{"id":257,"date":"2009-01-01T08:35:52","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T15:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=257"},"modified":"2020-10-07T11:42:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T15:42:02","slug":"winterguide-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/winterguide-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Winterguide 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"winterguide09_cover\"FEATURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

32 Ocean’s 11<\/strong>
\nIt’s madness even to consider a portfolio of oceanfront property in this economy-madness or the\u00a0 stuff that dreams are made of.
\nFrom Staff & Wire Reports<\/p>\n

42 The Warm Winter of<\/strong>
\nPaul Black Portland’s resident Impressionist is painting up a storm.
\nBy Colin Sargent<\/p>\n

47 What You Get For…$100…$200…$500K.<\/strong>
\nThree tiers for home values!
\nFrom Staff & Wire Reports<\/p>\n

49 Runaway Talent<\/strong>
\nA trip to Margaret Wise Brown’s cottage on Vinalhaven still hurts with memories of her early death and what the stylish young author might have done.
\nBy Donna Stuart<\/p>\n

53 10 Things We Love About Valentine’s Day (…plus 13 more)<\/strong>
\nStay where Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard spend the night…or hire the caterer who’s served high tea to Martha Stewart on her private jet.
\nBy Erin Donovan<\/p>\n

55 Where Eagles Dare<\/strong>
\nThe newly built “Ski Esta” rental palace in Newry offers views of all eight Sunday River peaks.
\nBy Brad Favreau<\/p>\n

59 Crime & Punishment<\/strong>
\nThe only U.S. citizen ever hanged for slave trading lived just steps from where Axis Sally grew up, right here in Portland. Was it something in the water?
\nBy Ron Soodalter<\/p>\n

60 Delicious, Vervacious<\/strong>
\nTwo computer geeks wanted to get away from it all. Then they brought it all back-as a line of spicy delights from the far reaches of the seven seas.
\nBy Judith Gaines<\/p>\n

65 Return of the Bargain Hunters<\/strong>
\nIt’s Monopoly on Congress Street, though the tuxedos barely show beneath the camouflage of plaid hunting jackets and Bean boots.
\nBy Colin Sargent<\/p>\n

IN EVERY ISSUE<\/strong><\/p>\n

14 Letters<\/strong>
\nReaders on highway robbery, Canadian mist, and splitting atoms, not wood<\/p>\n

16 Snow Report<\/strong>
\nNews on the slopes for 2009<\/p>\n

21 Goings On<\/strong><\/p>\n

29 Chowder<\/strong>
\nA tasty blend of the fabulous, noteworthy, and absurd.<\/p>\n

74 Dining Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n

75 Restaurant Review<\/strong>
\nSlates reinvents itself in Hallowell.
\nBy Diane Hudson<\/p>\n

87 House of the Month<\/strong>
\nIn this Schoodic fantasy, you buy a stone and log chalet with a massive granite fireplace…<\/p>\n

89 New England<\/strong>
\nHomes & Living<\/p>\n

95 Fiction<\/strong>
\n“August”
\nBy Katherine Rawson<\/p>\n

96 Flash<\/strong><\/p>\n

DEPARTMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

10 From the Editor<\/strong>
\nThe Invisible Lake
\nBy Colin Sargent<\/p>\n

66 Market Watch<\/strong>
\nA kovsh by Faberg\u00e9 star Feodor R\u00fcckert, discovered in an “impressive summer cottage in Kennebunk,” has Kaja Veilleux playing the balalaica-to the tune of $85,250.
\nBy Sarah Cumming Cecil<\/p>\n

69 Performance<\/strong>
\nFrom jazz and soul to sultry pop rock, you won’t find any tears in Patty Morris’s tracks.
\nBy Todd M. Richard<\/p>\n

72 Personal Shopper<\/strong>
\nRomantic whimsy for your table
\nBy Amy Louise Reynolds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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