At Harvard Pilgrim, Maine isn’t just where we work. It’s also where we live. As a not-for-pro t health plan, we put our members’ needs rst. Which appears to be a very good plan. In fact, our members rated Harvard Pilgrim as having the “Highest Member Satisfaction among Commercial Health Plans in the New England Region,” two years in a row, in a J.D. Power and Associates study. So if you’re looking for a exible solution that ts the needs of your business, your employees, and their families, we should talk. Like most things that are crafted in Maine, the health plans from Harvard Pilgrim are very well made.
Recognition that the philosophy of doing right by members is the right thing to do. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care received the highest numerical score among commercial health plans in the New England region in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2009–2010 U.S. Member Health Insurance Plan Studies.SM 2010 study based on 33,986 total member responses, measuring 10 plans in the New England region (excludes Medicare and Medicaid). Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of members surveyed November–December 2009. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.
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Since you loved our “3-Day Pizza Odyssey,” we’re following up with pizza’s partner in crime–beer! By
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31 Selling Local
An East End house for sale is dramatically staged with art, decorations, and furniture from local artisans. By
Karen E. Hofreiter
34 Ten Most Intriguing
Trendsetters breaking all barriers: Alex Carleton, Arianna Lawson, Ahmed Alsoudani, Chellie & Hannah Pingree, Emilia Dahlin, Aruna Kenyi, Katie Hagar, Jim Miekka, Dr. Oz
51 California Sweet
A striking renovation of the house that served as Abbott Graves’s Kennebunkport studio oozes Marin County cool. By Leah Whalen
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Through the Looking Glass
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During the holidays we often catch ourselves looking in the mirror, but if you happen to bump into your reflection in a Federal gilt and eglomise mirror with a label emblazoned with a es o Loo in lass an fa tory E han e Street ortlan , you’ve got to like at least part of what you see!
Just as we have style-setters and tastemakers like Alex Carleton and Angela Adams today, so was the Forest City a hotbed of bright young things in the 1 20s, among them John Neal, Charles Codman, and James Todd.
Born in 1 , Todd first sparkled into Portland in 1 20. As Peggy McClard of Peggy McClard Anti ues in Houston, Texas, writes, “His family goes back to Richard and Elizabeth Warren, who came to America on the ayflo er. He married Lucy Thaxter and began advertising his business in he Eastern r s newspaper of Portland in 1 20. He took a store on Exchange Street and advertised that he did burnish gilding, reframed old looking glasses, and made new frames– glaz’d and enamel’d’–for embroidery, paintings, drawings, and prints. In May of 1 23, he advertised Looking Glasses, cheap!’ at his Manufactory’ at the Sign of the Looking-Glass.’ From then until his building burned in 1 1 then run by William Todd–probably his son or grandson , his business was always known by his Looking-Glass trade sign.”
Earle Shettleworth of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission says a number of people believe Charles Codman did some of Todd’s reverse paintings on glass, as they were friends and contemporaries.
What collectors adore about a piece by Todd, beyond its classic beauty, is his practice of using handsome labels on the back of his work to help us tell the real thing.
If, as so many ili ht one episodes suggest, mirrors remember’ everything they see, imagine what stories a James Todd mirror can tell! A refractory constellation of the mirrors saw’ the Great Portland Fire of 1 . They saw the Prince of Wales visit this city witnessed crowds shopping at Porteous, Mitchell, and Braun and maybe even stole a glimpse of Joe Angelone spinning his first pizza in the air. Imagine all the holidays caught within their depths, hidden among the sparkles. The parties, the scarves, the hip flasks, a single lost glove on a table. Imagine 2010 turning magically into 2011.
Watch out. One of these mirrors has its eye on you.
Bill Keaton Advertising Executive bill@portlandmonthly.com
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As an eater and historian of ho S ey I was fascinated to learn of Portland’s claim to ho S ey fame “American Chop Suey,” October 2010 . The dish had ac uired a national footprint by the time of the Hopper painting, and as many have observed, the appearance of the sign is to be taken as a symbol of city life. The case is convincing that Portland’s Empire restaurant contributed to Hopper’s imagination and inhabited the symbol, and in so doing, fueled Hopper’s abstract realist genius.
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BEYOND THE GATES
With regard to “Confederates at the Gate” in the July August 2010 issue, the story ended too soon. The author forgot to mention that the good citizens of Portland formed a vigilante mob to “string up” the Confederate sailors. The .S. Army garrison had to march to the defense of the prisoners to prevent what we now know to be a war crime.’ Second, at the beginning of the War Between the States, the nited States had the largest and best mercantile navy in the world. The .S. Navy successfully embargoed the ports in the South, but the Confederate States Navy virtually brought the North’s mercantile fleet to an end. Maine was home to the maority of .S. Merchant Marine officers. The Confederate Navy, however, made them redundant.
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Yes! Call it a perfect storm of marketing. Available now: Swordfish actually caught by Linda Greenlaw, the New York Times best-selling author of The Hungry Ocean and Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea “Yeah, we’ve got that.” $11.99 per pound at Hannaford
DINING DEVOTION–Savor a banchan of kimchi, namul, and bokkeum at “the city’s rst all-Korean restaurant.” It’s the hottest thing since Daniel Dae Kim joined Hawaii 5-0 Korea House, 630 Congress Street, Portland [N.B. Another ‘must-try’ new arrival–Little Seoul on 90 Exchange Street–includes Japanese specialties.]
$59 $59 for the season! for the season!
Saddleback Mountain is o ering discount season passes to Maine honor students. Time to bring your A-game. From $59, K-12 eligible only. saddlebackmaine.com
COLOR MY WORLD–Add a contemporary splash of color to any room with handmade fabrics, home accessories, and furniture from NYC-based Christen Maxwell, a Portland-native. Available online, christenmaxwell.com.
Your loved one will be stylin’ in custommade jewelry and fashion accessories by designer John McVeigh. At Compositions, 13 Free Street, Portland. Below: Ammonite cu links, $280-350. compositionsinmaine.com Bling in the New
SO BLUE–Polypropylene Chic Watch models glide down the catwalk at Portland Museum of Art December 2 wearing–of all things–hospital blue wrap fashioned into haute couture frocks designed by local artists and students. Proceeds go to helping Partners for World Health send medical supplies to the Third World. $50, email bluewrapproject @gmail.com.
Tuesday
Theater
Gaslight Theater, City Hall, 1 Winthrop St., Hallowell. My Three Angels, Nov. 12-14, 18-20. 626-3698 gaslighttheater.org
Penobscot Theatre Company, 131 Main St., Bangor. Plaid Tidings, Dec. 3-23. 942-3333 or penobscottheatre.org
Portland Players, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland. Steel Magnolias, Nov. 5-21. 799-7337 or portlandplayers.org
Portland Stage Company, 25 Forest Ave., Portland. Last Gas, Nov. 2-21; A Christmas Carol, Dec. 3-24. 774-0465 portlandstage.org
Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockland, Rockport, and Camden. Bach & Forth with Stephen Prutsman, piano, Nov. 21; and Natalie MacMaster, Dec. 8. 888-7072770, 236-2823 baychamberconcerts.org
Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., Portland. Chuck Prophet with Stephanie Lynch, Nov. 7; DJ Todd the Rocket, Nov. 19; Marie Stella, Nov. 20; and Kill the Karaoke featuring Trainwreck and the Fuge, Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24, and Dec 1. 791-2695 baysidebowl.com
Blue, 650 Congress St., Portland. Amanda Gervasi, and Yellow Roman Candles, Nov. 12; Abram Taylor and Jazzputin and the Jug Skunks, Nov. 13; Andrea Beaton, Nov. 17; Martin England and Samuel James & D. Gross, Nov. 18; Becky Chace, Nov. 19; Red Curtain Music Series and The Evan King Group, Nov. 20; Mark Tipton Quintet, Nov. 21; Murray & Faulkneau, Nov. 24; 14 Strings Jazz Trio and Lady Zen, Nov. 27; and Paper Star Trio, Dec. 1. 774-4111 portcityblue.com
The Choral Art Society, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 50 Monument Sq., Portland. Christmas at the Cathedral, Dec. 4-5. 828-0043 choralart.org
Cumberland County Civic Center, Free St., Portland. MercyMe in concert, Nov. 14. 775-3458 theciviccenter.com
BIG FISH
Actress Fritzi Cohen (under stage name Fritzi Jane Courtney) will make a special appearance at the 35th anniversary screening of Jaws on November 29 at Geno’s Rock Club (625 Congress Street, Portland). Cohen is known for her role as “Mrs. Taft” in the white-knuckle classic, which was shown in 1975 at the former movie theater now occupied by Geno’s. Call 221-2382 for more information. Cohen also reprises her role in Jaws 2 and Jaws: The Revenge
Dogfish Bar and Grille, 128 Free St., Portland. The Mutineers, Nov. 11; Sean Mencher and his Rhythm Kings, Nov. 13; an Evening with June Star, Nov. 18; and An Evening with Becky Chase, Nov. 20. 772-5483 thedogfishbarandgrille.com
Empire Dine and Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland. Grupo Esperanza, Nov. 5; The Couch with Dominic Lavoie, Nov. 7; The Stowaways, Nov. 8; Soule Monde and Zeile August CD Release, Nov. 12; The Couch with Dominic Lavoie, Nov. 14, 21, 28; and The Stowaways, Nov. 15, 22, 29. 879-8988 portlandempire.com
Maine State Ballet, 348 Rt. 1, Falmouth. The Nutcracker at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, Nov. 27-28 and Dec. 3-5. mainestateballet.org
Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. Simply Sinatra, Nov. 13-14; Barenaked Ladies, Nov. 16; Warren Miller’s Wintervention, Nov. 19; Portland Symphony Orchestra, Time for Three, Nov. 21; Polar Express, Nov. 26-Dec. 23; Maine State Ballet, The Nutcracker, Nov. 27; and Portland Symphony Orchestra, Magic of Christmas, Dec. 11. 842-0800 porttix.com
Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St.,
Portland. EOTO, Nov. 13; Jimmy Herring Band, Nov. 14; Medeski Martin & Wood, Nov. 19; JJ Grey and Mofro with Ryan Montbleau Band, Nov. 23; Mike Gordon, Nov. 26; and The Wood Brothers, Dec. 3. 899-4990 or portcitymusichall.com
Portland Conservatory of Music, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Annual Noonday Concerts at the First Parish Church continue with: Ray Cornils, Nov. 11; John and Barbara Metz, Nov. 18; Laura Kargul, piano, Ronald Lantz, violin, Dec. 2; and USM Chamber Singers, Dec. 9. 775-3356 or portlandconservatory.net
Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. Jamie Adkins’ “Circus Incognitus,” Nov. 13; Hot Club of San Francisco, Nov. 16; Krill Gerstein, Nov. 17. 842-0800 porttix.com
Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. Simply Sinatra, Nov. 13-14; Time for Three, Nov. 21; and Magic of Christmas, Dec. 11. 842-0800, 842-0812 TTY portlandsymphony.com
One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland. Girlyman, Nov. 11; Crooked Still, Nov. 12; Mike Doughty, Nov. 13; Edie Carey CD Release, Nov. 14; Joy Kills Sorrow, Nov. 18; TaKa DI MI Duo: Glen Velez & Lori Cotler w/Inanna, Nov. 19; Christine Lavin & Don White’s Concert & Comedy, Nov. 20; Bruce Molsky, Nov. 21; Rachel Efron and Sarah Blacker, Nov. 26;
Imagined: The John Lennon Song Project, Nov. 27; Pete Miller, Dec. 2; and John McCutcheon, Dec. 3. 761-1757 onelongfellowsquare.com
St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center, 76 Congress St., Portland. David Mallett in concert, December 10. 775-5568 stlawrencearts.org
The Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. Film: Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine, Nov. 11; Elizabeth Mitchell, Nov. 13; Film: Matthew Barney’s Creamaster Cycle, Nov. 18; Doom tree–Wings & Teeth Tour, Nov. 28; and Shop-A-Do Craftastic Art Sale, Dec. 3-4. 828-5600 space538.org
State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. Steven Wright, Nov. 11; Martin Sexton, Nov. 19; State Radio, Nov. 27; 1930s Night, Dec. 3; and George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Dec. 4; Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Dec. 11; Dashboard Confessional, Dec. 12; Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime, Dec. 18. 956-6000 statetheatreportland.com
Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd., Brownfield. Savoy Family Cajun Band, Nov. 13; Mary Black Up Close and Personal, Nov. 16; Arlo Guthrie Band, Nov. 17; Asleep at the Wheel, Nov. 19; Rock Legend Peter Wolf in Concert, Nov. 20; Waltzings for Dreamers New Music for Free Series, Nov. 21; Jerry Douglas, Nov. 27; Dana Cunningham and Carol Noonan at the Little White Church for Christmas,
Dec. 4; Annual open house and craft fair, Dec. 5; Nanci Griffith, Dec. 6; and Charo Up Close and Personal, Dec. 8. 935-7292 stonemountainartscenter.com
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St., Waterville. The Homecoming, Nov. 19-21, 26-28; Warming Up for Christmas benefit concert for Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter. Dec. 5; and The Nutcracker Ballet, Dec. 10-12. 873-7000 operahouse.org
Don’t Miss
31st Annual Festival of Lights Craft Fair, Rockland. Nov. 27, 9am-3pm. 596-0376, ext. 24 Christmas in New England Craft Show, Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Dr., Augusta. Nov. 27-28. 946-7079 newenglandcraftfairs.com
Circus Incognitus, 637 Highland Ave., South Portland. A featured soloist with Cirque du Soleil, Jamie Adkins’s clowning and acrobatic pedigree leads audiences on a thrilling adventure. Nov. 13. 773-3150
First Annual State Street Holiday Stroll, Portland. Arts, crafts, food, entertainment along State Street. Nov. 13, 9am-3pm. 730-2090
L.L. Bean’s Northern Lights Celebration, Freeport. Enjoy free valet parking, product demos, crafts for kids, and horse-drawn carriage rides. Nov. 17-Dec. 31. llbean.com
Photo A Go-Go, Bakery Photo Collective, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook. Preview of show Dec. 6-10, 2-8pm. Silent auction Dec. 10, 6-8pm. bakeryphoto.com
Portland Annual Tree Lighting, Monument Square, Portland. Entertainment by Rick Charette and the Bubblegum Band. Nov. 26, 5:30pm. 772-6828
United Maine Craftsmen Thanksgiving Arts & Crafts Show, Brewer Auditorium, 318 Wilson St., Brewer. Nov. 26-27. mainecraftsmen.org
Tasty Events
Black Cherry Provisions, 56 Depot Rd., Falmouth. Wine tasting, Nov. 13, 2-5pm. 781-5656 or blackcherrymaine.com
Chef Encounters, The Salt Exchange, 245 Commercial St., Portland. Watch Executive Chef Jacob Jasinski prepare your feast right in front of you at the Chef’s Table. Reservations required. 347-5687 thesaltexchange.net
Dreamland Theater, Bath. Foodie movies screened the second and fourth Thursday of Nov. Films include Father Goose (1964) and Home for the Holidays (1995). sagadahocpreservation.org
First Friday Art Walk
Addison Woolley Gallery at Studio 203A, 132 Washington Ave., Portland. Photographs by Diane Hudson; paintings and prints by Jane Banquer, to Nov. 27; opening receptions Nov. 4 and during First Friday Art Walk Nov. 5. 450-8499 addisonwoolley.com
Old Port Wine Merchants, 223 Commercial St., Portland. Wine tasting, 3rd Wednesdays, 4-7:30pm. 772-9463 oldportwine.com
“Still Life from a Parade” by Diane Hudson. “I shot this moments before a peace parade got underway in Portland,” Hudson says.
