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
Bar Harbor’s Bass Cottage Inn: A most unVictorian Victorian
When you like the concept of a B&B but dislike the forced camaraderie, love Victorians but loathe clutter and frou-frou, and prefer a convenient...
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...
Escape Bar Harbor’s crowds in the Compass Harbor section of Acadia National Park
Shhhh, now don't tell too many people about Compass Harbor, a lovely little, relatively unmarked section of Acadia National Park that's an easy one...
In search of the perfect chocolate chip cookie
For much of my life, I've been on a quest for the perfect retail chocolate chip cookie. I seek one that best emulates a...
Top 10 Acadia and Mount Desert Island
If you want to experience the best of Acadia National Park's largest section, you'll need a plan. This Top 10 Acadia and Mountain Desert...
Climb every mountain, swim every fjord: COA prez to hike Acadia National Park’s 28...
Call me impressed: On Monday, June 25, 2012, College of the Atlantic President Darron Collins plans to climb every mountain in Acadia National Park...
Craving lobster?
I recently wrote a story for the Boston Globe about my favorite Maine lobster shacks. For those who didn't see it, I've added it...
Fisherman’s Inn Restaurant in Winter Harbor, Maine, shares recipes for Thai-style mussels and finnan...
Restaurants come and go in Winter Harbor, Maine, but Carl and Kathy Johnson's Fisherman's Galley has stood the test of time, serving fresh and local...
Gotta love Martha’s in Ellsworth
Red vinyl, Formica, and chrome. Super-friendly waitresses. Really good home cookin'.
Martha's Diner delivers big time. I stopped by for lunch today, and the place...
Acadia National Park is officially closed, but many of its treasures are accessible
I'd like to share something with you that came to me from an innkeeper in Bar Harbor:
The government shutdown has closed the Park Loop...
Tasting Maine: Favorite food finds from the Acadia region
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...
Acadia Birding Festival
Here's something to tweet about: No less an authority than Roger Tory Peterson called Mount Desert Island "the Warbler capital of the world."...
Schoodic Rambles
First, sorry for the lack of recent postings, but I've been on the road, traveling in the Acadia region to research a new edition...
Island Hopping 4: Isle au Haut
In summer, the daily boat to Isle au Haut is packed with kids and dogs, hikers and freight. Not so in September. As I...
