{"id":11709,"date":"2016-07-21T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T22:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=11709"},"modified":"2016-07-21T18:26:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T22:26:30","slug":"julyaugust-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/julyaugust-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"July\/August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JA16-Cover-sm\"Perspectives
\n<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>16<\/span> From<\/strong><\/span> the<\/strong><\/span> Editor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

18<\/span> Letters<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

23 <\/span>2016 Festival Guide<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

34<\/span> Experience<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>
\n<\/span>101<\/span> L\u2019Esprit de l\u2019Escalier<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>\u201cJourney Across the <\/span>
\n<\/span>Language Bridge\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>By Rhea C\u00f4t\u00e9 Robbins<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Art&<\/span><\/strong>Style
\n<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

25<\/span> Blue Skies & Red Claws<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>The Maine Lobster Festival comes to life in Rockland this summer<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>By Jaime Wilson<\/em><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>133<\/span> Fiction<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>\u201cCoping Mechanism\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>By Deana Coddaire<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Maine Life<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

21<\/span> Maine Classics<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

43<\/span> Chowder<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

45 <\/span>Portland After Dark: \u201cFloating the\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Perfect Evening\u201d<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>What is it about a night on the water that\u2019s so magical?<\/span>
\n<\/span>By Karen Hofreiter<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

65<\/span> Dream Boats<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>The biggest and boldest power yachts in Maine and the people who own them.<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>From Staff &Wire Reports<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

71<\/span> Conquering the Castle<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Gourmet dining returns to <\/span>Deering Oaks Park.<\/span>
\n<\/span>By Robert Witkowski<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

74<\/span> Love Letter to Portland<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Portland receives a love letter from afar. Technology interrupts. <\/span>
\n<\/span>By the crew of El Gale\u00f3n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

77<\/span> Longfellow<\/strong><\/span> Serenade<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Welcome to city\u2019s new cultural <\/span>
\n<\/span>hub of activity. <\/span>
\n<\/span>By Daniel Kany<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

83<\/span> Dive In!<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>A guide to getting out on the water. <\/span>No yacht needed. <\/span>
\n<\/span>From Staff &Wire Reports <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Personalities<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>89<\/span> Oyster Empire<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Top New York chef Rebecca Charles sets her sights <\/span>on Kennebunk.<\/span>
\n<\/span>By Claire Z. Cramer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

95<\/span> Castaway on Kent Island<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Diary of a summer spent <\/span>in a far-flung corner of the <\/span>Atlantic Ocean.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Story and photos by<\/em><\/span>
\n<\/span>Emily Weyrauch<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

136 <\/span>Flash<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Food <\/span>& Drink<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

51 <\/span>Food Truck Confidential<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Slipping behind the hatch of <\/span>Portland\u2019s food-truck scene <\/span>reveals intriguing backstories. <\/span>
\n<\/span>By Sarah Moore<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

99 <\/span>Everyday Sommelier<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>\u201cWine & Grill\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>By Ralph Hersom<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

102<\/span> Dining Guide<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

103<\/span> Restaurant Review<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Climb aboard The Spirit <\/em><\/span>of Massachusetts<\/em> and indulge <\/span>in a floating feast. <\/span><\/p>\n

Shelter&<\/span>Design<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

107<\/span> House of the Month<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>\u201cRockefeller Centered\u201d <\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>By Colin W. Sargent<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

120 <\/span>New England<\/strong><\/span> Homes & Living<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perspectives 16 From the Editor 18 Letters 23 2016 Festival Guide 34 Experience 101 L\u2019Esprit de l\u2019Escalier \u201cJourney Across the Language Bridge\u201d By Rhea C\u00f4t\u00e9 Robbins Art&Style 25 Blue Skies & Red Claws The Maine Lobster Festival comes to life in Rockland this summer By Jaime Wilson 133 Fiction \u201cCoping Mechanism\u201d By Deana Coddaire Maine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-11709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toc","tag-julyaugust-2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11709"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11713,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11709\/revisions\/11713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}