Galleries
Art Gallery at UNE, Westbrook College Campus, University of New England, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland. The Architecture of Environmental Landscapes, Within and Without, to Dec. 19. 221-4490 une.edu/artgallery
Atrium Art Gallery, 51 Westminster St., Lewiston. Altering Matters: New Work by Maine Members of the Surface Design Association International, to Nov. 30. 753-6500 usm.maine.edu
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Ave., Rockport. Photographing Maine: Ten Years Later, to Dec. 5. 236-2875 cmcanow.org
Galeyrie Fine Art, 190 U.S. Rt. 1, Falmouth. Osher Map Collection and Falmouth Historical Society. Presentation of the 1932 Illustrated Map of Maine by Berta and Elmer Hader. 781-3555 galeyrie.com
Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland. 36th Annual Art Auction, Nov. 6; Faculty Exhibit, Nov. 17; First Friday Art Walks, Dec. 3 and Jan. 7. 775-3052 meca.edu
Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., Portland. Debating Modern Photography: The Triumph of Group f/64, to Dec. 5; John Haberle: American Master of Illusion, to Dec. 12. 775-6148 portlandmuseum.com
–Compiled by Diane Hudson
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CHOWDER
When the Smithsonian divested itself of some of its dustier taxidermic specimens in 2004, Nokomis Regional High School science teacher Howard Whitten started dialing and received a truckload of horns and frozen grimaces, glass eyes and dry noses. Desperate for space, he stashed a few animals in the second floor boys’ lavatory. Recently, this pair of lions (above) landed in Belfast Area High School’s lobby. “A lion is the school’s mascot,” says art instructor Charles Hamm, who’s led safaris in Tanzania and uses the lions for his art classes (how long do you think it’s going to be before this is on Glee?). To liberate, say, a zebra for your corporate law library, contact Whitten at 368-4354, because this menagerie is up for grabs.
this celebration of Maine lobster in Manhattan–at trendy Telepan Restaurant on West 69th Street. “The lobster Bolognese is one of the most requested dishes on our menu,” says owner Bill Telepan. As they say, money never sleeps–it just crawls along the ocean floor.
Saco-based Bucknuts–offering a delicious variety of custom nuts like the cinnamon-and-sugarlaced “Frosted Like Wintah”–debuted in NYC recently in swag bags at the 2010 News Emmys. Cofounder Sheila Speckin personally put her nuts in the hands of Jim Lehrer, Katie Couric, and Brian Williams. Watching other attendees inspect the pineconetassels securing their nut bags, Speckin heard a few exclaim, “Oh, what cute ACORNS!” mainebucknuts.com
Falmouth Sea Grill is closed for renovations as Zachau Construction does “a complete demolition of the existing structure, from top to bottom–even structural units,” says manager Laura Romasco. The Handy Boat Marina eatery’s goal is “reopening sometime in the spring.”
If only this were a piece of black licorice. But it’s a black racer snake, found most frequently on blueberry barrens in Wells and the Kennebunk Plains (and possibly in the area of Cobbosseecontee Lake). “It is illegal to collect, possess, or kill a black racer because of its endangered status,” we’re told by the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Beer
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
HOW TO CREATE A BEER BUZZ WITH 25 OF YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS
1. Invite equal numbers of Bud Light-gulpers, microbrew-sippers, and swirl-and-sniff beer aficionados.
2. Insist they think as they drink, answering all 98 questions contained in a 15-page handout.
3. Present 14 Maine beers chosen by an expert:
•Allagash Fluxus
•Allagash Victor Francenstein
•Andrew’s English Pale Ale
•Atlantic Brewing Brother Adam’s Bragget
•Bar Harbor Cadillac Mountain Stout
•Dogfish Squall IPA
•Gritty’s Halloween Ale
•Maine Beer Co. Peeper Ale
•Maine Beer Co. Zoe Ale
•Maine Mead Works Honeymaker Dry-hopped Mead
•Marshall Wharf Ace Hole
•Sebago Single Batch Dark Wheat Project
•Shipyard Old Thumper
•Shipyard Pumpkinhead
BY KAREN E HOFREITER
Clever. European. Sexy. Diabolical. SoCal cool. If the words used to describe Maine beers at a local tasting are any indication, it would be safe to say that we’ve left behind our staid reputation for tweedy, English-style ales, emerging as the New World birthplace of world-class brews like Allagash’s lusty Belgian whites, Sebago’s breezy IPAs, Marshall Wharf’s maniacally hopped classics, and Shipyard’s pop-culture seasonals. “The typical profile of a Maine beer is an English-style pale bitter that is malt-driven, has an amber-caramel color, and is low on the hops,” says Shahin Kho astehzad, bar manager at Portland’s Novare Res Bier Caf . Local brewmasters concur: Dave Kleban of Maine Beer Company says, “English-style ales.” Tom Abercrombie of Sebago Brewing Company says, “Roots are British for a long time, Maine was pushed into that corner. But the perception of craft beer in Maine is changing pretty uickly.”
Looks like it’s time we get to the bottom of the glass.
ALL-AROUND FAVORITES
ALLAGASH FLUXUS
“Full-bodied with a spicy, herbal taste”–allagash.com
10% abv, 25.4-oz bottle, $15
If this beer were a celebrity, who would it be?
“Charlize Theron–smooth and sexy”; “Kevin Spacey–don’t wanna like it, but can’t help it” What are the human character traits of this beer?
“Creative, clever, sassy” What food(s) does this beer remind you of?
This microbrew is sheer Robert Downey, Jr. during his heroin years! Seems too radical for Maine… This microbrew is sheer Robert Downey, Jr. during his heroin years! Seems too radical for Maine…
–Taster #9
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Avaunt, ye grapes, ye maraschino cherries, ye puerile H2O! Avaunt, ye grapes, ye maraschino cherries, ye puerile H2O!
–H. L. Mencken,
1913
Easy-going, warm, friendly…and I would ask for this beer’s number Easy-going, warm, friendly…and I would ask for this beer’s number –Taster #24
LOCAL FLAVOR
“Black Twizzlers, pumpkin pie, and ginger snaps”
Would you drink this beer? If so, on what occasion?
Yes (100%)–”Like Allagash White but kick-ass”
Would you have guessed this is a Maine-brewed beer?
Yes (75%)–”Mainers have originality but sometimes get carried away with the spicing”
If this beer were a town or place in Maine, where would it be?
“Someplace touristy where all the locals have to pretend to like the out-of-staters”
Are the label art and name representative of what’s inside the bottle?
“Label is plain; beer is not”
ALLAGASH VICTOR FRANCENSTEIN
“2008 Victor, aged in oak with wild yeast”–Novare Res Only 400 bottles released, 9.7% abv, 375 ml bottle, $150 eBay
Celeb “Robert Downey, Jr. during his heroin years–brilliant and crazy as #$%@!”; “Lauren Bacall and Audrey Hepburn–classic, elegant, and beautiful”
Character “Sweet, but with an unexpected, worldly bite”; “Mysterious and ephemeral”
Eats “Green grapes, Razzles candy”
For you? Yes (75%)–”A true postcoital libation!”; No–”Not on my salary!”
ME-brewed? No (75%)–”Would have thought Europe–extremely complex and high-end”; Yes–”Maine beer rocks the party that rocks my body.”
Town “Waterford–sprawl-resistant, beautiful, and Maine’s best-kept secret”
MAINE BEER CO. ZOE ALE
“Happy, hoppy, amber”–mainebeercompany.com
7.2% abv, 16.9-oz bottle, $5
Celeb “Mary Louise Parker in Weeds–sexy and clumsy with a whole lot going on”
Character “The smooth, sexy girl for whom you buy a beer and then can’t get her to give you her number”
Eats “Anything that leaves your taste buds wanting more” For you? Yes (90%)–”I may fight it at first but then love it like a bad boyfriend”
ME-brewed? Yes (55%)–”Happy equals Maine to me”; No–”Too smooth and mature”
Town “Portland–there’s a lot going on, and no one wants to be in bed before last call”
Label “Should be named ‘Nick.’ Nick is your buddy who wakes up in the jail cell next to you and says, ‘Damn, that was fun!’”
SHIPYARD OLD THUMPER
“Hint of sweetness with fruit aromas, smooth texture, dry, hoppy finish”–shipyard.com; 5.8% abv, six-pack $8
Celeb “Gene Hackman–earthy, mature flavor that is just sure to make you feel great”
Character “Solid, predictable–I’d ask it to help with my taxes” For you? Yes (100%)–”This is my beer baby!”
ME-brewed? Yes (66%)–”Has a salt-of-the-earth taste”
Label “Onomatopoeia!”
SHIPYARD PUMPKINHEAD
“Hints of pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg”–shipyard.com 5.1% abv, six-pack $8
Celeb “Regis Philbin–as much as you hate to say it, you look forward to seeing him” For You? Yes (100%)–”This is my fall beer of choice, reminds me of falling leaves and corn mazes”
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MAINE MEAD WORKS HONEYMAKER DRY-HOPPED MEAD
“Strong, fruity aroma with hints of pine, grapefruit, and subtle floral notes; subtle hint of honey and natural bitterness of the hops” –mainemeadworks.com; 12.5% abv, 750 ml bottle, $14
Celeb “Taylor Swift–as far from masculine as you can get”
Character “Sweet but sneaky–I wouldn’t turn my back on it”
Eats “Honey with Tabasco, marmalade, candy canes”
For you? Yes (80%)–”I’d down it on a hot day with other Vikings”
ME-brewed? Yes (60%)–”We have lots of bees”
Town “Lewiston–can be good, but can be gross”
Label “’Mrs. Butterworth’s would be more appropriate”
BAR HARBOR CADILLAC MOUNTAIN STOUT
“Full-bodied stout with focused chocolate flavors and plenty of hops and malt” –barharborbeer.com; 6.7% abv, six-pack $11
Celeb “Hugh Laurie on House, M.D.–you want to hate the bitterness, but you can’t help but warm up to it”
Character “Strong and drives a big car, gas no object”
Eats “Brown bread”
MAINE BEER CO. PEEPER ALE
“American-style pale ale, citrus and floral hops”–Novare Res 5.5% abv, 500 ml bottle, $4.50
Celeb “Tony Shalhoub on Monk–more bark than bite”
Character “Complicated, quirky, smart”; “Boringness–besides giving me a buzz, it wouldn’t do much for me”
Eats “Lime, tarragon, gin, stale cheese”
For you? Yes (60%)–”Like a classic IPA, only better”
ME-brewed? Yes (80%)–”Simple, clean, delicious–perfect expression of Maine brewing”
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Celeb “Kelsey Grammer on Frasier–very dry”
Character “Rolls with the punches” ME-brewed? Yes (60%)–”Reminds me of Gritty’s or Sebago”
Town “Yarmouth–a little pretentious”
ATLANTIC BREWING
BROTHER ADAM’S BRAGGET
“Belgian-style with unique & sophisticated flavor due to the use of wildflower honey, pale malt, and a very small amount of hops” –atlanticbrewing.com; 11.8% abv, 22-oz bottle, $6
Celeb “Ryan Seacrest–schmoozes you, draws you in, and then…it’s downhill from there”
Character “A fragrant, herbal scent and a sweet first taste with a bitter finish. Like a first wife. We’d have to come to an understanding”; “Poetically handsome and rugged”
Can Julie Schneider paintings and Angela Adams rugs inspire the sale of an East End house?
BY KAREN E . HOFREITER
Mainers love to support all things local. It’s a genuine commitment–and a magical marketing buzz word. Slap “local” on any product or service and it gains instant cachet. But when can you tell the difference between a marketing ploy and real deal And which is the case with Tom Landry of Benchmark Realty, who caught our attention with his lo ally sta e East End house for sale Is it merely a shameless appeal to our sense of local community, a cross-industry, “win-win” endeavor meant to benefit all involved, or both Even more provocative is Landry’s listing 1 Howard Street as a gallery stop on the First Friday Art Walk.
21st-CENTURY BARN RAISING
“I see it as an investment in the community,”
Selling Local Selling Local
Landry says. And it’s an investment with a big risk. The house breaks all staging rules, with bright colors and bold, contemporary furniture. Huge paintings by local artists, including Judy Schneider, Patrick Corrigan, and Marilyn Blinkhorn, command attention, and pottery and stained glass adorn windows and built-in shelves. Instead of creating a bland, faceless palette upon which potential buyers can pro ect their own nesting desires, he has given the house a strong, love-it-or-hate-it personality. But that’s all part of the “local” hook.
CREATIVE ECONOMIES OF SALE
Landry, whose company CornerStone Building & Restoration did the ma or renovations, used all local contractors for the custom bamboo cabinetry, concrete counter tops, flooring, and more. “I’ve spent about three times as much as I would have going the Home-Depot-and-Pottery-Barn route.” And how about recouping those costs “I admit there are some diminishing returns. Of course I won’t have as high a profit margin by doing it this way.”
