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April 2012

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Let’s be historically accurate: Congress Street used to look like Times Square.

By Patrick Venne

Cover: “Congress Square Lights” Image assembly by Kurt Roscillo.

Background photo by Cynthia Farr-Weinfeld.

See “Sign Language,” page 42.

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How could we have known that when Whitney Houston visited Portland in February, 1996, she was at the top of her game?

Just 32, she’d dazzled audiences with The Bodyguard and seemed to have an unlimited future. According to our clip file of local media coverage, over 6,000 hopefuls jammed into Cumberland County Civic Center to compete for a part in her new film The Preacher’s Wife, a remake of the 1947 classic The Bishop’s Wife, starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant.

By the time Houston, director Penny Marshall, and co-star Denzel Washington arrived to shoot the famous skating scene at Deering Oaks Park, freakily warm temperatures had turned our fresh native ice into slush.

Meanwhile, the city was buzzing. Over 100 extras got close to the stars and earned $50 per day. Leah Lawrence of Portland, daughter of Maine District Court Judge Rick Lawrence, was one of the lucky skaters: “I was seven. All our moms were lined up to watch us. I heard a bunch of them gasp, my mom included, when they saw Denzel walking down the hill.” After shooting, “I heard Whitney say, ‘Someone take these shoes off my feet,’ and that tickled me because she was talking about her skates! My sense [a seven-year-old’s telling intuition] is that Whitney complained a lot, while Denzel was on a more even keel.”

Today, the Houston file has a wistful feel. She stayed at the Regency, Denzel at the Eastland.

When she wasn’t hanging out at J’s Oyster Bar (multiple visits), Marshall stalked Maine antiques. Elizabeth Darling of Portland’s Economic Development Department revealed to the Press Herald’s Shoshana Hoose that Marshall spent $51,000 in just one day. Assistant location manager Sam Hutchins let slip that it took “quite a few Land Cruiser loads” to bear her treasures back into town after her shopping meltdown!

Mid-shoot, Houston and Washington ordered takeout: “veal parmigiana, veal piccata, and linguine with marinara sauce” from the former G’Vanni’s of Wharf Street. Other favored restaurants: “Street and Co., Bella Bella, DiMillo’s, and Back Bay Grill.”

According to a Press Herald story near the bottom of our file, the following was overheard by an extra as Houston and Marshall joked about the dangers of a crack in the ice. “‘Whitney, you’re skinny, but not skinny enough to fit through that.’”

Sadly, she was.

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I’d like to get a PDF of your article “Sim City” [February/March 2012] so I might share this with members of MEREDA– Maine Real Estate and Development Association. We’re planning a spring conference, and the story hits on several of the concepts we’ve been discussing.

Brian Curley, Principle PDT Architects, Portland High praise to Portland Magazine and Patrick Venne for “Sim City.” This should be required reading for Portland’s City Manager, City Council, Urban Development, Zoning, and others. Admittedly bold, this vision can’t help but allow us to dream of an even better city. This article is tantamount to James Phinney Baxter taking the city council to Boston to study its promenades and parks during his push for what is now Baxter Boulevard.

One only has to leaf through the pages of the Greater Portland Landmarks books Portland, and, more recently, Deering, to be inspired by our glorious past.

Here’s to the Portland renaissance and the conversations this story will generate.

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What About Bob?

Loved the story on Bob Elliott [“Live!

From Harpswell…The Barrymores of Comedy,” May 2011]. I served in Patton’s Army (Yankee Division) when Bob did.

After we came home, across the years, whenever I caught his act, I was always surprised he never (almost never) mentioned his service; never knew why. I’d like to buy a copy of May 2011 mag.

F. Ralph Shirak, Kennebunk bob elliott replies: I served in the 26th Division. Most of us were from New England. We crossed the Rhine behind Patton with enough cigarettes to last us a year. After the war, I worked in an Army radio station in Austria before returning to Boston. The war never came up on ‘Bob and Ray.’ If one of us had a child, then we’d talk about it. Otherwise, we didn’t touch on personal matters–we just wanted to make people laugh.

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Thank you for attending Maine Restaurant Week’s First Round at Danforth Inn. It adds such a fun flair to any event to have the magazine present. Everyone had a blast. [Inn owner] Kim Swan asked if we might be able to have a few shots.

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“They’re huge on the West Coast, and Portland’s the perfect place” to test the waters here . Why blue lobster? “They’re so rare, and our winery’s a rare endeavor, right in the heart of the city.”

Test the air for spring at the outside fire pit tables at Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen and Topside Tavern in Freeport.

