{"id":25483,"date":"2025-05-01T11:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=25483"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:19:15","slug":"may-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/may-2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position: relative; padding-top: max(60%,326px); height: 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23e8e8e8&amp;d=may25_issuu&amp;hideIssuuLogo=true&amp;u=portlandmagazine\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Exclusive<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>13 From the Editor<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cRequiem for a Showgirl\u201d<br \/>\nBy Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>15 Letters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>17 Chowder<br \/>\n<\/strong>A tasty blend of the Fabulous, the Eyebrow-Raising, and the Just Plain Wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>51 Fine Living<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cTopping the Charts\u201d<br \/>\nBy Laurel Faye<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Culture<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>25 \u201cNew in the Old Port\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>By Laurel Faye<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>96 \u201cJoni in the Birth Room\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>Fiction by Elizabeth Searle<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Confidential<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>47 \u201cA Newcomer\u2019s Guide to Portland\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Laurel Faye<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>42 \u201cThe Witness Tree\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Nancy English<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>63 Maine Live \u201825<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Laurel Faye<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Shelter<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>79 Talking Walls<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cStation to Station\u201d<br \/>\nBy Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>92 New England Homes &amp; Living<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Refresh<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>57 Corner Table<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cRising Star\u201d<br \/>\nBy Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>59 Select Area Restaurants<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Explore<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>18 Made in Maine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>20 Maine Antiques Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>36 On the Water<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>90 Camping, Mountains, Lakes &amp; Lodges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>54 Visit the Kennebunks<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25484,"comment_status":"open","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":[1496],"class_list":["post-25483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toc","tag-may-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25483","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=25483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25521,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25483\/revisions\/25521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}