So what’s in it for a savvy businessman like Landry “I expect the house will sell uicker there’s added value in that. And I’m a local, independent business person, too. It makes the most sense if we support and look out for one another. If local artists’ and contractors’ businesses go up, they put that money back into the local economy, and that eventually works its way back to the housing market.”
NIBBLES IN THREE DIMENSIONS
And the results so far “A few potential buyers were put off by the contemporary furnishings–they wanted to see original radiators and other small details in keeping
CreativeCrowdsourcing CreativeCrowdsourcing
OPENING PAGE, Exterior: landscaping, O’Donal’s Nursery; patio, Grass Bros.; chairs, Eric Ritter. Interior: hardwood flooring, Port City Flooring. DR: table, Nicholas Heller; vase, Jeanne Handy; chairs, Judy Schneider. Foyer: vases, Heather Abt; chair, Addo Novo; end table, Greg Zoulamis; painting, Judy Schneider. 2ndfloor master BR: lounger, Addo Novo; bedding/pillows, Company C; rug, Angela Adams; art, Jennifer Christian. Kitchen: bamboo island, R.G. Eaton; concrete countertop, Jon Meade Design; bar stools, Addo Novo; Fisher-Paykel refrigerator, Agren Appliances.
with the house’s history–but otherwise, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Admittedly, more people have come through the house ust to look at it than buy it, but that’s part of my purpose–to show off the works of local artisans who don’t necessarily have their own galleries or showrooms. I really believe this type of thing would work only in a place like Portland, where there’s a strong desire for supporting the local economy.”■
18 Howard St., Portland, $695,000. All furnishings can be bought at an additional cost. >> For more images and a complete list of the contractors, designers, and artists, visit portlandmonthly.com.
Alex Carleton Pairs Thrift-Store Flannels With YSL -- The Cut
handed a tall order: give Maine-based L.L. Bean
ALEX CARLETON
GAME CHANGER
BY ADAM PERRY
“I’m not looking to revolutionize L.L. Bean,” says designer Alex Carleton, 1, “but it’s interesting to consider how it can evolve. We’re reshaping and reforming classics like The Blue Rock Sweater, The Bean Boot, The Norwegian, The Field Coat I love the challenge it’s highly personal. This ob was made for me.”
So is life in Maine. After working in Manhattan for Ralph Lauren and Abercrombie & Fitch, Carleton moved here twelve years ago. Beyond pumping up his trend-setting Rogues Gallery line, he also serves as creative director of L.L. Bean’s new youthcentric Signature Series.
Not that Manhattan doesn’t come calling. According to , after signing him to design their “beautifully beaten-down,” snuggly-yet-still-iconoclastic T-shirt line, J. Crew “sent its fit blocks up to Portland ust to make sure” Carleton approved of the garments’ edgy dimensions.
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“I moved here because it felt like the New England I was familiar with as a kid. In New ork, I spent most of my time getting o t of the city,” he says. Not that everybody gets’ his woodsy’ presence up here.
“People who call or text me think I’m constantly out hiking, sailing, or camping. ou actually have to work harder here than anywhere else. I can’t ust hop in a cab to JFK if I’m going to Paris or need to meet a fabric vendor in Mid-town. Living here means I need to worry about firewood, snow tires, storm windows, and my dog getting uilled by porcupines. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”
He even gets amusement from the parade of urban fashion denizens rubbing up against his outdoorsy world here. “I once hosted a certain editor from the o e family at my oceanfront home on Smugglers Cove Road in Cape Elizabeth. There was a minor footwear challenge’ when we went to take my dog out for a run in the woods. On another work-related winter visit, my heater died, pipes froze, and I ended up conducting a production meeting with folks from overseas
You can catch Carleton in Manhattan, in Rogues Gallery at 41 Wharf Street in Portland’s Old Port, or in Caiola’s, where everybody who is everybody knows his name.
Top: Carleton at the Chelsea opening of his L.L. Bean Signature line in Manhattan.
Below: Black uppers add an urban twist to the storied Bean boot.
huddled in front of the fireplace, sipping Earl Grey tea to keep our hands warm.”
Not that his fellow New Englanders have let him off the hook: “The hunting ackets look more appropriate for hunting down a good bottle of prosecco in Back Bay than tracking moose,” wrote the Boston lobe while covering the release party for the new line. “Oh, look over there, it’s Anderson Cooper.” For our eyewitness coverage, visit Online Extras at portlandmagazine.com.
Ever the tastemaker, Carlton is thoughtful on Portland’s animadversions about itself: “Portland is ironically a much easier sell to people who are from away from here than people who are here. Especially in Europe and Asia, there’s a lot of romance around the idea of what Maine represents and what it is. People think when you live in Maine you’re enveloped in hristina s Worl . ou’re living this idyllic lifestyle where you fell trees and build log cabins and sail on wooden boats and eat blueberry pancakes.”
Maple syrup aside, you can find this affable neighbor en oying lobster at Street and Company, sitting at the bar at Fore Street, and chowing down on his favorite burger at Caiola’s. “It’s basically my heers–everyone knows my name.”
ARIANNA LAWSON
TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE BY AD A M PERRY
While 1 -year-old Arianna Lawson calls Scarborough home, the devoted young ballerina is poised to put Portland on the international ballet map this month by becoming the first-ever Portland Ballet School veteran to study at the renowned Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Russia. After dancing at a Bolshoi-affiliated, intensive, sixweek program in New ork City this past summer, she was surprised and delighted to receive a letter from the Russian American Foundation stating that due to her “considerable talent, dedication, and strong training” she was being offered a spot at the academy in Moscow, which will cost her family approximately 1 ,000 for one year at press time, they still had 10,000 to raise and were accepting donations .
“I’m really excited,” Lawson says,
PERSON A L IT I ES
elegant even in warm-up clothes as she prepares for a session at Portland Ballet. “This is a rare opportunity, and I think it will be cool to go to a foreign country and learn the culture and the language and meet Russian kids–which will be hard and kind of difficult, but I’m already starting to learn some Russian.”
Lawson–who leaves for Moscow November 1–has been training for about twenty hours a week at Portland Ballet in addition to her traditional schoolwork. Studying dance at the Bolshoi Academy will mean leaving all other educational studies behind.
“They’re strictly ballet and it’s, like, seven hours a day,” she says. “There’s so much demand, and not to have that much academics is kind of tough, so it will definitely be different.”
The Bolshoi Academy is strictly lassi al ballet, and the stringently controlled Russian style is widely considered the most physically, emotionally, and mentally challenging form of ballet in the world. The emphasis is on simple, clean, and contained strength and line rather than creative expression. After a year dancing in Moscow, Lawson will be told whether the academy has chosen her to stay on for the full three years necessary to graduate. Whether she makes it or not, for Lawson, there is no “next best” concerning what she wants to do with her life.
“Just dance,” she says.
AHMED ALSOUDANI
WAR PAINT
BY ADAM PERRY
“Painting is a marathon,” according to former Maine College of Art student Ahmed Alsoudani, and these days the race to snatch one of the artist’s paintings–which sell for a minimum of 0,000 each–is nearly as feverish as his work ethic.
Alsoudani, 3 , was raised in Baghdad and forced as a teenager to flee Ira for Kurdistan and then Syria after defacing a mural that featured an image of then-dictator Saddam Hussein. Thanks in part to his tumultuous experience as an Ira i youth, Alsoudani has kept an impressively level head throughout his rise to immense success in the art world.
“I don’t know if I’d agree that I’m an international star,’” says Alsoudani, who lives in SoHo and spends almost all his time working in his Chelsea studio, where a steady stream of azz, classical, and Bob Dylan plays. Recalling his days in Portland, Alsoudani muses, “I loved the people there and had very encouraging professors, who I am still friends with to this day. I really feel that all these small things I know about painting
came specifically from Sean Foley and Gail Stein . Elizabeth Jabar taught me almost everything about printmaking. It was a very good environment to focus myself and learn.
“My biggest compliment came from ale painting department head, Peter Haley, who said, ou are a painter, and your viewers are painters.’ I think that’s because I pay attention to every detail ”
Alsoudani’s paintings–on canvas and paper in oil, pastel, acrylic, and charcoal–have been compared to Picasso’s and Goya’s both artists serve as inspirations for their vivid depictions of the horrors of war and its aftermath, often uxtaposing swirling, earthy backgrounds with depictions of suffering uasi-human characters who bring to mind the Ira is tortured at Abu Ghraib. Since the day in August 2001 when Alsoudani–who spoke almost no English–walked into MECA and humbly uttered the words “I want to be a painter,” he has graduated with an MFA from ale, lived for a time in posh Berlin, and subse uently exhibited his work in far-flung locales including London and Dubai. Recently, Alsoudani has been included on orbes magazine’s prestigious “Watch List.”
But Alsoudani sees little difference between who he was as a uiet undergrad at MECA and the walking success story he is today. “I still feel Maine is home for me, and I am excited to be going back to Portland this month as a visiting artist at MECA . I’m looking forward to visiting my favorite places, like Arabica Coffee Shop and Coffee By Design.”
Alsoudani talks softy and humbly and dresses fashionably. He leaves much of his work untitled and attributes that to his love of poetry and dismissal of artists who try to pilot viewers’ attentions. When asked if people get’ his art, he believes they do. “I had a waiting list when the economy went bad, so people were careful about buying art even while his reputation skyrocketed so if they didn’t like it, they wouldn’t risk buying someone they hadn’t heard of before.”
Alsoudani was not interested in politics as a teenager, but the situation in Ira –magnified by September 11, 2001, shortly after he began at MECA–inspires most of his art.
“My work is not directly influenced by the environment I am in day-to-day,” he says. “It’s more of a reflection, or exploration, of a psychological state of conflict, or war. What is important for a painter is stability and the ability to focus on the work, and Maine was very good for that.”
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CHELLIE & HANNAH PINGREE
BY KAREN E . HOFREITER
Hyannisport North
Mom missed the ferry, so she had to catch a lobster boat. She’ll be here soon. In the meantime, I’ve got to go to the dump,” says the sneaker-and-T-shirtclad Speaker of the Maine House Hannah Pingree, 3 , referring to her .S. Representative D-ME mother, Chellie Pingree. It’s an hour before our scheduled interview at Nebo Lodge, a bed and breakfast owned by the Pingrees, on North Haven Island.
Lobster boats Dumps Sneakers Never mind that Chellie Pingree, , has a wealthy fianc atop a billion-dollar hedge fund who owns a 200 Dassault Falcon 2000E private et. Here, it’s all about a dusty pick-up truck parked in front of a modest inn on a uaint island undulating with wind-thrashed sea grass.
“I was born and grew up in Minneapolis,” Chellie says, “and I’ve been on the island since 1 1 after meeting my ex-husband, a boat-builder. For twelve years I was an organic vegetable and dairy farmer. Slowly, I got to know people and took the ob as tax assessor, since no one else wanted
to do it.” So how did she go from a tax assessor for a small island with no stoplights to a legislator on bustling Capitol Hill
“I was on the local school and planning boards, and it was through town meetings that I learned how to be in politics,” Chellie says. “It’s about local issues. That was my real training. People had to work together to get things done.”
With her politician daughter Hannah has been named “The Next Nancy Pelosi” by a rie laire magazine and included as one of i e magazine’s “ 0 nder 0” in American politics , her dedication to social causes like health care reform and gay civil rights, the family’s small compound’ on Hyannises ue North Haven Island, and a glint of gossipy scandal, could this be the beginning of a legacy Maybe it’s a stretch to compare Maine’s First District Congressional delegate and her family with Massachusetts’s famed first family in politics. However, the Pingrees’ shared philosophical belief in Kennedy-cohort Thomas Tip’ O’Neill’s famed words,
“All politics is local,” and JFK’s evocation of “All politics is personal,” that makes the call to duty for this budding Maine dynasty most like the Kennedys’.
“I have confidence that not all politics have to be divisive or full of disagreements. In D.C., I think more about common sense and the people I represent back home. There’s not a big ideological divide in Maine ,” says Chellie. “I can have an argument with someone here and then end up sharing a seat with them on the ferry. ou have to live with people.”
It’s this pragmatic attitude and role as a bridge-builder’ that endears her to her voting constituents Chellie owns a home on North Haven, which is at the northernmost tip of the First District , and it’s that same attitude that has helped Hannah reach her high post at a young age she was 2 when elected to the Maine House . “It’s less about the big issues and more about managing personalities,” Hannah says. “ ou’ve got to get to know people, and then put your own ego
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Hannah also shares her mother’s tenacity and work ethic, which helped her overcome speculations of nepotism. “During my first month in the House , I did get she’s ust here because of her mother–she’s so young is she really ualified ’ I had to work extra hard to prove myself.”
The work has paid off. Adds Chellie, “The best compliment I ever got was when Dick Mailhot, a Maine House legislator, said, I’ve forgotten she’s your daughter.’ And Governor Baldacci is always saying, That Hannah–she doesn’t back down.’ But that’s part of being from here–there’s a great aura about Maine in D.C. We’re considered a strong, thick-skinned state.”
And that thick-skin has been a godsend in light of recent accusations of hypocrisy over Chellie’s private et excursions with fianc S. Donald Sussman, after her 200 condemnation of et-setting Congressional colleagues. .S. Rep Barney Frank D-MA has acknowledged his 200 trip to the irgin Islands he and his partner took with Chellie and Sussman on Sussman’s et. The couples are said to be friends. How does she counter the insistence, particularly from conservatives, that, in spite of her protestations, she is a member of the limousine liberals’ or gauche caviar’ Chellie remains unruffled and resolute. “It’s fair enough to scrutinize people in politics, but to say I am out of touch I was a single mom, I’ve been a housecleaner, waitress, organic farmer–I am a small business owner. Nothing has changed who I am.”
Whoever she is, she manages to come out on top. Win or lose in the November 2 election, she will–if history is any indication–bounce back stronger after losing a seat in the .S. Senate to Susan Collins in 2002, she became the National President and CEO of Common Cause, a non-partisan citizen activist group with almost 300,000 members . This strength is magnified by the fire in her belly. Many considered her a profile in courage’ in June when she balked at increasing the number of American troops in Afghanistan. She was one of only three Democrats to speak out on the issue, straight to the face of General Petraeus.
