{"id":9999,"date":"2014-08-29T09:47:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T13:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=9999"},"modified":"2018-02-06T16:28:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T21:28:59","slug":"seconds-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/seconds-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Seconds, Anyone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/colin08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-247\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/colin08.jpg\" alt=\"colin08\" width=\"250\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a>Sitting in the dining room at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport, guests are treated to chargers emblazoned with <em>Colony Hotel Kennebunkport<\/em>. But look closely. Every once in a while, like a four-leaf clover, a near-identical plate shows up among the place settings, <em>Colony Hotel Del Ray Beach<\/em>. During rare moments like this, the Colony\u2019s two worlds collide, a near out-of-body experience.<\/p>\n<p>Few Mainers are aware the Colony in Kennebunkport (1917) has a doppleganger in Florida. The Colony\u2019s sexy Spanish sister, the Colony Hotel Del Ray Beach, was designed in 1926 by Martin Luther Hampton, an Addison Mizner associate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go all the time to both Colonies,\u201d says John Martin, general manager of the Kennebunkport resort. The Colony in Del Ray Beach \u201cis a gorgeous Spanish Revival with a cabana club. I love sitting on the raised front patio, watching people coming and going. It\u2019s like being in Casablanca.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the way, \u201cthe family who owns both Colonies owned the Colony in Del Ray first,\u201d Martin says. \u201cGeorge Boughton discovered the Colony in Kennebunkport,\u201d owned for years by Martin\u2019s family, the Bantas, and couldn\u2019t resist completing the set. What a wild duet.<\/p>\n<p>Then something strange happened. \u201cNow there\u2019s a Dock Square Clothiers in both Kennebunkport and Del Ray.\u201d Also traveling through the looking glass was the sadly missed \u201cSnappy Turtle [boutique], which used to go back and forth, too.\u201d What invisible hand perpetuates the mystical duality shared by the two places?<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the magic plates, \u201cTrucks go back and forth between the two locations\u201d because of some shared staff and other assets. Which doesn\u2019t entirely explain how the ceramic stowaways slip onto the trucks and make their way up into our world. If you bump into a Del Ray plate up here, close your eyes and dream. In the time-space continuum, we\u2019re just islands in the stream. For more on doppelgangers: http:\/\/paranormal.about.com.od\/Doppelgangers\/a\/doppelgangers.htm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14411\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Colin-Signature-300x142.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Signature\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Colin-Signature-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Colin-Signature-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Colin-Signature-1024x484.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Colin-Signature-200x94.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Colin-Signature-620x293.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 2014 Sitting in the dining room at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport, guests are treated to chargers emblazoned with Colony Hotel Kennebunkport. But look closely. Every once in a while, like a four-leaf clover, a near-identical plate shows up among the place settings, Colony Hotel Del Ray Beach. 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