By Hilary Nangle on November 21, 2011
When this article by Rex Turner, Outdoor Recreation Planner for the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, popped into my inbox, I knew I had to share it with those who love Maine and especially those who love Maine’s outdoors. Read on: Humility is part of thankfulness. To say “thank you” is to acknowledge that [...]
Posted in Activities | Tagged Maine, outdoors, thanksgiving |
By Hilary Nangle on June 3, 2011
Yes, you can find budget lodging in Maine’s Acadia region, encompassing the Blue Hill/Deer Isle Peninsula, Mount Desert Island home to Bar Harbor, and the Schoodic Peninsula, all providing easy access to Acadia National Park. Some of these are waterfront. Some have a bit more, uh, character. If you’re used to five-star lodgings, these won’t [...]
Posted in Acadia, Acadia Cheap Sleeps, Cheap Sleeps, Lodging, Trip Planning, Where to go, Woof | Tagged Albee's Shorehouse cottages, Bar Harbor, belle isle motel, Boyce's Motel, budget lodging, Deer Isle, edenbrook motel, Ellsworth, Harbor View Motel & Cottages, inexpensive hotels, islesview motel & cottages, lighthouse inn & restaurant, Main Stay Cottages, Maine, Maine Coast, Prospect Harbor, robbins motel, Schoodic, Seal Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Stonington, Sunset Motor court, trenton, Winter Harbor |
By Hilary Nangle on April 26, 2011
Five documentary films about recreational canoeing and kayaking will be screened at the 4th Annual Paddlers Film Festival, at the Eastland Park Hotel in Portland, this Thursday, April 28. Doors open at 5 p.m. and screenings begin at 6:30 p.m. Films slated to be screened are Birthright, Finding Farley, This is Canoeing, OLVM 36, and [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Events, Trip Planning | Tagged canoeing, kayaking, Maine, Paddlers Film Festival |
By Hilary Nangle on February 1, 2011
Yup, folks, Maine’s legislature is making whoopie over whoopie pies. The legislature is debating whether to make the decadent treat the state’s official dessert, and the blueberry pie folks are fighting back. Frankly, I think it could all be settled with an old fashioned pie-in-the-face food fight. Last pie standing, wins! Want to know more [...]
Posted in Food, Maine Made | Tagged Maine, whoopie pie |
By Hilary Nangle on January 29, 2011
After sampling the Granite Inn‘s lobster pie (technically quiche) during Rockland, Maine’s, annual Pies on Parade event, I managed to persuade Ed Hantz to share the recipe. “This is my adaptation of a recipe I found in an old cookbook,” Hantz says. “I serve it fairly often, usually when there are enough people staying at [...]
Posted in Food, Recipes | Tagged lobster, Maine, pie, quiche, recipe, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on August 10, 2010
If you’re traveling along the Maine coast, you might want to detour inland a bit to catch this new festival: Tribes of the Dawn Land Cultural and Heritage Days: The first annual Wabanaki cultural arts and heritage days celebration. Well, that’s a mouthful, but here’s the gist of why you might want to mosey inland [...]
Posted in Down East Coast, Events, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged baskets, Maine, Native American made baskets, traditional crafts, Wabanaki |
By Hilary Nangle on August 10, 2010
This is the seventh year of the Farnsworth Museum’s annual Paint the Town fund-raising event, but the first in which local galleries have encouraged the artists they represent to participate, and that means the opportunity to purchase works by artists such as Eric Hopkins (see image) and others, while helping benefit the museum. Here’s the [...]
Posted in Events, Maine Made, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning | Tagged Farnsworth Museum, Maine, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on August 9, 2010
Ever seen an archeological dig other than on PBS or in Indiana Jones flicks? This week, you can watch archeologists dig into Maine’s 17th-century past as they work to uncover a previously undiscovered structure at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site, in New Harbor. A test dig already has revealed more than 300 artifacts at the [...]
Posted in Activities, Events, Mid-Coast, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Colonial Pemaquid, Maine, New HArbor |
By Hilary Nangle on August 9, 2010
September is one of my favorite months in Maine, and it’s an ideal time to visit, especially if you want to check out the night skies. Both Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park are committed to protecting Maine’s star-filled skies, and Mt. Desert Island is one of the best places to view the Milky Way [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Events, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine, Mt. Desert Island, night sky festival, stargazing |
By Hilary Nangle on August 5, 2010
Yes, I know this weekend is the Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland, but if you’re seeking a quieter escape, one that might awaken that sense of magic in your kids or grandkids, then head to Boothbay for the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ annual Maine Fairy House Festival. This year, it takes place in the brand [...]
Posted in Activities, Events, Mid-Coast, Where to go | Tagged Boothbay, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Fairies, Maine, Maine Fairy House Festival |
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