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Some Like It Haute

February/March 2012
When one Mainer spins a thread, the world wears the dress.

Snow Falling on Yuccas

February/March 2012
Ok, I’ve got my botanical journal out… Blue spruce? ✓ Oak tree? ✓ Sea rose? ✓ Yucca filamentosa? Fireball hibiscus!?!

Just Desserts

Just Desserts

Winterguide 2012 I read an article in an AirTran inflight magazine over the holidays and came out of it with the distinct impression that 21st-century boosters and marketeers in Pennsylvania are now crowing about having “invented” the whoopie pie. It’s official, they...

A Stone’s Throw from the Heart

Winterguide 2012
Morgan Callan Rogers’s Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea may have crisscrossed the Atlantic, but her debut novel roots us on our rocky coast.

Luxurious

Winterguide 2012
Three stunning ocean palaces add sizzle to a buyer’s market.

Katahdin

Winterguide 2012 Method Dining Nestled close to Portland Stage Co., Katahdin delivers on a promised performance. By Diane Hudson Walk into Katahdin, climb onto a comfy leather bar stools, and enjoy amazing drinks crafted by mixologist Winnie Moody. Straight-up...

Channeling History

Interview by Colin W. Sargent The fresh Wikipedia entry on famous English Channel swimmers lists Pat Gallant-Charette, 60, as the oldest woman in the world ever to successfully accomplish this feat. Most of us can only imagine this task. "It was pitch dark outside,"...

 

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