Let’s talk Maine lobster: All you need to know about Maine’s lobster shacks, lobster...

Maine lobster is world-renowned, and you can enjoy it a gazillion ways. Of course, eating it is the biggie (there are so many options—baked, broiled,...
Portland Harbor Hotel lobby

Checking In: Suite dreams at the Portland Harbor Hotel

Tough assignment, staying at the Portland Harbor Hotel and checking out the executive suites. Bottom line, if you can swing it, book one. Now Maine...
Participate in or watch the annual tobogganing championships at the Camden Snow Bowl.

Don’t miss these uber fun, only-in-Maine winter events

I love Maine in winter. I embrace the quietude, love playing outdoors in the snow, and I especially love the special events...
Garden's Aglow, Maine

All agog about Maine’s Gardens Aglow

Brighten the season with Maine's Gardens Aglow, the annual holiday light extravaganza at the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. If this vibrant illumination isn't...
Monhegan Island is an easy day trip from mid-coast Maine.

Monhegan Island seduces artists, birders, hikers, dreamers, and drifters

Ahhhh! The Artists' Island. Take a walk about Monhegan Island, and it's easy to see how it earned that moniker. Everywhere you look is...
Spend an hour at the Alexander Art Trail, a sculpture trail just inland of down east Maine. ©Hilary Nangle

Discover down east Maine’s Alexander Art Trail sculpture park

Finding the Alexander Art Trail requires noodling through the back of beyond, but this unique—in the truest sense of the word—sculpture park sited amidst...

Checking In: Spruce Point Inn, Boothbay Harbor

From the minute one arrives at Maine's Spruce Point Inn, there’s a sense of ahhhh. The oceanfront resort sprawls over 57 landscaped acres salted...
Escape to the ocean-front Inn at Ocean's Edge in Lincolnville, Maine. Courtesy photo

Checking In: Inn at Ocean’s Edge, Lincolnville, Maine

The splurge-worthy Inn at Ocean's Edge delivers on its name. Tucked well off Route 1 in Lincolnville, this Maine inn's seven-acre property descends to...
It's possible to climb to the inn's cupola for 360-degree views. ©Hilary Nangle

Checking In: Black Point Inn, Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Maine

When it comes to location, few Maine hotels can rival that of the Black Point Inn. Built in 1878 at the tip of Scarborough's...

The Boathouse Restaurant opens in Kennebunkport

C Classical Maine fare gets an update on Chef John Shaw's menu at The Boathouse Restaurant, in Kennebunkport. The restaurant, part of the Kennebunkport Resort...