“People in Maine are very opinionated, but tolerant. We’re kind of libertarian in a way. We protect each other. Whoever you are is okay, as long as they know you and trust you.”
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EMILIA DAHLIN
BEAT OF HER OWN
BY A D AM P E RRY
For the record, while iTunes may list Portlander Emilia Dahlin’s music as “folk,” the beautiful and talented local favorite is not ust another young Northeastern woman who grew up listening to the Indigo Girls and then morphed into a carbon copy of Ani DiFranco. Well, at least not anymore.
“There was a period when I listened to Ani DiFranco a lot,” says Dahlin, 30, “and that came out in my music. Then I began listening to more azz and started finding my own sound. Soon as I did that, I got the opportunity to open for Ani DiFranco.”
On Dahlin’s latest release, attle he Bones, she not only sings and plays guitar but also contributes piano, accordion, and glockenspiel. attle he Bones uxtaposes sweet alt-folk with eclectic, azz-infused experimentation to create a multi-faceted, original sound. Calling her music “acoustic roots with a vintage azz twist,” she’s amazed herself at her transformation from folkie to iconoclast.
“Part of it was that conscious I need to branch out I need to expand my edges a little bit.’ Andrew Bird has been an influence and introduced me to gypsy azz. Heritage Radio in armouth also got my wheels turning and helped me drop career-driven anxieties about whether or not something beautiful is
marketable. It helped me totally reinvent my sound. I’ve found that once I let go of those inhibitions, it’s done me well.”
From the romp of “Evangeline,” an alternative sea shanty, and the Tom Waits-es ue title track’s “background of twisted, naked trees” to the accordion-heavy French noir of the mellifluous instrumental “La Fin,” attle he Bones reveals why Dahlin has essentially cornered the market on local music awards recently.
Back from a he ira with her husband across the world that found her collaborating with–and finding inspiration in–socially conscious musicians in Brazil, she lights up when talking about her experience performing in S o Paolo with a nine-piece samba band.
Which goes to the strength of her storytelling, which recalls the Be Good Tanyas and the more literary eras of Bob Dylan but is also grounded in Dahlin’s love for azz songstresses such as Ella Fitzgerald and the singersongwriter’s background as a film studies ma or at the SALT Institute in Portland.
Although Dahlin is open to offers from small labels, she’s not yet affiliated with a record company. “I’ve always produced my albums myself. Acadia Recording Marc and Gina Bartholomew are amazing. They’ve mastered two of my discs as well as hand screen-printed the packaging for attle he Bones . Working and investing locally is important to me because I know my money is supporting the local economy and fellow artists.
“I’ve lived in Portland for over ten years. The overlap between musicians and visual artists and performing artists is really strong. In New ork or Nashville, there’s huge competition, but here it’s a tight-knit community of diverse musicians–neighbors, coworkers, and co-creators.
“But I can’t say there’s a Portland sound.’ There’s too much variety. I’m inspired by Sontiago for her savvy and writing, as well as anessa Torres. My long-term collaborator Adam Frederick has prompted me to grow. Royal Hammer moves me to shake my booty, an important characteristic of music. I’m excited to get to know the new Portland music scene that has emerged since I’ve been gone the last year.
“Right now I live in Back Cove for the first time, in a sweet little vintage camper. I’ve lived on India, Monument, Winter,
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Brackett, Clark, and Waterville streets owned a house on East Cove Street and lived on my sailboat. It’s been fun tasting different areas within the city.
“ Other tastes I look forward to reconnecting with include Rosemont Market, Local Sprouts, Flatbread, Dorolena Farm, Aurora Provisions, El Camino, Green Elephant, Fore Street, Micucci’s Sicilian slabs,’ and all our great bakeries. My deep love of and interest in the way we cultivate, create, and consume is a huge reason why I love Maine and Portland so much.”
ARUNA KENYI
STUNNING TALE OF A ‘LOST BOY’
BY ARUNA KENYI
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y ran other tol stories. So o . Listen. I come from a village in the district of Ka o Ke i in Southern Sudan. The village was Kansuk, and it was between two rivers, the Lori o and the Manikilokui.
Kansuk was a good place. Nobody cried from hunger because there was plenty of food to eat. ou could eat with your family, at a neighbor’s house with your friend, or you could ust pick a mango from the tree. I only knew happiness and the safety of my family, my grandparents and cousins, and my village.
Of course at that time we did not know that the Arab militia would come.
When the militia arrived in Southern Sudan, five-year-old Kenyi was separated from his family for the first of many times. His parents stayed behind in Kansuk. He was sent to Mundari while his oldest brother, ugo, was sent to another village.
For months while living in Mudari, I heard the sounds of war–bombs, guns and screaming. I asked my aunt why people were fighting and killing each other.
“It is a big world, Kenyi, and you are still a kid and do not understand now, but you will understand when you grow up,” she said.
But I wonder even now why people kill each other while God commands us not to kill.
Later, my father arrived in Mundari. He said Kansuk was burning already, and that even so, most people stayed. They said they would rather die in their own village than try and flee. My dad said the ones who stayed were attached to a car. The soldiers would drive the car and drag the people behind it until they were dead. Then they would cut the ropes and leave the bodies on the road
During this time, I remember crying a lot when I was alone. Crying for the things I had seen. Crying for what I had lost. Crying for Kansuk. Crying for the people who were no longer with us. I kept imagining they had been captured by the militia and maybe were dead.
I was ust a kid. I couldn’t help it. I could think of nothing else.
For the next several years, Kenyi moved from village to village, fleeing the devastation of the war. He was fre uently separated
from his family. One by one, family members found each other again and were all eventually reunited at a N refugee camp in Bamuro.
Generally, life at the refugee camp was okay, but the Sudan People’s Liberation Army became desperate for new soldiers. That is why one day, they came into the camp and started taking all the older boys and men. They took ugo and my father.
That was the last time I saw him.
Eventually, we got a letter from ugo. He had escaped to a refugee camp in ganda and asked us to oin him there.
We did not have enough money for all of us to go.
My two older brothers and I left behind my mother, grandparents, sisters, and younger brother. I have not seen them since.
When we got to the gandan camp, I was nine. I remember a checker board of dirt streets. In each block, there were homemade houses, and next to the houses were gardens. The houses were filled with people from all over. These homes were simple. There was no electricity. No light bulbs. No refrigerators. This was Kyangwali.
At 14, Aruna Kenyi, now 21, boarded a flight to the U.S. He has since graduated from Portland High School and now attends the University of Maine at Farmington, where he majors in Community Health Education. After college, Kenyi hopes to teach high school in Maine and eventually return as an educator to his home village of Kansuk.
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After three years of living in Kyangwali, applications for moving to different countries like Australia, America and Canada were brought to the camp.
In 2003, two years after starting the application process, we were still waiting for our flight. We were patient. No matter how long we were going to wait, we were going to go to America.
Just as Black Entertainment Television BET dares to challenge redneck clich s by running a reality show about NASCAR drivers, Katie Hagar–a 2 -year-old Damariscotta native–defies the auto-racing stereotype that says good ol Southern boys rule the tracks.
“Growing up in Maine, I was a true and passionate athlete,” Hagar tells us the morning after racing in North Carolina’s
3 th annual Bobby Isaac Memorial 1 0. “I wasn’t worried if others thought that it was odd or not. The car doesn’t know your gender, and that’s all that matters.”
Hagar, who resides in Mooresville, North Carolina, doesn’t let the hardedged, male-dominated world of car racing faze her “They don’t dare make sexist comments to my face ” and has been racking up top-five finishes since going pro a few years ago.
“The happiest 30 seconds of my life behind the wheel happened when I was racing in California in the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program at Stockton Speedway, breaking the track record my fourth time ever being at that track.”
Energetic and sprightly, with a flashy smile and long blonde hair, Hagar is a perfect fit for Changing Lanes, BET’s new NASCAR “onehour competition docu-series” which highlights minority and female drivers–the latter comprising a gender which now represents nearly half of all NASCAR fans.
As a woman striving for success in auto racing, Hagar says the legendary female drag racer Shirley Muldowney’s “strategic way of thinking” is a big inspiration. Hagar also stresses that Damariscotta–“always home to me”–continues to positively shape her as a person.
“Maine is the one place I go to if I need to get away,” she says. “All my family is there, and it’s true when they say home is where the heart is.’ When I come home, it’s to re-ground myself, whether I’m ust relaxing, picking out horse stalls, eating seafood, or visiting local beaches.
“After being away from home, I notice that it’s the small things I miss the most: how pure and fresh the air smells, how clean the waters are, how uiet and relaxing it is fishing and hearing the loons and owls at night, the privilege of having your privacy. Those are the things that made me e, and every day I am thankful for that.”
Not that she ducks the adrenaline rush of her present circumstances: “I don’t dream of crashing. I dream of winning.”
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JIM MIEKKA
“LEAVE IT TO A MAINER TO COME UP WITH THE HINDENBURG OMEN!”
BY JUSTIN ELLIS
Though he may not be able to see, Jim Miekka is known for a different kind of sight.
An inventor, mathematician, and former school teacher, Boston-born Miekka, 0, has garnered attention for his wizardry in indicating downturns in the stock market. If that weren’t enough, he’s also the creator of an artificial vision device.
“I do lots of experiments,” he says. “I love research.”
Miekka, who winters in Florida and summers at his two-bedroom house in “Surrey by the Sea,” says he was lured here by a friend on the promise of great spaces, solitude, and uiet.
“I like elbow room,” he says. “I’ve got two miles of trails on my 0-acre property and my target range.”
It was an experiment he conducted as a high-school teacher in California almost 2 years ago–working on a chemical compound for use in mining–that took Miekka’s eyesight. An explosion and complications from the resulting surgery rendered him blind.
Though he loved teaching, Miekka decided to start a new path. A stock market observer and mathematician, he began working on a formula to predict market crashes. Named for the infamous hydrogen zeppelin which met its fate in a fiery explosion, the Hindenburg Omen computes data on stock levels over a year’s time to predict combustible economic markets. The title is appropriate: the Omen has predicted every N SE crash since 1 .
While some in the world of finance have uestioned the theory’s reliability, presum-
ably few of them have been Mainers. According to Miekka, Mainers–known for our pessimism–“express more interest in the Hindenburg Omen than in my more positive indicators, so it must be part of that psyche.” Regardless, Miekka says the value of the Omen is that it serves as a warning.
“It’s like a funnel cloud,” he says. “When you see a funnel cloud you might get a tornado. But without a funnel cloud, you can’t get a tornado.”
Miekka admits he’s done well in the market and publishes a stock market newsletter called S berry B ll Bear e ort
When he’s not toying with economics or en oying time with his girlfriend of seven years, Miekka is working on his targetshooting skills with the help of artificial vision technology.
“For a person who’s blind, what more would you want than to see ”
As a teacher, he taught his students how the eye detects images and translates what they are to the brain. sing photocells similar to those found in a camera, Miekka’s device detects light and dark and gives a corresponding sound for each. By interpreting the sounds, Miekka can “see” targets, including bowling pins and clay pigeons, from over 100 yards out.
Miekka thinks this technology can be put to other uses, maybe allowing a blind person to drive a vehicle.
“If you can point a gun and make a bullet go where you want it to, you can drive a car and point it where you want to go.”
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Holy Marin County! The transformation of a Kennebunkport River house demonstrates that sometimes, less is more.
Holy Marin County! The transformation of a Kennebunkport River house demonstrates that sometimes, less is more.
BY LEAH WHA L E N
Renovating a house with a history takes careful navigating. Honoring the past while creating space for the way we live today can make the most seasoned architect worry about shoals at every turn. In a stunning renovation of a riverside house in Kennebunkport, Elliot Siderides of Windward Development has daringly shifted his rudder to approach his task from a different direction: Rather
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than expand the house, he estimates he’s removed almost 1, 00 s uare feet from its living areas. “Taking some of the fat off the house meant there would be a better uality of light inside, a better flow of space. Also, each room would maximize its views to the river and the garden.”
Featured in our Summerguide 200 issue, the house was the first Kennebunkport studio of American Impressionist Abbott Graves 1 -1 3 , a contemporary and friend of Childe Hassam. Graves is best known for his paintings of Colonial doorways with dooryards covered with flowers, so it’s ironic that the house he designed on the banks of the Kennebunk River turns its back on the road and hides behind an unusually thick wall.
Siderides believes Graves was inspired by the lakeside villas he encountered in France: “He was influenced in his later years by that type of European architecture. I think he viewed this studio as a villa on the river, a villa on the coast.” And now “I think if you dropped the house into a California harbor town like Sausalito it would fit in with the town’s shingle uality.”
As an artist, Graves needed the light reflecting off the river, and in the house’s original incarnation most windows faced that direction. Additions were made piecemeal, however, and by the time Siderides first saw it on the market, the interior was broken into many small rooms, many of which faced away from the amazing views.
“The house always interested me from the river there were a couple of interesting doors, but other than that, you didn’t really know what it looked like from the road .The bathrooms were on the river side upstairs, so you had no real views to the water from the bedrooms .” The flow from room to room was choppy rather than smooth. But, Siderides says, “The challenges made us work a little harder to not waste any space when we came up with our final design. As a result, the rooms all have pretty decent views of the river.”
Opening up the interior of the house to light and views was only one aspect of the pro ect. In what he calls a “ground-up reconstruction with some elements of restoration to it,” his Connecticut-based firm tackled the exterior work. The house was covered with vinyl siding trees and large plants were so overgrown “you couldn’t see the sun at
noon.” They replaced siding with shingles, removed enormous arbor vitae, and restored the unusual roof line: “It’s a hipped roof with rafters that extend from the building. Most of them were gone.”
Finally, the best part of the site–its proximity to the river–was a liability: “The house was actually being supported by the crumbling seawall. The seawall had to be rebuilt.”