“It’s something new!” Linda Bean says. “It’s a great spot for a pick-me-up while shopping downtown. One of our favorite visitors is Winter Olympics Gold Medalist Seth Wescott.” lindabeansmainelobster.com

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Just a year old, Petite Jacqueline has been nominated for the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in the U.S. “We’re especially excited to be recognized as a whole,” say PJ’s Liz Koenigsburg. “It shows we work together well as a team.” Other categories with Maine nominees: Best Chef, Northeast–Krista Kern Desjarlais, Bresca; Demos Regas, Emilitsa; Danai Sriprasert & Nattasak Wongsaichua, Boda; Brian Hill, Francine Bistro; and Pennelle, Megan, and Phoebe Chase & Ted Lafage, Chase’s Daily (Belfast). Outstanding Chef, National–Melissa Kelly, Primo; Outstanding Restaurant, National–Fore Street. bistropj.com

Jack O’Mara’s protagonists in Whitewater Opera: Death Comes to the Allagash fight to survive Class 5 rapids and bear attacks in the wilds of one of Maine’s mightiest rivers. But O’Mara says, “As an elementary school principal, that’s tame in comparison to dealing with 500 little kids every day.” $17.95, whitewater-opera.com

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Gretchen Parlato, Apr. 28. 935-9232 fryeburgacademy.org/pac

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Maine Academy of Modern Music, 58 Alder St., Portland. First Friday Rock N Bowl at Bayside Bowl.

May 4, Jun. 1, Jul. 6, Aug. 3.

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Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., Portland. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Apr. 828-1234 kitetails.org

Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. Portland Symphony: Bruckner, Beethoven & More, Apr. 15; Imogen Cooper, Apr. 25; One Vision: Music of Queen, Apr. 28-29. 842-0800 porttix.com One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland. Mark Tipton Quintet, Apr. 12; Elijah Ocean, Apr. 19; Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem, Apr. 20; Antje Duvekot, Apr. 21; Decompression Chamber Session 4, Apr. 23; Greg Brown, Apr. 26; April

Music Bangor Waterfront Pavilion, 1 Railroad St., Bangor.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Beethoven’s Last Night, May 9; Godsmack & Staind with Black Stone Cherry, May 18; Country Throwdown with Gary Allen, Justin Moore, Josh Thompson, Sunny Sweeney, Eric Paslay & more, May 27; Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour, Jun. 22. 800-745-3000 waterfrontconcerts.com Bates College, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Frank Glazer, piano, & Scott Woolweaver, violin, Apr. 27; red, black & GREEN: a blues, Apr. 27-28; Vince Bell & Eric Taylor, May 12; Short Term Dance Variety Show, May 23. 786-6135 batestickets.com Bull Feeney’s, 375 Fore St., Portland. Live house bands Th-Sat. 773-7210 bullfeeneys.com Dogfish Bar and Grille, 128 Free St., Portland. Acoustic open mic, W; Live jazz and blues bands every F and Sa.; An Evening with Joe Young, Apr. 19; An Evening With Griffin Sherry and The Ghost of Paul Revere, Apr. 26. 772-5483 thedogfishbarandgrille.com Empire Dine and Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland. Dinosaur Feathers, Grandchildren, Apr. 12; Spose, Apr. 20; The Couch, open mic, every Su.; The Stowaways, bluegrass, every M; Chaz Lester Trio, jazz, every Tu. 879-8988 portlandempire.com Hannaford Hall, USM, 88 Bedford Street, Portland.

Jennifer Koh, May 3. 842-0800 porttix.com Jonathan’s, 92 Bournes Ln., Ogunquit. Girlyman, Apr. 12; Cheryl Wheeler, Apr. 13; Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Apr. 18; Ronnie Earl & The Boradcasters, Apr. 20; Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negro, May 2.

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Theater City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Seussical, The Musical, Apr. 13-15. 282-0849 citytheater.org Frontier, Fort Andross, Brunswick. Film, Ballet: Romeo and Juliet, Apr. 10; Film, Opera: Rigoletto, Apr. 24.

725-5222 explorefrontier.com LA Arts, 46 Cedar St., Lewiston. Schaeffer Auditorium at Bates College. Broadway’s Next H!T Musical, Apr. 21. 782-7228 laarts.org Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland. Figures of Speech Presents: Jester Kings of Java, through Apr. 15; Figures of Speech Presents: Cupid and Psyche, Apr. 13-14. 899-3993 lucidstage.com Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. Pirates of Penzance, Apr. 20-May 5.

