{"id":16298,"date":"2019-06-12T16:17:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T20:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=16298"},"modified":"2020-04-30T11:29:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:29:10","slug":"the-ultimate-getaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/the-ultimate-getaway\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Getaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ColinHow much lovelier to experience your vacation more deeply by enjoying the out-of-body experience that reading provides. When you read \u201cDream Islands\u201d<\/a> in this issue, you\u2019ll be whisked over the coast to some of the most beautiful places on earth. That\u2019s why Edna St. Vincent Millay left New York undercover every summer to visit her Ragged Island in Harpswell\u2014a windswept refuge trimmed in stones and sea roses. She came up here to read\u2014and to hear herself think. As she put it, \u201cwhere thought unbraids itself, and the mind becomes single.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stories like this have the power to transport you to somewhere<\/em>, and somewhen<\/em>, else. In our revealing story \u201cEndless Ocean, Endless Love,\u201d you\u2019ll experience what Edith Wharton felt as an ing\u00e9nue falling in love for the first time. For her whole life she treasured her Maine lover like a secret room in a house. Enter Edith\u2019s romantic universe on page 153.<\/p>\n

Then imagine a chance return to the Old Port of your youth, only to stare into the eyes of your earlier self who didn\u2019t have \u201cso many sad things to tuck away.\u201d Novelist Ann Hood has written an exquisite story for this year\u2019s Summerguide.<\/span><\/p>\n

You won\u2019t need a cell tower where you\u2019re going. You won\u2019t need batteries or a charger cord. Maine is the loveliest place to experience feasts for all the senses. (Lobster Pizza, anyone? See page 125<\/a>. An island that inspires a violin concerto? See page 183.<\/a> Whitewater rapids on an inflatable? See page 109.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

By the way, you\u2019re looking pretty fantastic\u2026Have you been reading?<\/p>\n

Spoiler alert: you\u2019re having fun.<\/p>\n

\"Colin<\/p>\n

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Click here to\u00a0view past\u00a0Letters from the Editor.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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