Now secure on its stone mooring, Abbott Graves’s riverside villa is transformed yet still retains, as Siderides says, “that mystery and that understated elegance.” He gives much of the credit to the property itself–“There are a lot of sites on the river, but this site is pretty spectacular”–but his thoughtful navigation of the renovation reconstruction contributes to its success. “The high point is seeing our vision become reality. I think Abbott Graves would have been pretty happy with the new direction of the house.” ■
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“ You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces, just good food from fresh ingredients.”
Danny DiMillo
And the Winner is...
Who gets the James Beard award when the diners are in charge?
For the past three years, Chase’s Daily, in Belfast, has been a semifinalist for the coveted James Beard Award as the best restaurant in the Northeast. These awards are the Oscars of the culinary world. Most winners are celebrity chefs, or at least rising stars at the time of their award, with high-end restaurants.
One of the unusual aspects of Chase’s Daily is that it has no single chef. In fact, no one really is in charge. It isn’t exactly a restaurant, either.
It’s a carefully integrated farm, farm stand, bakery, and vegetarian restaurant–a family operation that, as Penny Chase says, “doesn’t fit into a traditional mold.” Addison Chase, Penny’s husband, and daughter Megan run the 00-acre farm in Freedom. Penny and Ted LaFage, Megan’s partner, work in the kitchen. Phoebe Chase, another daughter, does the baking.
“We’re lucky our talents mesh so well,” says LaFage, making thin-crust pizzas. “Everyone is good at something different.”
Chase’s is one of the most unconvention-
al dining establishments in the state–and one of Maine’s best bets for a memorable meal.
Part of the reason for Chase’s success is the uality of the produce, picked ust hours before you eat it. To pull this off, the Chases have a routine like a relay race.
The day starts at about a.m., with Megan out in their farm’s fields picking pan de sucre, watermelon radishes, poblano peppers, Romanesco cauliflower, Japanese pumpkins, and whatever else they want to sell or cook that day. Addison and some aides clean and bunch the produce, and about 10 a.m., Penny drives it to Belfast. There, Phoebe has been baking all sorts of savory and sweet tarts, muffins, breads, cookies, and cakes. When
From top: Diners enjoy dishes made from freshly picked ingredients in the bright and airy dining room; staff members bring food from the farm to the table.
Penny arrives with the produce, the kitchen kicks into high gear.
The Daily fills one big, airy room in an old building on Belfast’s Main Street. The Chases stripped it down to expose a brick wall and lovely tin moldings on its high ceiling. Ted made tables from a chicken barn.
The farm stand end of the room is a gallery of edible art. Even braising greens are bunched like flower arrangements. The mesclun is an art form all its own, with lovely Castelfranco radicchio, purple basil, bronze and green fennel, fris e, burgundy amaranth leaves, orange and red nasturtiums, and more.
Chase’s menu changes weekly, reflecting what’s ready to harvest, but it always has global reach and imaginative flare. During my visits, offerings included a fabulous braised fennel pizza green curry rice with peas and choi burritos with epazote and papalo herbs and Sichuan cabbage salad with spicy grilled tofu and a yummy basil sesame dressing.
Whether Chase’s unusual structure will hamper a James Beard award remains to be seen. “They’re always trying to get us to say who the chef is, who’s in charge,” Penny says. “And here, no one is. We’re very collaborative, and that’s the way we’re bent on doing it.” ■
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Hungry patrons stand in line at the in-house bakery for homemade treats.
Game set, match! Luxe dinnerware adds a sense of play and enchantment to Thanksgiving.
Alegend persists that the term “turkey” meant any kind of wild fowl back in 1 21, the year many ascribe to the first Thanksgiving. Some historians claim these ranks included not only wild turkey, goose, and partridge but eagle and swan as well. So there’s room for poetic license in terms of decorating themes previously limited to turkeys and black-and-whiteruffed pilgrims gripping shotguns.
Game sets featuring images of North American wild turkey e lea ris allo a o are the ideal dinnerplate accessory. Surfing the auction sites, one uickly discovers that Limoges, France, was the center of the universe for creations of this kind, due to the region’s singular abundance of “kaolin,” the natural clay that resulted in a flawless, delicate white porcelain when fired.
Among these Limoges manufacturers was Haviland, launched in 1 2 by David Haviland, a New orker who combined the inimitable delicacy of Limoges porcelain with patterns crafted to appeal to the American audience, game images among them.
Turkey à Limoges
Before Haviland made his appearance, Limoges china was routinely sent to Paris for decorative painting. Seizing the chance for efficiencies of scale, the American set up business in Limoges and upset the French by including a decorative painting division right inside his factory there. Protesters camped out in front of his factory, but Haviland persisted and eventually won over the French countrymen.
From 1 0-1 10, shipments of Haviland china mostly to the .S. increased from 2,000 to 20,000 barrels after the company found a way to speed the painting process around decals to keep costs down. Haviland tickled the middle-class fancy through deft placement in Sears
and Montgomery Ward catalogs. Pieces dating from 1 -1 0 are therefore more prized, as are ones with cobalt blue edging, which is harder to fire. Over the decades, the Haviland company would go through many calamities, family splits, and identities but was retained by a family member until 1 2. Today, collectors treasure shimmering sets of Haviland throughout the world. Thomaston Place Auctioneers recently sold a Haviland fish platter in mint condition for 00, as well as a set of six plates painted with seashells for 22 . Not that there aren’t some charming alternatives. A uni ue centerpiece drew cheers at auction recently when James D. Julia Auctioneers sold an original, late-twentieth-century life-sized carved turkey standing on a clamshell by Frank Finney American, 1 - for , 00. Weeks earlier, Northeast Auctions in Portsmouth had sold an Austrian silver toothpick holder in the form of Tom Turkey for , as part of a lot of three pieces. If dinner conversation lulls, think of how you might have transported your diners to another place and time had you held up the winning card for the painting of “Turkey Ridge, Norway, Maine,” by ivian Milner Akers American, 1 -1 which sold at Julia’s this year for 1, 2 . Where to stuff it all until next season Start looking now for a “turkey breast” cupboard, with its wide, protruding front providing lots of storage space. ■
Cinematographer Alice Brooks makes good on her escape from L.A.
Alice in Alice in Vacationland Vacationland
What st it be li e to ten a ar en here–of films that keep critics buzzing at festivals from Cannes to Sundance Alice Brooks’s latest effort of over 30 features, shorts, music videos, and commercials , the web series L a.k.a. Lea e of E traor inary an ers –is being distributed by Paramount on Hulu.com.
As the Biddeford resident expands her newest short, oots n Water shot locally with Domenica Cameron-Scorsese directing , into a full-length feature, she talks about Tribeca, tango, and why an ela s Way is the way for her.
The director of your film Roots in Water has a famous surname. Domenica Martin Scorsese’s daughter and I met in Los Angeles, almost six years ago, when I worked on her second film S anish Boots. We hit it off immediately.
Domenica visits me in Maine, I visit her in New ork and Los Angeles, and we talk on the phone all the time. We’re incredibly supportive of each other’s careers. oots in Water is our latest collaboration.
What’s it like moving from Los Angeles to Biddeford? They’re so different! There are endless things to do in L.A., but I never did them. Here, I’m always going on adventures, going out in nature, hosting dinner parties, and going to cool places. It makes you appreciate Maine’s seasons, whereas in Los Angeles it’s 2 , 3 .
I even exercise more here. My boyfriend Portlander Sam Spencer, Democratic National Committeeman for Maine and I go running along Biddeford Pool on the beach. It is the most beautiful, spectacular place in the world, with so many hidden gems here. I went to Acadia National Park recently–in Maine, if you get in your
car, you et somewhere instead of sitting in traffic.
Let’s jump-cut to a personal montage.
Fortunes Rocks Beach in Biddeford is my favorite spot. Sam and I run there. We swim there all summer, have great bonfires, and my family goes for a walk on Christmas morning.
I love attending the Final Friday ArtWalk in Biddeford. There are so many creative people and artists located here. The vibe and the energy are exhilarating. The atmosphere reminds me of Farmers Market in Hollywood. It’s also a great chance to walk around. I am constantly amazed at the beautiful buildings in Biddeford.
In Portland, Sam and I love to go running on Mackworth Island, Gilsland Farm at Maine Audubon, and Baxter Boulevard.
How has moving from Los Angeles affected you creatively? I am grounded here. I ust read Nelson Mandela’s book, an ela s Way, and in it he writes, ” ou must find your own garden”–not necessarily a physical garden but some-
place where you can go and be in touch with nature. When Mandela was in prison, he actually got the guards to give him a plot of land, and he got seeds and tended it. Even though there were people all around him, this was his private place.
For me, that’s what my house is. I work on this house by myself, with a little landscaping help from Sam. I love digging in the dirt and peeling off old wallpaper and painting walls.
YOUR HOLIDAYS
Portland, Maine 2010
Come see the spectacular lighting of the tree at this annual tradition! Entertainment by Rick Charette and the Bubblegum Band and more.
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Then I get to make movies, and that’s a different kid of experience because it’s pure adrenaline. Being here allows me to see images in a different way than I ever did in Los Angeles.
Free rides throughout enchanting downtown so you can enjoy the lights and sounds of the holiday season. Pick up and drop o every half hour in Monument Square.
Shop ‘til you drop in downtown Portland! Many stores remain open until 10pm. It kicks o in style at the Eastland Park Hotel with free hors d’oeuvres, then take a free bus shuttle to the shops! It’s a night full of fun with your friends—shop, eat, and be merry!
Stroll through downtown to enjoy the festive window displays! Vote for your favorite by emailing info@portlandmaine.com
Experience our radiant holiday light sculptures by local artist Pandora LaCasse—Portland’s signature holiday decoration.
Then you fly out there and…
Billboards. Immediately when I land in L.A., I’m bombarded. ou’re driving around in your car and you’re missing the amazing architecture because of all the billboards.
Let us feel your hopes about Roots in Water.
It was at MIFF Maine International Film Festival , and before that, it premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it got a great reception. They had to add a screening because it sold out. I feel like it has really opened the doors for us to make the feature film version, which will be titled e En lan . But for now, we wait. That’s one of the reasons I was even here in Maine in the winter. I had three movies, back to back, that all didn’t go at the last minute. I was so tired of sitting around and waiting, so I decided I’d come to Maine and hang out with my mom in South Bristol. And that’s how I started driving around and eventually found my house in Biddeford .
A bold leap that mirrors another bold leap in your life–your web series, LXD.
Taking that leap of faith . I’ve pulled that into my work, and now, I risk everything.
Eighteen months ago, when we started L , I would say I’m working on a web series about superhero dancers, and people would sort of throw it away. But the numbers show that now one in eight cable subscribers are canceling their accounts.
Moving here, I’ve learned that taking huge creative risks is much more rewarding than living this small life. The images I’ve created as a result are definitely the best work I’ve done so far.
Given that you’ve spent the past several months sitting in dance rehearsals and filming some of the world’s best emerging dancers, I have to ask…. Are you a dancer? No! I grew up watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies and always had an appreciation for dance. My dad was a theater director and playwright, and we d go to lots of shows.
For a few brief months last winter, though, friends and I would go to
the late, great North Star Music Caf and tango.
When you’re here in Maine, where do you go see movies?
For a romantic comedy, I’ll go to the Nickelodeon. If I want to see a big blockbuster, I’ll go to Cinemagic in Saco or Westbrook. They have HD pro ectors, which is a huge step up from the old films Maine used to get here before. ■
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Scenes from The LXD (The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers)
Savings Spree
Money. Not only is it taboo cocktail conversation, it’s one of the top nemeses of relationships Creighton niversity . So why make it an issue With a romantic dinner for two at an upscale restaurant in Portland averaging 0 excluding drinks, tax, and tip , making the occasional delicious meal at home saves money and gives more opportunity to spend time with your loved one. Can’t cook No worries, our simple recipes are special-occasion fancy without demanding a culinary degree.
On the menu: Celeriac and Potato Velout it Crispy ried Lee s Deconstructed Por Bourguignon Lasagne Bro nie Bread Pudding it Vanilla W ipped Crea
The first step is shopping for ingredients, and it oes matter where you shop. We added up ingredient totals at four different grocery venues–Save-a-Lot (Sav), Hannaford (Hf), WHoLe foodS (Wf), and farmerS’ market (fm) supplemented by a trip to local roSemont market (rm) . While the final totals
weren’t surprising, the price, uality, and size differences in grocery categories were. Armed with this information, you’ll be able to make better shopping decisions to fit your budget and food philosophy.’ When comparing prices, we adhered to a few general rules to reduce inconsistencies. At all venues, we stuck with the cheapest price for an ingredient, no matter if it was local, organic, or neither. We did not use special sale prices, and produce prices are seasonally-influenced. Items were bought in the amounts closest to what is called for in the recipes as available. Basic pantry items, like flour and oil, are not included. Gas and time are not factored into the cost of travel between the farmers’ market and Rosemont. While discount center Sav was least expensive overall, many items were only offered in uantities much larger than needed onions only sold in a three-pound bag . SAV also reuired many ingredient substitutions rutabaga for celeriac, green onions for leeks, lasagna noodles for wonton wrappers, “Party Nut” mix for almonds, milk chocolate for dark . All ingredients were found at
and W and in many cases offered in smaller uantities. At M & RM, some of the processed food items were not found tomato paste, brownie mix , re uiring them to be made from scratch, which takes additional time–and time is money.
This menu relies heavily on unprocessed foods, so the prices of fresh produce, dairy, and meat most affected the total cost. SAV, where the price savings come mostly from processed foods, did not have an advantage with this meal.
SAV still came in least expensive for produce for 1.3 more, you can have 0 of
Dinner for Two
Farmers ar et Rosemont ar et $95.32
that be organic from W for 2.10 more, you can have local produce from M RM and for 3.10 more, you can have non-organic produce from
The pork per pound was least expensive at SAV 1. lb for shoulder , but the smallest cut available weighed in at over five pounds. Most expensive was the local pork butt from M & RM at . 0 lb a small part of the increase is because butt is typically more expensive than shoulder , but it was available at one-and-a-half pounds. is the least expensive for dairy 1 .2 , beating SAV 1 . 3 , WF 1 . , and M & RM 23. .