799-1421 lyricmusictheater.org Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland. Children’s Puppet Workshop, Apr. 25. 615-6309 mayostreetarts.org

Verch Band, Apr. 27; Darrell Scott, May 4. 761-1757 onelongfellowsquare.com Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland. Minnesota, Apr. 18; Mayer Hawthorne and the County, Apr. 20; Kathleen Edwards, May 1.

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Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. Lost in The Trees w/ Poor Moon, chamberpop, Apr. 10; We Were Promised Jetpacks, Breton, Fort Lean, Apr. 25. 828-5600 space538.org State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. NeedToBreathe, Ben Rector, Apr. 16; Passion Pit, Apr. 17; Seether, Apr. 20; Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Apr. 21; Theory of a Deadman, Pop Evil, Apr. 24; Bob Weir, May 1. 956-6000 statetheatreportland.com Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd., Brownfield. A Barn Burner with Session Americana, Apr. 13; Shawn Colvin, Apr. 14; Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Apr. 15; Stone Mountain Live with Carol Noonan and the Stone Mountain Boys, Apr. 28; Cheryl Wheeler, May 4; Judy Collins, May 5.

935-7292 carolnoonanmusic.com Sugarloaf Bud Light Reggae Festival, 5092 Access Rd., Carrabassett Valley. Tropical jams from near and far, themed parties–get irie on the slopes,

Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Apr. 24.

842-0800 porttix.com Pickard Theater, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick.

Hamlet, Apr. 13-14; Spring Dance Concert, Apr. 19-21; Lullaby, Apr. 25-26.

725-3000 bowdoin.edu/theater-dance/index.shtml Portland Players, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland. The Who’s Tommy, May 11-27.

799-7337 portlandplayers.org Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., Portland.

Hedda Gabler, Apr. 20-29.

780-5151 usm.maine.edu/theatre St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland. Maine Playwrights Festival, Apr. 19-28.

775-5568 stlawrencearts.org Theater at Monmouth, 796 Main St., Monmouth.

Page to Stage Education Tour, Apr. 23-May 25.

933-9999 theateratmonmouth.org The Theater Project, 14 School St., Brunswick. The Fantastic Mr. Fox, May 4-6.

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Galleries Addison Woolley Gallery, 132 Washington Ave., Portland. Richard Veit, “In and Out of Abstraction,” through Apr. 28. 450-8499 addisonwoolley.com Art Gallery at UNE, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland.

Rebecca Goodale, Lullaby for Maine, Mar. 15-Jun. 16.

221-4499 une.edu/artgallery Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Senior Exhibition, through May 26.

786-6259 bates.edu/museum Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Intimations of Independence & Insight Out, through Apr. 15; Telephones & Select Recent Acquisitions, through Jun. 24. 725-3275 bowdoin.edu/art-museum Dyer Library & Saco Museum, 371 Main St., Saco. Mainely Photo Arts by Murray Dellow, through Apr. 30. 283-3861 sacomuseum.org Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. The Homestead Project, through Sep. 23.

596-6457 farnsworthmuseum.org First Friday Art Walk, downtown Portland.

Visit local galleries, studios, and museums, May 4. firstfridayartwalk.com Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St., Hallowell. Call for Maine photographers working in film to celebrate Woody Guthrie. Deadline May 31.

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Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland. Consumption, Apr. 17-20. 699-5029 meca.edu Maine Historical Society Museum, 489 Congress St., Portland. Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In: Adornment and Identity in Maine, 1750-1950, through May 27. 774-1822 mainehistory.org Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, 9500 College Station, Brunswick. In a State of Becoming: Inuit Art from the Collection of Rabbi Harry Sky, through Apr. 16, 2014.

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Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., Portland. Edgar Degas, through May 28.

775-6148 portlandmuseum.org Portland Public Library, Lewis Gallery, 5 Monument Sq., Portland. Port of Portland: A Ship-Shaped History, through May 13. 871-1700 portlandlibrary.com; maine.aiga.org

Film Lewiston-Auburn Film Festival, various venues across Lewiston-Auburn. Over 100 films. Opening ceremony performance by Don McLean. Apr. 13-15.

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Tasty Events Browne Trading Company, 262 Commercial St., Portland. Wine tasting every third Th, 5-7pm.

775-7560 brownetrading.com Jonathan’s, 92 Bournes Ln., Ogunquit. Easter at Jonathan’s, Apr. 8.

646-4526 jonathansrestaurant.com Old Port Wine Merchants, 223 Commercial St., Portland. Wine tasting every third W, 4-7:30pm.

772-9463 oldportwine.com RSVP, 887 Forest Ave., Portland. Wine tasting every second W, 4-7pm. 773-8808 Salt Exchange, 245 Commercial St., Portland.

