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If you\u2019re an actor, you know you\u2019ve made it when the waiter hands you the \u201cactors\u2019 menu\u201d at Sardi\u2019s in New York. The legendary bar and bistro delights with its caricatures of Broadway performers who started out as unknowns but became regulars over the years. Some have become powerhouses. \u201cLook who\u2019s sitting in the corner booth!\u201d <\/em>The sweet thing about it is, the rest of the world is unaware there\u2019s an actors\u2019 menu, with \u201cspecial\u201d lower prices. Except for those who care terribly about this, no one has time to care. Sardi\u2019s maintains the actors\u2019 menu not only to honor Actors\u2019 Equity members, but also to stay in touch with who they are and to reward the source of their existence in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n When I heard about this friendly practice, I thought of Maine and our own magazine, Portland Monthly.<\/em> Think of us as a readers\u2019 exclusive resource, conducting you to the friendly depths of discovering an extraordinary way to live in Maine.<\/span><\/p>\n We give you the essential backstory that, say, the Guy Gannett family (former publishers of the Portland Press Herald <\/em>and Maine Sunday Telegram<\/em>) used to own all of Saddleback Mountain and nearby Loon Lodge in Rangeley, where you can stay today in rustic, renovated luxury and even throw quite the wedding. Now you know you can book the hunting and ski lodge that was once short on insulation but was always long on charm.<\/span><\/p>\n Readers\u2019 Equity. What a great concept\u2013work created for the joy of it. We keep a fiction section for our readers, because we believe it\u2019s the right thing to do. And that makes you, the readers, into the celebrities. For going on 33 years, we\u2019ve been lucky enough to live a dream that we\u2019ve shared with you. Mediabistro gives us a shout-out for going \u201cbeyond the usual.\u201d We knock ourselves out to uncover and reveal the fantastic and endearing\u2013the heart of a story. With that said, it\u2019s so nice to see you back again at your favorite table. How have you been? Take a look at our Table of Contents. That\u2019s our readers\u2019 menu.<\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n![\"Colin](\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Colin-Signature-300x142.jpg\")
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