A few other points of note: The cheapest bottle of red wine used for braising the pork was most expensive at M & RM, coming in at more than the other venues, driving up the M & RM total significantly. Many organic items at W are cheaper than non-organic, due mostly to W ’s generic brand 3 , much of which is organic. But be careful–not all 3 products are organic, despite implications to the contrary.
Also, be careful if you decide to conduct this experiment yourself–we were ceremoniously kicked o t of W after our pricechecking mission was discovered!
How romantic. ■
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51 Wharf Restaurant & Ultra Lounge Indulge in the chef’s avant-garde cuisine, w/exceptionally creative courses, local ingredients done from-scratch in our kitchen & the freshest seafood. We serve local Maine lobster, a menu w/savory chicken, & steak & pasta. Available for private parties & events. 51 Wharf St., Portland’s Old Port, 774-1151, 51wharf.com. *
Anthony’s Italian Kitchen Voted “Best in Portland” three years in a row. Pizza, pasta & sandwiches. All homemade recipes, including lasagna, chicken parmesan, eggplant parmesan, meatballs & Italian sausages. Variety of hot & cold sandwiches. Beer & wine. Catering available. 151 Middle St., lower level, Portland, 774-8668. *
Beale St. Barbeque Eclectic American cuisine. The best hardwood-smoked & grilled meats, poultry, fish & seafood, as well as tasty appetizers, specialty sandwiches, salads, & creative daily lunch & dinner specials. Full bar w/ Maine microbrews on tap. No reservations needed, children welcome. Open all day, every day. 725 Broadway, S. Portland. 767-0130, mainebbq.com.
Billy’s Chowder House makes seafood dreams come true, serving the freshest seafood around, whether fried, grilled, broiled, stuffed, or over pasta. The chowders are all homemade & the lobster rolls have been featured in Bon Appétit Surrounded by the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge. 216 Mile Rd., Wells, 646-7558, billyschowderhouse.com.
The Black Tie Market & Bistro will satisfy anyone’s craving for great food served w/flair & fun. Now serving light breakfasts & lunches & everything you need to entertain at home. Made-toorder paninis & wraps, soups, home-baked desserts, & fresh salads. Try our candy bar, gelato, or a great bottle of wine. Now hosting wine tastings! 756-6230, theblacktieco.com.
Boda is a “Very Thai” kitchen & lounge. Delicious selections of Thai home-style entrees, street-vendor inspired grilled skewers, tapas, & a full bar. Vegetarian options available. Come experience an eating culture of Thailand! No reservations & parking available. Late-night menu served until 1am. Open Tu-Su from 5pm-1am. 671 Congress St., Portland, 347-7557.
Brea Lu Cafe has been serving up breakfast & lunch for 22 years! Favorite menu choices include 12 specialty omelets, build-yourown breakfast burritos, Belgian waffles w/ fruit, eggs Benedict & homemade corned beef hash. Lunch features homemade chili, fresh made-to-order sandwiches, burgers & wraps. Open daily, 7am-2pm. 428 Forest Ave., Portland, 772-9202.
Bull Feeney’s Authentic Irish pub & restaurant, serving delicious scratch-made sandwiches, steaks, seafood & hearty Irish fare, pouring local craft & premium imported brews, as well as Maine’s most extensive selection of single malt Scotch & Irish whiskies. Live music five nights. Open 7 days 11:30am-1am. Kitchen closes at 10pm weekdays, 11pm weekends. 375 Fore St., Old Port, 773-7210, bullfeeneys.com.
Clementine Restaurant Chef-Owner Dana Robicheaw offers the culinary expertise he acquired at Johnson & Wales & other Portland fine dining establishments. Exquisite food & fine wine in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for a multi-course tasting menu for parties of two: $45/person or $60/person w/paired wines. Tu-Su 5-9pm. 44 Maine St., Brunswick, 721-9800, or clementinemaine.com.
DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant serves the freshest lobster, seafood, Black Angus cuts of beef, Italian fare & more. DiMillo’s offers fabulous views of the water in Portland Harbor from every table. Famous lobster Roll, clam chowder, haddock chowder, lobster stew & delicious salads. Serving from 11am. Commercial St., Old Port, 772-2216, dimillos.com.
The Dogfish Bar & Grille and The Dogfish Cafe “Great food, drink & service in a casual & unpretentious atmosphere.” Real local feel, reasonable prices & great food. The Cafe (M-Sa lunch, dinner & Su Brunch) offers a more intimate setting, while the Bar & Grille (open daily at 11:30am) offers live music W-Sa night. 128 Free St., 772-5483 (Grille); 953 Congress St., Portland, 253-5400, thedogfishcompany.com.
Espo’s Trattoria has been owned by the same family for over thirty years & will become your first choice for fine Italian dining. Menu items include homemade sauces, lasagna, fresh local seafood & tender steaks. Generous portion sizes are served by personable & professional staff in a family-friendly atmosphere. Takeout & catering are available. Lunch specials daily from 11am-3pm. espostrattoria.com.
Fish Bones American Grill A casual upscale restaurant offering American cuisine w/a multi-national flair. Techniques include light grilling, sautéing & use of homemade food paints to further enhance our plated creations. Located in the heart of Lewiston in the historic Bates Mill complex. Come get hooked! Dinner Tu-Sa & Su brunch. 333-3663, fishbonesmaine.com. *
G & R DiMillo’s Bayside A comfortable sports bar w/excellent food! Catch the season’s most exciting games on multiple wide screen flat panel TVs. W/homemade pasta & bread, classic appetizers, soups, sandwiches, burgers & homemade, handtossed dough for fantastic pizza. M-Sa 11am-11pm, Su noon8pm. 118 Preble St., Portland, 699-5959, grdimillos.com.
The Good Table “Honest, good food.” Made-from-scratch brunch, lunch & dinner. A well-rounded menu w/choices to please every palate. W/inspired blackboard specials, the kitchen
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Love is in the island air and on the plate at the newly renovated Nebo Lodge Restaurant.
NEBO LODGE RESTAURANT, 11 Mullins Lane, North Haven Island Dinner Friday and every other Saturday 6-9 p.m.; bar Friday until 10 p.m. 867-2007, nebolodge.com
Amanda stole my heart with kale chips. A less confident chef might woo urban diners with a cute and refined amusebouche, perhaps a scallop with lobster foam or a demitasse of vichyssoise. But no–Chef Amanda Hallowell of North Haven Island’s Nebo Lodge Restaurant owned by .S. Representative Chellie Pingree presents with a bold statement in the form of a bowl of the oft-misunderstood vegetable, brilliant in its bright green hue, paper-thin crispiness, and popcorn flavor.
The self-trained Hallowell may mince onions, but she certainly doesn’t mince flavors when it comes to her assertive, no-frills menu, a feast of locally-sourced ingredients poetically combined to highlight what’s already here: farm-fresh food.
Sitting at a corner table in the dining room–a sort of island shabby-chic meets beach cottage, with honeyed wood floors and benches and candles flickering on floral-clothed tables–we watch as plate after plate is delivered in luxuriant succession, each course complete enough in itself to inspire a ait there s ore moment.
The odyssey begins with cocktails–a gussied-up French gin, prosecco, brandied cherries, and refreshing Basil Fizz vokda, elderflower, basil, –and the aforementioned kale chips . Settling into the bench, backs supported by bright, contemporary throw pillows by Angela Adams a fellow North Haven Islander , a crisp autumn breeze heavy with the smell of the sea and burning leaves slipping through large open windows, we welcome our first course–a hefty slice of uicy green tomato, fried and drizzled with a tangy chive dressing . Arriving next are oysters on the half shell with a bracing champagne mignonette , followed by buttery oysters Rockefeller 12 . The fourth course is an heirloom tomato salad with chewy, fried halloumi cheese and a sweet, viscous balsamic vinaigrette.
Hallowell deadpans her casual indifference to the hoity-toity with a simple flatbread pizza boasting nothing more than a punchy tomato sauce and gooey fontina 12 . The Italian artichoke and spinach gratin 1 –with pops of goat cheese and smooth, creamy texture–is a deliciously coy one-up on the oily and bland chain-restaurant staple.
The seventh yes, se enth course is a flaky, roasted Atlantic cod in a pool of light cream sauce with tomatoes, green olives, and haricots verts 22 . The final savory dish is a silky, medium-rare sirloin, sliced thin, accompanied by fingerling fries, and–in a wink toward Belgium and Canada–a malt vinegar mayo 2 .
Finding room for dessert is a challenge–until three plates of rustic decadence are placed in front of us. The double chocolate torte is predictable, but the rough-hewn strawberry galette is a down-to-earth delight sitting next to a dollop of palette-mystifying balsamic whipped cream . Paying homage to fall is warm, hearty apple crisp surrounded by puddles of melted honey ice cream . Amanda, my heart–and belly–are all yours. ■
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always takes advantage of locally-grown produce & seafood. Full bar w/seasonal cocktails. Seasonal hours. 527 Ocean House Rd., Rte. 77, Cape Elizabeth, 799-4663, thegoodtablerestaurant.net.
Grace A 160-year-old Methodist church engulfed by huge cathedral ceilings & beautiful stained-glass windows. Our eclectic menu & house-infused cocktails provide a perfect atmosphere for any occasion. Reservations are recommended w/ample seating at our circular 30-seat bar, or in our comfortable cocktail lounge. Open Tu-Sa evenings at 5pm. 15 Chestnut St., Portland, 828-4422. The Great Impasta, a long-standing restaurant located on Maine St., serves Mediterranean-inspired food w/ a concentration on Italian dishes. This restaurant is a favorite of both locals & those from away. Incredible, fragrant aromas from the open kitchen hit you the moment you walk through the door. Vegan & gluten-free menus available. 42 Maine St., historic Brunswick, 729-5858, thegreatimpasta.com.
Great Lost Bear A full bar w/70 beer taps of Maine & American Craft breweries & a large Belgian selection. Menu features salads, burgers, a large vegetarian selection & the best nachos & buffalo wings in town. Discover where the natives go when they’re restless! Every day 11:30am-11:30pm. 540 Forest Ave., in the Woodfords area of Portland, 772-0300, greatlostbear.com.
Jacqueline’s Tea Room & Gift Shop Authentic afternoon tea in an exquisite English setting. Over 70 of the finest quality looseleaf teas to accompany your four-course luncheon of scones, finger sandwiches of all kinds & desserts. Great for intimate conversations & parties.Reservations only (not required for shopping). 10:30am-3pm. Tu-F & alternating weekends. 201 Main St., Freeport, 865-2123, jacquelinestearoom.com.
Jameson Tavern has a casual bar, lounge & dining room. The building is the site of the signing of the Constitution for the state of Maine when it broke away from Massachusetts. Classic preparations served in a graceful & elegant setting make this a fine retreat from frenzied outlet shopping. 115 Main St., Freeport, 865-4196. *
JP Thornton’s Bar & Grille offers upscale, fresh cuisine in a casual pub setting. Known in the Portland area for having a “Cheers-like” atmosphere, locals & those who stumble across this hidden jewel of Foodie favorites can enjoy hand-cut grilled steaks, fresh seafood & house appetizers w/a great selection of microbrews & specialty cocktails. 740 Broadway, S. Portland, 799-3100.
Linda Bean’s Perfect Maine Lobster Roll is coming to Portland! The new location on Exchange St. will include the sweetest Maine lobster w/the company of a full-service bar. Using a ¼ pound of Maine lobster fresh from her own wharves & adding her special mix of herbs, the roll earns the right to be called “Perfect.” lindabeansperfectmaine.com
Little Seoul Restaurant Authentic Korean cuisine and sushi bar in a relaxed, casual atmosphere. Quality food at reasonable prices. The service is excellent at Portland’s newest culinary experience. Located in the heart of the Old Port. No reservations needed. Open for lunch, dinner and takeout M-Th 11:30am-9pm, F-Sa until 10pm. 90 Exchange St., Portland, 699-4326.
Lotus Chinese and Japanese Restaurant, 251 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, Maine (Falmouth Shopping Plaza). We feature fullservice bar and lounge area, sushi bar, Chinese traditional food not available outside of Boston, friendly atmosphere and courteous service. 781-3453
Margaritas Mexican Restaurants & Watering Hole! Always free hot chips & salsa, legendary margaritas & the house specialty, the sizzling fajita. Happy hour M-F 4-7pm & free hot appetizers. 242 St. John St., Union Station Plaza, 874-6444 & 11 Brown St. near the Civic Center in Portland. Other locations in Lewiston, Augusta, Orono & Portsmouth, 774-9398.
Maria’s Ristorante, est. 1960 is Portland’s finest Italian cuisine. Maine Sunday Telegram’s 4-star restaurant. Homemade sausages & the finest meatballs around, thick Veal Chops a la Maria, Zuppa De Pesce Fradiavolo, homemade gelato & Italianstyle cakes. “Preserving the authentic Italian dining experience.” Lunch & dinner Tu-Sa, $13-$25. 337 Cumberland Ave., Portland, 772-9232, mariasrestaurant.com.
Miss Portland Diner, a Portland original. Visit the famous 1949 Worcester diner car serving breakfast all day & homemade diner classics. Beer, wine & liquor. Open daily from 7am-9pm. Located at 140 Marginal Way, Portland, 210-6673, missportlanddiner.com.
One Dock Creative, contemporary New England Cuisine & traditional Maine favorites in a relaxed setting overlooking the Kennebunk River. The menu offers “small plates,” such as duck spring rolls, flatbread signature pizzas, pan-seared scallops in a maple glaze & a lobster & chipotle cheddar macaroni & cheese, proving to be fan favorites. W-Sa 6-9pm. 967-2621, onedock.com.
Pats Pizza offers a full bar & family dining experience in the heart of Portland’s Historic District. Pat’s offers a full menu of appetizers, entrees, desserts & of course, pizza! We also have a
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large selection of salads & sandwiches for lunch. Large parties welcome, please call ahead. Located at 30 Market St., Old Port, 699-4455, patspizzaoldport.com.
The Pepperclub is a prize-winning restaurant (“Best Vegetarian” & “Best Value” in Frommer’s Guide to New England) w/creative world cuisine. Blackboard menu lists five vegetarian, three fish & three meat entrées, including an organic beef burger. Relaxed, affordable dining on the edge of the Old Port w/free parking. Open nightly at 5pm. 78 Middle St., 699-4455, or pepperclubrestaurant.com.