Spirit tastings, last W of every month.

347-5687 thesaltexchange.net The West End Deli & Catering, 133 Spring St., Portland. Wine tastings every first F, 6-8pm.

874-6426 thewestenddeli.com Wine Wise Tastings, The Chadwick Bed and Breakfast, 140 Chadwick St., Portland. Cooking and

Wine Pairing Series: Tapas!, Apr. 18.

619-4630 winewiseevents.com York County Community College, 112 College Dr., Wells. Toast of the Coast Wine Dinner & Benefit, Apr. 27. 646-9282. yccc.edu

Don’t Miss Fishermen’s Festival, Boothbay Harbor.

Seafood, races, Annual Fishermen’s Memorial Service, and the Blessing of the Fleet, Apr. 27-29.

633-6280 boothbayharbor.com Green Neighbor Family Festival/ Urban Runoff, Deering High School, 370 Stevens Ave., Portland. Earth Day Festival featuring Urban Runoff 5k road and trail race, live music, Pollution Solution obstacle course & educational eco-activities, Apr. 21.

892-4700 www.urbanrunoff5k.com Kentucky Derby at Scarborough Downs, 90 Payne Rd., Scarborough. Celebrate the Kentucky Derby with a Belle of the Derby Hat contest and a Derby Buffet, May 5.

883-4331 scarboroughdowns.com Longfellow Books, 1 Monument Way, Portland.

Sarah Fioroni, book release party, Apr. 19; Catherine Tumber, reading and discussion, Apr. 26; Chris Van Dunsen & Matt Tavares, reading and signing, Apr. 29; Robert Taylor, reading and signing, May 2; Margot Livesey, reading, discussion and signing, May 3; Jay Wexler, reading, discussion and signing, May 10.

772-4045 longfellowbooks.com Pinball Tournamets, 634 Congress St., Portland.

Every Su. at 6pm, Coast City Comics. 899-1505 Ogunquit Patriots Day Festival, Ogunquit.

Reenactments, art and craft show, restaurant tasting events, a kids’ carnival, and cookout cook-offs.

Apr. 13-15. visitogunquit.org Rhythm and Rhyme Jazz and Poetry Celebration, 10 Library Dr., Freeport. Live music and poetry readings by local performers and writers, Apr. 27. 865-3307 freeportlibrary.com Sea State 7.0, 350 Commercial St., Portland.

Welfare Challenges in Aquaculture, Apr. 12.

228-1625 gmri.org/seastate St. Joseph College, 278 Whites Bridge Rd., Standish. Rock, Gem, & Jewelry Show, Apr. 21-22.

324-8610 mainemineralclub.org Summer Reading Series, 165 State St., Portland. First Friday poetry reading hosted

by Portland magazine. 7-8:30pm, Apr. 6.

775-4339 portlandmagazine.com Terry Plunkett Poetry Festival, 46 University Dr., Augusta. Readings and panels, Jewett Hall Auditorium and Richard Randall Student Center, Apr. 13-14. www.uma.maine.edu/plunkett2011.html Writing Children’s Books, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. Barbara Walsh-led workshops on using real life stories for inspiration.

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2012 Calendar of Events

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April 13-15: 22nd Annual Patriots Day Celebration – Colonial re-enactments, bazaar/ craft

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show, restaurant tastings, entertainment, Kidstown Amusements and much more.

Old Village Inn and Restaurant

May 11-13: 3rd AIDS Walk Weekend featuring

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Beach & Bay AIDS Walk & Run.

June: Annual Ogunquit Restaurant Week.

July 4: Independence Day Fireworks August 23: 39th Annual Sidewalk Art Show and Sale. Rain date: August 24.

August 25: 8th Annual Almost Labor Day Auction – Annual fundraiser featuring a wide array

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of silent auction items and a live art auction offering a selection of fine art. Sponsored by Ogunquit Museum of American Art. 207-646-4909.

Raspberri’s Restaurant 800-646-5001 www.ogunquit.com

September 1: 3rd Annual Labor Day Sidewalk Sale Rain Date: September 2.

September 3-16: 22nd Annual Capriccio –

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A celebration of the arts!

October 19-21: 9th Annual OgunquitFest –

Rockmere Lodge

Weekend festival including scarecrow contest, haunted house, classic car show, Bridge to Beach Bed Race, pumpkin decorating, ghost stories, craft bazaar and much more.

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November 11: 4th Annual Celebrations by the Sea Wedding Expo.

