Nibbles & Bites: Sunfire Mexican Grill, in Rockland, Maine
I've always enjoyed Sunfire Mexican Grill, but with so many restaurants in the area, I don't get to go often. After a few years...
Kudos to Maine’s 2016 James Beard Award semi-finalists
The James Beard Awards have released the semi-finalists for the 2016 restaurant and chef awards, and once again, Maine is well represented. Here's where...
Sweet, sweet Samoset
I live so close to the Samoset, that I rarely visit, but here I am in Rockland, for a conference and now I understand...
Shipshape in Searsport
For years I drove past the inland faux lighthouse on Route 1 in Searsport. I finally stopped in a few years ago; wow!...
Fiddle with family and friends at the Maine Fiddle Camp this summer
Bunk down in primitive cabins or pitch a tent, dine outdoors under a tent, and fiddle the days and nights away at the lakeside...
Bourdain in Maine
Yup, it's true. The celebrity chef is coming to Maine in a few weeks to film a Maine show. He'll be visiting four Portland...
Midcoast Maine Lighthouse Challenge lets you climb beacon towers
Once each year, seven land-accessible lighthouses along the mid-Maine coast open their towers for the Midcoast Maine Lighthouse Challenge, a two-day self-guided driving tour...
Foodie news: Beard semifinalist nominees released; Maine chefs in the running
Maine chefs are no strangers to the James Beard Foundation's annual awards, and the 2010 semifinalists include both familiar faces and new entries to...
Suzuki’s Sushi
It's the offest of of season and the economy is in the Dumpster, but you wouldn't know it by the crowd at Suzuki's Sushi...
Morning in Maine
While I'm on the windjammer theme, let me tell you about my recent sail aboard A Morning in Maine, a 55-foot ketch based in...
Golf and sail the Maine Coast
You want to sail, partner wants to golf; not a problem: The Maine Windjammer Association has you both covered with three packages that add...
My Maine air show
No, not THAT air show. Yesterday, I flew up, up, and away in a 1933 Waco UBF2 biplane from the Owl's Head Transportation Museum,...
On a clear day…
...you can see from Mount Katahdin to Cadillac Mountain from the observatory capping the Penobscot Narrows Bridge's west tower.
Not a place for those fearful...
Back in the Saddle
So to speak (after five days without Internet access), and with a new office assistant. First, a report on this year's Grand Lake Stream...