Pier 77 & The Ramp Bar & Grill are owned & managed by Kate & Chef Peter Morency. Pier 77 has a formal dining room w/ stunning views of Cape Porpoise Harbor & live music each weekend, while the Ramp is more casual, w/its own bar menu at hard-to-beat prices. 967-8500, pier77restaurant.com. *
Pom’s Thai Taste Restaurant, Noodle House & Sushi Bar was voted “The Best of Portland ‘09” by Phoenix readers, w/ vegetarian & wheat-free options, a kid’s menu, made-to-order noodle soup & $1 sushi every M & Tu. 571 Congress St., Portland, 772-7999. Also in S. Portland, Pom’s Thai Restaurant at 209 Western Ave., 347-3000 & Thai Taste Restaurant at 435 Cottage Rd., 767-3599, thaitastemaine.com.
The Run of the Mill brewpub is located in a restored mill building on Saco Island, offering quality food at reasonable prices; 24 beers brewed in-house throughout the year are rotated through seven taps. Sample 3 oz. of all beers on tap for just $5. Wine list & full bar. Trivia Mon, open mic Tu & live music Th, 571-9648, therunofthemill.net.
Saeng Thai House Authentic Thai food, w/an upbeat tempo & tantalizing dishes-zesty flavor awaits you here. Entrees include crispy noodle pad Thai, house specialty seafood choo chee, pad Thai, ginger fish, Sushi & much more. Eat in, take out, or delivery available. 267 St. John St., Portland, 773-8988, & Saeng Thai House 2 at 921 Congress St., 780-0900.
The Salt Exchange American-style tapas, using local, organic & sustainable ingredients. Extensive beer & wine list. Wine tastings W 5-6:30pm include complimentary canapés. Open for lunch Tu-Sa 11:30am-3:00pm & dinner 5:30-9pm. (F-Sa, until 10pm). Lounge open Tu-Sa 11:30-close. 245 Commercial St., Portland, 347-5687, thesaltexchange.net.
Silly’s, chosen “Best Bargain” by Yankee magazine now features something for everyone including weekend brunch along with vegan & gluten-free options. Silly’s staff, voted “Best Service” by Phoenix readers, presents all-scratch kitchen food in a whimsical setting either inside or in the garden
patio. Open Tu-F 11am-9pm and Sa-Su 9am-9pm. 40 Washington Ave., 772-0360, sillys.com.
Stockhouse Restaurant & Sports Pub The best place to catch all of your favorite games. Fun, family-friendly atmosphere offers a game room, 21 TVs, 16 beers on tap & large party accommodations. Daily food & drink specials & a menu w/everything from pub-style appetizers to homemade entrees. Open daily at 11am. 506 Main St., Westbrook. 854-5600, thestockhouserestaurant.com.
Stonyfield Cafe (formerly O’Naturals) serves natural & organic flatbread sandwiches, tossed salads, rice & noodle bowls, soups, kids meals, organic tart frozen yogurt & Sunday Brunch. Quick service for people on the go…but our leather couches, wireless internet & comfortable atmosphere will entice you to stay. Chicken, roast beef, wild bison meatloaf, wild Alaskan salmon & many vegetarian items–there’s something for everyone. Falmouth, 781-8889, stonyfieldcafe.com.
Twenty Milk St. U.S.D.A. prime & choice steaks & the freshest seafood, combining award-winning classic American cuisine w/fine wines in a warm & inviting atmosphere. Crab cakes w/lemon shallot mayonnaise, baked escargot, charbroiled chili-lime scallops & sumptuous desserts. Complimentary valet parking. Dinner daily; also breakfast, lunch & brunch. Portland Regency Hotel, 774-4200, theregency.com.
Varano’s Italian Restaurant Food so good, you may never cook again. W/stunning views of the coast & the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge. The best Italian food north of Boston. The menu offers signature Italian dishes & special family recipes & the comprehensive all-Italian wine list is a Wine Spectator award recipient since 2002. 60 Mile Rd., Wells, 641-8550, varanos.com.
Walter’s is one of Maine’s most popular restaurants. Chef/owner Jeff Buerhaus is inspired by global influences. Seasonal menus are accented by creative daily specials. Extensive wine list & inventive cocktail creations complement menu offerings. M-Sa lunch 11:30am-2:30pm, dinner from 5pm, bar menu 2:30pm-midnight. Su brunch 10am-2:30pm. 2 Portland Sq., 871-9258, waltersportland.com.
Wells Beach Steakhouse & T-Bone Lounge serves prime & all-natural steaks, fresh seafood & delicious salads, w/Kobe sirloin steaks, set in a plush atmosphere. Enjoy a selection from the highly allocated new world wine list, or a signature Wells Beach martini under the starry ‘sky’ of the lounge. 73 Mile Rd., Wells, 646-2252, wellsbeachsteakhouse.com. *
Yosaku Authentic Japanese culinary experience, designed by owner Sato Takahiro & chef Matsuyama Masahiro. Premium sushi, sashimi & rolls, including Yosaku, Portland Pirates & traditionally cooked Japanese cuisine for the sushi-shy. Enjoy a bento box beside a tranquil Japanese waterfall. Lunch M-F 11:30am-2pm, Sa-Su noon-3pm. Dinner 5-9:30pm, F-Sa 5-10:30pm. 1 Danforth St., 780-0880.
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events in november
A Day with Chimay! sunday 7th. meet the importers of Chimay. buy a Chimay on draught and keep the glass, bottle specials, schwag raffle and Chimay cheese and food pairings. enjoy the fruits of the Trappist monks’ labor, it beats going to church!
The Harvest! saturday 20th. pouring 12+ UK, US, French and Spainish ciders and cysers all day. featuring Portland’s Urban Farm Fermentory ciders and Maine Mead Work’s cyser, 2 live cider pressings and local food purveyors selling their harvest goodies from 2pm-dusk. come for the cider, stay for the pumpkin donuts!
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Oprah’s super doctor believes time spent relaxing here, on the Foreside, is the best medicine.
INTERVIEW BY COL I N W. SA R G E NT
How often do you and your wife, Lisa, come up here to visit your in-laws, and what’s on your “must-do” list while in Cumberland Foreside?
We visit them several times during the summer and generally spend the winter holidays with them in Maine. We love: Street and Company’s clams and mussels in the saucepan the shopping and lemonade stands in Freeport lobsters from the town landing in Falmouth Foreside golf at Portland Country Club and Lucinda Spa massages.
Do you hope to bring HealthCorps here?
I absolutely would love to begin a HealthCorps program in Maine. We must instill fitness, nutrition, and self-esteem in our youth to win in the obesity crisis. In order to begin a HealthCorps program, it re uires more than ust a financial commitment–it reuires political willpower and cooperation and motivation at the school district and management level. These things take time to cultivate. If we begin a program in Maine, I’ll personally come to kick it off!
How did you both come to know Dr. Christiane Northrup?
I was introduced to her work by my parents-in-law two decades ago and have been a huge fan for years.
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We met in Maine and have remained friends since. She understands so clearly the passion women have for self-healing and has offered wonderful guidance on how to crystallize that message. My main contribution to the endeavor is to offer a little testosterone so women can be more assertive on issues they understand on a visceral level to be true.
What fitness/diet regimen do you practice up here?
Each morning I do my seven-minute workout. I also do vigorous exercise daily since I’ve got more time while on vacation and en oy four-mile runs, basketball with friends, and tennis with relatives. My inlaws’ house a large Tudor home on Route in Cumberland Foreside is on the water, so we engage in water sports with wet suits! . The human body’s built for movement, so you must have it do what it’s designed to do. I encourage people to do a very short routine each morning. The positive effects on your health are without measure!
What are three ways we can love Maine in a healthier way? One of my absolute favorite things to do in Maine is go for a walk or a og. We have such a beautiful coastline–the rocky beaches and the inland forests. Walking is sustainable exercise, and if you walk with a loved one like Lisa and I do, it bonds you together. The air feels crisper because of the temperature–I take deep breaths and practice intentional breathing and meditation. And there’s nothing more fun than catching and eating fish–especially cold-water fish rich in omega-3. Last trip, I went fishing with my son for striped bass, and in addition to the bonding, fishing gives a wonderful, primitive feeling that’s very peaceful.
Mainers are flattered that Daphne chose Maine for her wedding and reception this summer. As a proud dad, can you tell us how that came about, and was lobster served? We did have lobster. Daphne has spent many of her formative years en oying vacations with her grandparents in this beautiful state. We weren’t surprised at all when she chose to have her wedding at their home and attract a few hundred of her closest friends. Many had never been to Maine, and all claimed they’d return again.
How do you feel your connection to Maine matches up with your personality, Lisa’s, and Daphne’s?
The people and beauty of Maine have of-
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fered many insights and helped shape my personality. I schooled in Boston and Philadelphia, and I practice in New ork City, so I’m used to big cities and the frantic chaos of an inner-city hospital that boasts 0,000 ER visits annually. Maine taught me there’s a world out there that’s more peaceful, more sensible in pace, and more dependent on seasonal changes. I’m a better person because I’ve been blessed with time in Maine.
About your family gathering here last January…Many people fear Maine during the deep freeze!
All the kids unanimously wanted to en oy a classic winter holiday with snow sports, hot chocolate, and crisp, sunny days. It was
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cold–I had moments when I wondered how Maine folks last each winter. I came away with profound respect for you, braving each winter, year after year. I must say, though, the stars were worth the entire trip in addition to seeing my loved ones . Down here in New ork, there’s so much natural-light pollution, you need to be far away to see the heavens with the same beautiful clarity. And the sky map in the northern latitudes is stunning. I loved that visit and will continue to return to Maine in the winter.
When will you come next, and what do you hope to do? I’ll be up to visit family at some point. I hope not to be working while I’m there, and I hope to ust en oy myself. I write uite a bit, and when I have down time I write even more the solitude of Maine clears my head to let the words flow. ■
>> To visit their author websites: Dr. Oz, doctoroz.com; Lisa, lisaoz.com; Daphne, dormroomdiet.com.
She also posted this image of her spectacular wedding reception at water’s edge at her grandparents’ home off Route 88 in Cumberland Foreside.
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“Super-pungent imperial IPA, dry-hopped”–dogfish.com (brewed by Dogfish in Delaware specifically for beer drinkers in Maine) 9% abv, 25-oz bottle, $7
Celeb “John Cusack–not afraid to be complicated yet charming”
Character “Like a refined gentleman reading Jack Kerouac while sipping a PBR–intelligent but approachable” ME-brewed? Yes (50%)–”Warms the numb toes. Plus, the name is all Maine”; No (50%)–”This is what people outside of Maine think Mainers want”
Town “Freeport–bright and fun but ultimately for tourists”
Label “Makes me think of a classic, rugged drink, not something fruity”; “This should be named ‘Sprinkle’”
Should be named ‘Nick’–your buddy who wakes up in the jail cell next to you and says, ‘Damn, that was fun!’ –Taster #13
GRITTY’S HALLOWEEN ALE
“Robust brew has a deep amber color, a bold, malty palate, and a well-rounded hop finish.”–grittys.com; 6% abv, six-pack $8
Celeb “Kirsten Dunst–everyone says she’s great, but I’m bored”; “Freddy Krueger–dark, mysterious, and you always want more”
Character “Easy-going, warm, friendly…and I would ask for this beer’s number”
Eats “Store-bought pumpkin pie”
Town “Kittery–’Yay! I’m in Maine’; then it takes forever to get where you want to go”
MARSHALL WHARF ACE HOLE
“American pale ale hopped with Sorachi Ace and Citra hop, floral, tropical fruit, spicy” –marshallwharf.com; 5.9% abv, on draught rotation at Great Lost Bear and Novare Res, $5/pint
Celeb “John Wayne–strong flavor, like rawhide”
Character “Funky, unpredictable, sarcastic”; “Bitter–this beer holds a grudge”
Eats “Grapefruit, apricots, stinky-feet cheese”
For you? Yes (65%)–”To convince my parents I’ve graduated from Bud”
ME-brewed? No (56%)–”Too sophisticated and trendy”
Label “Tastes high in alcohol, which for some is an ace in the hole itself”
SEBAGO SINGLE BATCH DARK WHEAT PROJECT
“Black wheat ale brewed with roasted malts”–Novare Res 7.5% abv, 22-oz bottle, $8
Celeb “Samuel L. Jackson–badass mofo”
Character “Maine emo-hipster”
Eats “Chocolate, cigarettes, charred beef”
For you? No (60%)–”Too much like burned toast”
Label “Should be ‘Dark & Stormy’ or ‘Snowed-In’” ■
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True Love Knots shown actual size, 14K yellow gold
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Eternal love is beautifully symbolized in our Geese Mate for Life pin. Finely crafted in 14K yellow gold, two geese are majestically depicted together in flight. As a gesture of your love, or the special bond between two people, it makes the perfect gift. Comes beautifully gift wrapped with the sentiments expressed by this piece on a small card tucked inside the box. Shown actual size.
Diamond Key
Passion and possibility. Delicate. Svelte. Feminine. Brilliant with twenty-two diamonds.
Your choice 14K yellow or white gold. Shown actual size (1") with 16" chain.
Gold......#X2491............
a. Necklace....#X2044........$285.00
b. Earrings....#X1923........$185.00 c. Pendant ........#X1927........$395.00
This apple-green scarab was cut a quarter of a century ago, held in an archival vault and recently mounted by our Cross craftsmen into this magnificant 18K gold necklace, and
Few have ever seen a baby lobster. Even some Mainers doubt the existence of perfectly formed miniature lobsters: one, two, and three inches long. As children we found them at full moon’s lowest tides in shallow pools hiding beneath rocks in their kelp and seaweed nurseries.
The baby lobster is honored in our newest bracelet of dozens of little lobster links. Subtle, smooth, clean classic lines, understated… elegant. Secured of course by a handsome lobster claw clasp. Also available in a necklace.
