prospect Harbor, Three Pines, vegetarian, York Beach |
By Hilary Nangle on May 3, 2012
Health food stores and natural foods groceries, along with Asian, Indian, and Mexican restaurants, are the usual go-tos for on-the-road vegetarians and vegans. While many of Maine’s restaurants, especially those specializing in farm-to-table fare, offer at least one vegetarian entree, only a handful of restaurants in the state deliver menus created for or catering to [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Greater Portland, Mid-Coast, Penobscot Bay, Resources, Southern Coast/Beaches, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Bar Harbor, Belfast, Cape Nedick, Chase's Daily, Corsican Restaurant, Damariscotta, Eden Vegetarian cafe, Ellsworth, Frankie and Johnny's, Freeport, gluten free, Green Elephant vegetarian Bistro, Lewiston, Little Lad's, Norway, Pepperclub, Portland, Riverside Cafe, Salt Bay Cafe, She doesn't like Guthrie's, Silly's, Taste of Eden Vegan Cafe, vegan, vegetarian |
By Hilary Nangle on April 18, 2012
Spring has arrived and Maine is waking up from its winter slumber. Here’s a round-up for news items that have crossed my desk recently, from noteworthy openings to great deals, from fun events to new airline service. Getting He-ah from They-ah: Getting to Bar Harbor from Boston and points beyond is getting easier. The independent [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Food, Greater Portland, Penobscot Bay, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Uncategorized, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Anneke Jans, Back Bay Grill, Bar Harbor, Belfast, Cape Air, Carrabassett Valley, Eat More Cheese, Kennebunk, Kittery, La Vida, New England Steelband Festival, Old Vines, PenAir, Portland |
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 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 |
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