{"id":25699,"date":"2025-07-29T11:04:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=25699"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:07:21","slug":"july-august-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/july-august-2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"July\/August 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=%23f2f2f2&amp;d=july_august_2025&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>17 From the Editor<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cFox Eyes\u201d<br \/>\nBy Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>18 Letters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>25 Chowder<br \/>\n<\/strong>A tasty blend of the Fabulous, the Eyebrow-Raising, and the Just Plain Wrong.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Culture<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>26 \u201cYachtspotting\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>By Jill Blackwood &amp; Alayna Blier<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>47 \u201cIt\u2019s Tiki Time\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>By Clif Travers<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>53 \u201cA Tale of Two PAtties\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>By Briana Bononcini<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>60 \u201cStripers for Beginners\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Judson Vail<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>105 \u201cSource Material\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>By Jesse Stenbak &amp; Colin Sargent<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Confidential<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>73 Fine Living<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cComfort Food\u201d<br \/>\nBy Clif Travers<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>77 Whirl of Festivals<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Refresh<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>101<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Corner Table<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cFound at Sea\u201d<br \/>\nNorth43 Bistro<br \/>\nBy Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>103 Select Area Restaurants<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Shelter<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>109 Talking Walls<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cToll House Treat\u201d<br \/>\nBy Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>118 New England Homes and Living<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Culture<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>127<\/b> Fiction<br \/>\n\u201cBig Kisses\u201d<br \/>\nBy Dan Domench<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Crushes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>20 Made in Maine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>64 Boothbay and Midcoast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>66 Mountains, Lakes &amp; Lodges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>68 Visit the Kennebunks<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July\/August 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25698,"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":[1498],"class_list":["post-25699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toc","tag-july-august-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25699","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=25699"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25701,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25699\/revisions\/25701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}