Our Stories
October 2012
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Phyllis & Fritzi–What a Pair!
October 2012 In the span of five days, two talented Mainers gave their final bows and went to that great sound stage in the sky. Aren’t they now playing wonderfully against each other, even if they never happened to share the limelight here on earth? Phyllis Thaxter...
Zen Chinese Bistro
Zen & the Art of Far East Cuisine Zen poet Li Bai described life as a “big dream,” but at Portland’s new Zen Chinese Bistro, the reality is delicious. The service at Zen Chinese Bistro is the warmest, kindest, and most attentive I’ve encountered almost anywhere....
The Maine 100
October 2012
The top 100 businesses headquartered in Maine.
Divine Intervention
October 2012
The controversy surrounding the change of use at Portland’s Williston West shines a light on a growing trend.
The Rum Diaries
October 2012
The next old thing: New & Old Rum Makers
Modern Family
October 2012
Over the river and through the woods to our children’s and grandchildren’s house we go, as “trailing parents”…while we reinvent ourselves, join museum boards, and participate in the culture of an exciting new city like Portland.
Love for Sale
October 2012
eHarmony founder Dr.Neil Clark Warren surprises real estate observers by putting his 29-acre, $6.8 million waterfront estate in Kennebunkport, across from President Bush’s Walker’s Point, on the market.
September 2012
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Duck Tales
September 2012
What they do behind closed doors in California, we do brazenly, out in the open, in Maine. In broad candlelight.
Everyone in Maine is an artistslashcomedian
September 2012 I’m driving on Route 1 in Falmouth behind a silver SUV with the vanity plate FUGAWE. Hello, 1920s vaudeville (look it up–that’s what the Internet is for). The “Church Lady,” the functionary at the Department of Motor Vehicles who decides whether our...
Eventide Oyster Company
Shuck & Thrive Eventide Oyster Company ups the ante for the rest of the bed. Review by Diane Hudson We talk of many things: shoes, ships, sealing wax, cabbages, and kings. But when at Eventide Oyster Company, oysters are the thing. That, and some of the best fried...
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