{"id":13011,"date":"2017-06-09T12:41:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T16:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=13011"},"modified":"2020-04-30T10:32:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T14:32:57","slug":"yare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/yare\/","title":{"rendered":"Yare"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"colin-sargent-final-xs\"<\/p>\n

This Summerguide 2017 issue of Portland Monthly<\/em> is a labor not just of love, but True Love<\/em>. We do this sort of thing on purpose. In a year as strange as this, it\u2019s essential to bring you the real Maine, not the fake Maine. <\/span><\/p>\n

One of my favorite sudden mentions of Maine in the movies is in High Society<\/em>, starring Grace Kelley (as Tracy) and Bing Crosby (as Dexter). SCENE: Dexter and Tracy have split up. Tracy is about to marry more responsible (but surely less romantic) George. Dexter shows up at the wedding, uninvited. Dexter steals a moment to give Tracy a present. We all catch our breaths as she tenderly unwraps an exquisite pond-boat model (just as you\u2019re unwrapping this Summerguide). What is it? <\/em>George, who\u2019s all about business, wants to know.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tracy pauses just a little too long…<\/span><\/p>\n

TRACY: Oh, a wedding present. From Dext. It\u2019s a model of the \u201cTrue Love.\u201d We sailed her up the coast of Maine and back the summer we were married. <\/span><\/p>\n

My, she was yare<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

GEORGE: Yare? What\u2019s that?<\/span><\/p>\n

TRACY: It means, oh, easy to handle, quick to the helm. Fast, bright. Everything a boat should be.
\n[She casts a withering glance at Dexter.] Until it develops dry rot.<\/span><\/p>\n

In another fun vein, High Society <\/em>was a remake of The Philadelphia Story<\/em>, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, and was remade as a Broadway show that offered the breakout role to Maine\u2019s own high flyer, Anna Kendrick. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mystical yare is what we\u2019re always chasing with our stories at Portland Monthly<\/em>. Usually we get there. Other times, we have to start bailing! Yes, some might joke that this over 300-page love letter to Maine is a bit beamy, but beamy can be yare. We\u2019re hoping you see this Summerguide as the thrilling, trusty transport to dreams we\u2019ve intended. This is the True Love <\/em>we\u2019re giving to our readers. Welcome to our \u201cAuthentic Maine.\u201d Fair winds and following seas. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Colin<\/p>\n

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Click here to\u00a0view past\u00a0Letters from the Editor.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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