Saturday, November 27 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday, November 28 at 2pm;
Friday, December 3 at 7pm; Saturday, December 4 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday, December 5 at 2pm Merrill Auditorium, Portland
January 15 & 22
Sleeping Beauty
Friday, March 25 at 7pm; Saturday, March 26 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday, March 27 at 2pm
Friday, April 1 at 7pm; Saturday, April 2 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday, April 3 at 2pm
Friday, April 8 at 7pm; Saturday, April 9 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday, April 10 at 2pm
Maine State Ballet Theater, Falmouth
Boulevard Glaçon
Just before World War II, this atomic cocktail turned Back Cove upside down.
Have you ever noticed the way a single gull circles and lands before the rest of the flock flaps in
The year was 1 3 , six years ahead of he o ntainhea , Ayn Rand’s groundbreaking novel about modern architecture.
The place of somnolent ma esty was the crescent byway along Back Cove lined with European Littleleaf Linden trees, each named for a fallen World War I hero. Just imagine the shock wave No. 20 Baxter Boulevard must have set in motion as it took shape here, smashing the rubric of Colonial Revival homes.
For many years the home of Dr. Ralph Heifetz, a prominent pediatrician who cared for generations of Portland children, this daring cube with artistic brick courses is now for sale for 1,0 0,000–in movein condition, with sparkling views of the city skyline.
“The seller is Richard Gendron,” says Glenna Irvine of Benchmark Residential & Investment Real Estate. “His brother John lives a few doors down.” Richard paid 2 ,000 for the property in 200 .
“The brass and porcelain door knobs,” thoroughly Moderne, “are all original, as are the solid walnut doors,” Irvine says.
Boulevard to the bone, the home’s first-floor bathroom sports black porcelain and black-and-tan hexagonal tiles–“also original”–which Gendron has sensitively retained. The wallpaper is a perfect complement, with a plum-blossom-and-bamboo motif.
In fact, this architectural landmark has been snazzily restored to
the point where everything you want to be original is original.
The new kitchen has lush cherry cabinetry with a paneled Sub ero refrigerator and dark, textured granite counters.
The living room, with a giant Deco fireplace, has water views enlivened by fennel grass, oggers, great blue herons, semipalmated plovers, and the city in the background above mature rose bushes which protect a hidden terrace and in-ground swimming pool, the whole conveying the intimacy of a private palace.
pstairs, the master bedroom there are four bedrooms in all has a bath en suite with inspired retro tiles matched dead-on to the period.
Everywhere, there’s a modern decorative palatte that suits this cube in an exciting way with accents of minimalist Chinese aesthetics that prompts a visitor to admire, “Feng shui out the yin-yang.”
In the basement, a spacious, paneled family room has an enormous Deco fireplace with a gas insert. The rest of the level, in gray-painted cement and clean as a whistle, is devoted to storage, a washer-dryer, and a new multi-zone furnace.
With a heated, attached garage and ex uisite landscaping, this is ust the cube of sugar you want with your morning coffee. Taxes are 10, 2 . ■
>> Original plans are marked “The Diamond Lumber Company, Biddeford, Maine, 1936.” Kitchen & bath: Eldredge Lumber. Lighting: Lighting Concepts. Fabrics: Scissors & Seams.
(Standing Left to Right): Jeff Davis, Sue Lamb, Chris Jackson, Rowan Morse, Gail Landry, Bob Knecht, Dianne Maskewitz, Steve Parkhurst, Tish Whipple (Seated Left to Right): Mark Fortier, Cindy Landrigan, Sandy Johnson, Edie Boothby
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Exceptional Building Lot in the midst of private woods, fields & streams.
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Acres of preserved land. Private, yet convenient! Offered at $249,900.
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N - This delightful cottage sits on the water s edge of amariscotta Lake. Home has new athroom, new kitchen, replace, monitor heater, open concept with large windows overlooking the water and views of Bunker Hill. This propert is private, landscaped and read for ou to spend time watching autumn arrive on the water.
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Charming 3 – 4 bedroom Cape located in the Oakhurst area. Wonderful details with hardwood floors throughout. Additional Wooded Lot for a total of 2.6 Acres. Offered at $375,000.
detailed Cape near the Gorham Golf Club. Updated kitchen with travertine island, remodeled master bath w/ marble, new windows, indoor spa and & very private! You'll be impressed! Offered at $369,900.
Windham
Attractive 3 Bdrm, 2 Bath Cape in wonderful neighborhood. 1344 SF, 2 Car Garage & nice yard. Offered at $225,000.
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SHELDON SLATE is a family-owned business with four generations of experience. We mine and manufacture our own slate products from our own quarries. The range of our colors will complement any kitchen or bath. Our slate is heat-resistant, non-porous and non-fading. It has a polished/honed nish and is very low maintenance. Let us help you design and build a custom sink, countertop, or vanity. Custom inquires are handled through the Monson, Maine, division.
NORTH WOODS
On Mountain private home with all new kitchen & interior. A must see!
WEST MT. VILLAGE
Showplace property w/ wonderful details and great VIEWS!
WINTER’S WAY
$419,000 Furnished!
$398,500
Attractive Ski-in, Ski-out condo featured in Maine Home & Design! $380,000.
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Jordan Farm Estates
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Cumberland
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Exceptional Building Lot in the midst of private woods, fields & streams.
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Exceptional Building Lot in the midst of private woods, fields & streams. 6 Acres abutting 10+ Acres of preserved land. Private, yet
Exceptional Building Lot in the midst of private woods, fields & streams. 6 Acres abutting 10+ Acres of preserved land. Private, yet convenient! Offered at $249,900.
6 Acres abutting 10+ Acres of preserved land. Private, yet convenient! Offered at $249,900.
Offered at $249,900.
Gorham
Designer detailed Cape near the Gorham Golf Club. Updated kitchen with travertine backsplash, granite counters & island, remodeled master bath w/ marble, new windows, indoor spa and in-ground pool. Bright, sunny & very private! You'll be impressed! Offered at $369,900.
pool. Bright, sunny & very private! You'll be impressed! Offered at $369,900.
marble, new windows, indoor spa and in-ground pool. Bright, sunny & very private! You'll be impressed! Offered at $369,900.
indoor spa and in-ground pool. Bright, sunny & very private! You'll be impressed! Offered at $369,900.
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Charming 3 – 4 bedroom Cape located in the Oakhurst area. Wonderful details with hardwood floors throughout.
Charming 3 – 4 bedroom Cape located in the Oakhurst area. Wonderful details with hardwood floors throughout. Additional Wooded Lot for a total of 2.6 Acres. Offered at $375,000.
Charming 3 – 4 bedroom Cape located in the Oakhurst area. Wonderful details with hardwood floors throughout. Additional Wooded Lot for a total of 2.6 Acres. Offered at $375,000.
Attractive 3 Bdrm, 2 Bath Cape in wonderful neighborhood. 1344 SF, 2 Car Garage & nice yard. Offered at $225,000.
Attractive 3 Bdrm, 2 Bath Cape in wonderful neighborhood. 1344 SF, 2 Car Garage & nice yard. Offered at $225,000.
Attractive 3 Bdrm, 2 Bath Cape in wonderful neighborhood. 1344 SF, 2 Car Garage & nice yard. Offered at $225,000.
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Cape Elizabeth Windham SNOWFLOWER
3 Bdrm, 3 Bath ski-in, ski-out
Attractive 3 Bdrm, 2 Bath Cape in wonderful neighborhood. 1344 SF, 2 Car Garage & nice yard. Offered at $225,000.
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Attractive 3 Bdrm, 2 Bath
neighborhood. 1344
Spacious, quality built 4+ Bdrm Location, Location, Location! $395,000 Furnished!
Should I go this way Should I go that way Or should I ust get out of the road and stay See, back where everyone knows me, I know every sidewalk, each branch, bush, and bedrock. I have a routine–not a perfect existence, but since when is perfection a condition for subsistence Then again, what if out west I find meds that are better, weather more settled, and women more tender
Here, I mean, Lucy’s with Andy Tara’s high-strung and passive-aggressive Sally’s my sister Janelle is a lesbian so is Alena. Stella’s a hell of a s uirrel, but she’s only eleven and too territorial. Belinda’s rather Stevie Nicksy, a real free spirit, but she buries bottlecaps, bubblegum–you know the type–cigarette butts
Ah, who am I kidding, I’d sleep with them all if they’re over 1 , and of course not my sister, using “sleep” euphemistically and “all” not simultaneously . But what does it matter The way they all know me, my romantic obsession, forever brooding over Johanna, one o ent with Johanna–the day Johanna chased me up over the crack-house, a hole in the roof where she said she took refuge when feeling reflective, this dark little cozy where she “wouldn’t be bothered,” so naturally I told her I’d not be a bother, and back down I ran to store nuts for the future. es, nuts for the future, forever the future–while I worry the present reliving the past, a hole in a roof where she wouldn’t be bothered, and that glint in her eye when she said the word “bothered,” and what-if-I-this, and whatif-I-that, and she never came back to the park or the cozy, and I never again had a peaceable sleep but relive that one moment ad infinitum, that unexplored place where she wouldn’t be bothered.
And what-if-I-this, and what-ifI-that, and what if I lurch indecisive on Pearl Street: Should I go this way Should I go that way See, this is my curse: I cherish abandon but need a routine, and dreading the chance that the day I depart is the day she’ll return–there’s the rub.
Perhaps I should seek out a celibate forest where all the day long we’ll labor in reverence and nevermore wrestle with if-I-did-this or if-I-did-that we’ll have stores in abundance and never feel tempted to look over our shoulder or persist at survival for some scrap of forgiveness from Joe’s Seafood Taproom, some three-day-old clam overcooked to begin with. No poodle, no coon cat, no goshawk, no truck. To every s uirrel never a terrible end but the softness of flight on some warm moonlit slumber, we’ll rise on a whisper up through acornfilled branches, crisp feathers of autumn, a heaven abundant with souls in fulfilment a dogless
abundance. No Noodle, no Snowball, no Millicent, no Shadow, no domesticated terrorist like Kaiser or King, said to have launched an attack on a curious pigeon from the balcony of his rent-controlled, climate-controlled penthouse apartment and plunged thirty floors using all of his instincts to land standing upright. This pheasantfed, goats-milk-fed standard Rottweiler could sing and would if extravagantly compensated “Good King Wenceslas” in passable German, and so one can imagine, as witnesses claim, his fierce allegretto upon his descent, When a oor an o e in si ht and how utterly he abandoned his training on ath er in in ter to royally howl, “ EL though falling a little bit, somewhat flat .
To leave legends like this and all that I’ve known, the lunch wagons, pawnshops, the newspapers blowing, the odd pair of pigeons who putter and preen as if it’s the first time they’ve ever been seen, the sirens, the snowfalls, the echo of horns blowing down through the evening, the coffee that’s brewed every morning at five, the blond ogger still holding out hope for her husband, the hypoallergenic poodle pulling the pianist for sniffs of histoire beneath my boudoir, the sleepers and scrappers and scrapers and scoundrels, the mutterers who still cannot fathom their fate–to leave all this would, in plain fact, relieve all this: Tedium. This endless sense of ennui that necessitates elevating what is merely pedestrian.
She is gone. One comment in time that for me transformed all time, to her was ust something to do with a breath. And what are the odds of a happenstance second chance, or, while calculating probability, let’s add a character complexity, the likelihood of her even rantin a second chance, not to mention the odds of pursuing a fool Somewhat slim, I should say, should I stay. Or should I say: If zero were but a hole in the wholeness of space, thus would my chance with Johanna be, as possibility, sucked into absolute
Meditatin Intersecti n
blackness from light, eternal internment from flight, or from the laugh of a lover to never-has-been.
She is gone. And unless I go, too, I must relin uish this dream, the chance to dream, the chance even to reasonably say, “I hope.” I hope. pon waking this day–yes, this day, I hope, tomorrow I hope, and whenever day breaks or another moon rises, I hold nothing, know nothing, I leave nothing buried.
Assisted Living. Emphasis on Living.
Village rossings at a e li a eth offers the privacy of assisted living, the amenities of a fine hotel, and the peace of mind of licensed nursing care and emergency response on a stand-by basis. Our 32-acre campus features:
• Elegant, restaurant-style dining
• Ice cream and gift shop
• Activity, craft, and game rooms
• Complimentary washers and dryers on each floor
• Beautifully landscaped courtyards and patios
• Wellness and exercise center
• Library and computer center
Special People… Require Special Care.
The Monarch enter o aco provides total personal care support within a nurturing and loving homelike environment for those requiring full-time specialized Alzheimer’s or dementia-related care. Located on Main Street in Saco, this residential facility allows for community integration, ensuring that social and recreational needs are met in a positive and involved way. Comfortable private apartments, three meals per day, daily housekeeping, comprehensive personal care assistance, and trained staff combine to make this safe, secure community ideal for those requiring special care. We look forward to showing you our facility and sharing the details of our unique system.
15TH ANNUAL EPICUREAN AUCTION AT MERRILL AUDITORIUM IN PORTLAND, from left: 1. Maria Burdick, April Ylvisaker 2. Emily Broadbent, David Jorgenson 3. Amy Homans, Karl Pepin 4 Eric Erdman, Erin Ovalle 5 Rich Petersen, Rosemary Baldacci 6. Scott Furrow, Deirdre Banks, Michael Banks 7. Seth Pelletier, Christopher Bassett
DOWNTOWN WORKER APPRECIATION DAY IN PORTLAND, from left: 1. Leanne Ouimet, Brianna McCabe 2. Haley Brennan, Joanie Britton, Bettyann Wallace
SUSAN L. CURTIS FOUNDATION’S 30TH ANNUAL AUTUMN AUCTION AT BINGA’S STADIUM IN PORTLAND, from left: 1. Bob Crowley, Becca Gillenwater 2. Denise Dubois, Mark Dubois 3. Bethany Davidson, Barbra Danforth 4. Olm Gurdi, Alice Gurdi, Dan Wiman, Sandy Wiman 5. Bourance Kim, Jessica Grass
STON, ant, Bobbie Scott
2 Patrick Dempsey, Chris Horner 3. Melanie Dube, Christine Beaucrage , Altshuler, Mike Violette 2. Shaun Garry, dog Kota, Amy Dalen
VOX PHOTOGRAPHY EVENT AT DANFORTH INN IN PORTLAND, from left: 1. Stacey Cramp, Jim Nickelson 2. Erica Brooks, Kim Swan
