November 2013
Forget the frozen butterball this Thanksgiving and go locavore. Hunting and gathering the fresh and native is much more fun.
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The Maine 100
October 2013
Welcome to our version of the Fortune 500 or Forbes 500. Except it’s Maine-headquartered businesses in pleasing proportion. After all, what’s wrong with rooting for the home team?
Love For Sail
October 2013
Maine’s ships once carried the future with them, from London to Canton to the turquoise waters of the Caribbean. At a recent auction, the trade winds were high, with oil paintings snapped up by collectors for up to $30,000.
Sea Greens
October 2013
An ingenious new business provides Maine’s lobster crews with a self-kelp manual for their downtime in winter.
Circus College Comes to Town
October 2013
A fool may be born every minute, but it takes four years to become a jester auguste.
Strangers in a Strange Land
September 2013
You’ll be amazed to see how exotic “local” can be.
Singular Sensations
September 2013
Could an understanding of qualia lead to breakthrough marketing for Maine?
Near East, Downeast
September 2013
Time was, Maine nightclubbers would walk a mile for a camel…because Middle Eastern decor was all the rage.
Rainy-Day Weird
July/August 2013
“Into each life some rain must fall,” as Portlander Henry Wadsworth Longfellow observed. So when the clouds come out, take the party indoors.
Supply-side Gastronomics
July/August 2013
Exotic wholesalers with a genius for retail chart the middle ground.
Sophisticated Ladies
July/August 2013
Before focusing exclusively on military contracts, BIW answered the Gilded Age question,”What floats your boat?”
Fit for a King
July/August 2013
Excuse me, Your Majesty King Mohammed Vi, Amir Al-Muminin (Commander of the Faithful). Isn’t that our yacht?