Scenes from Bluff Housee Inn

New owners reviving Bluff House Inn on the Schoodic Peninsula

The Bluff House, a lodge-style inn and cabins on Maine's Schoodic Peninsula, overlooks Frenchman Bay. ©Hilary Nangle

Haute dining, good value

No matter what your budget, getting good value for your buck makes a difference. In a town where $40 entrees aren't unusual, the White...

News and snooze: Southwest Harbor

Quick update for those using either an older version of Moon Coastal Maine or the current edition of Moon Acadia National Park: Both the...

More reasons to wail and whine

More sad news from Maine's coast. The Oakland House, one of my faves, will not reopen this season. Fourth-generation innkeeper Jim Littlefield, and his wife...

Perfect Maine foliage escape: Waterford Inne

UPDATE: The Waterford Inne has new owners I don't think one could find a more classic country inn in a more perfect location for leaf...

Checking Inn: Rockland’s Granite Inn

After an afternoon of nibbling my way through downtown Rockland, sampling pie after pie after pie last Sunday, innkeepers Ed and Joan Hantz invited...

Maine Treasures: Acadia’s Oceanside Meadows

Waves lapping lulled me to sleep, and when I awakened this morning, gauzy curtains framed the ocean view from my third-floor room at Acadia's...

Puffins, warblers, and eagles, oh my!

Deer Isle is going to the birds. The third annual Wings, Waves & Woods festival of birding and art, sponsored by the Island Heritage...

Sweet dreams in Bar Harbor

Every time I visit The Inns at the Ullikana in Bar Harbor, I stay in a different room, and every time, I swear it's...

Splurgeworthy: Camden Harbour Inn

Once a classic summer hotel, over the years, the  Camden Harbour Inn had morphed into a B&B, sprouting wings and adding private baths, and...

Sweet dreams at the Blue Hill Inn

Two nights at the Blue Hill  Inn isn't nearly enough time to enjoy the inn, never mind the Blue Hill Peninsula and Deer Isle. I...

An autumn ramble in the western mountains of Maine

Even though the color is a bit from peak, it's still gorgeous in the Bethel area. If you're looking to slip away for a...

Winter arrives in Maine’s western mountains, and a few nibbles and nods

After a relatively mild winter, March roared in lionlike, with a major snowstorm that dropped upwards of a foot on Maine's western mountains. Saddleback,...

Cheap Sleeps in the Kennebunks

You don't have to be religious to book a room at the Franciscan Guest House. An easy walk to Lower Village and Dock Square...