December 1-2 & 7-9: 26th Annual Christmas by the Sea Celebration –

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A weekend celebration of tree lightings, caroling, chowder & chocolate fest, beach bonfire, entertainment, shopping, Santa, and more.

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Chowder

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A tasty b l e n d o f t h e fabulous, noteworthy, and a b s u r d .

Sister Act

Greece is the word. No fewer than 50 Portland artists will show their work in our sister city, Mytilene, on the island of Lesvos this June kicked off by “a state reception exhibited in the upper gallery of the Mytilene Public Theater.” Look for Charles Hewitt, Tonee Harbert, and Alison Hildreth, according to Mary Snell of hellenicsocietyofmaine.wordpress.com.

Men in the Moon

I’ll Be Watching You

What do you do when a crackpot fires a gun at one of the lunettes at Portland Museum of Art? First call the police, then call Portland Glass. “The hole was pretty big!” reflects Monica Weeks. The replacement lunette “was 800 pounds.”

Enjoy spying on two black bear cubs as they wake from deep sleep in a cave below a sugar maple west of Ashland. Just don’t call it hibernating. “Maine only has three true hibernators,” says Curt Johnson of Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, “woodchucks, brown bats, and meadow-jumping mice. You can toss a woodchuck like a football and it won’t wake up.” Exactly how do you know this, Curt? Visit the cubs to keep score on who’s up first: wildliferesearchfoundation.org . –Mike Macisso

Northwest Passage

It’s been a moving experience for the Arundel Historical Society. Two historic structures, including the 1795 Burnham homestead (above) were relocated and combined to create the museum on Limerick Road. “That move costs about $65,000,” says the Historical Society’s treasurer Donna der Kinderen.

Fear & Loathing in Vieques

The Rum Diary, starring Johnny Depp as a thinly-disguised Hunter S. Thomp­s on, has a Maine con­nec­tion. The MacGuffin in the plot is a U.S. Navy bombard­ ment island that “the bastards” dream of turning into a hotel vacation paradise in the early 1960s. Cut to “Island in the (Maine) Stream,” Summerguide 2008 (portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2012/03/vieques/), where we list prominent Mainers who vacation outside of Vacationland on this very island of Vieques, Puerto Rico! Among them: former mayor Anne Pringle; Stonewall Kitchen founders Jim Scott & Jonathan King; architect Paul & Dodo Stevens; and Oakhurst Dairy heiress Priscilla Bennett Douchette. The Rum Runners?

To win the Mini Cooper account, VIA lined up almost a dozen PMA employees’ Coopers along Congress Street. “They could use their parking lot for a commercial,” executive assistant Jessica Fidalgo says.

People desperate for parking didn’t give a (beep).

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Dating Game

Portland, Maine, is second only to Washington, D.C., in eligible women, according to Men’s Health (“Where the Babes Are”). We asked Miss Maine USA Rani Williamson if that makes her the most eligible: “Well, that makes me blush a little! And Maine men deserve similar recognition!” The criteria for selecting us ahead of Boston, New York, and Seattle? Employment, ratio of single women to men, and education, according to the magazine. Add sugar, spice, and politi-­ cal sensitivity as desired.

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Sure, it’s a great resort, but which guest room is the best of the best? Here’s a chance to stay where the smart money stays.

Teaser and the fire pit Room 423 at the Samoset Resort serves up Rockland Harbor in style.

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ROOM 423, Samoset Resort, Rockport

When we called and challenged Rockport’s largest hotel to “Hit me with your best shot,” there was no hesitation. “Room 423 treats you views across the zero entry pool and splash bar, with the ocean beyond,” says general manager Connie Russell.

Just walk across the room and pull the shades back. The view simply knocks you over.

“Rockland Breakwater guides your eyes to the Breakwater Lighthouse, which winks across the harbor to Owls Head Light.

Fifteen miles out, Vinalhaven and North Haven islands put on a show. Sailboats, schooners, lobster boats, and the island ferry cavort at the gate of the windjammer capital of the world.”

For $239-$419 per night it’s the very best suite you can get in Samoset Resort proper.

But insiders like John Travolta–and you, of course–often think outside the box and choose to stay in 1,500-square foot Flume Cottage instead, right at the edge of the rocks and heaving sea.

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Many Portlanders don’t know about the hidden courtyard on the roof of the Portland Harbor Hotel, where the outdoors artfully blends with indoor and al fresco dining at Eve’s.

ROOM 351 Portland Harbor Hotel

Luxist, a luxury traveler’s Internet resource for high-end lodging, whispers, “The Flume Cottage sits apart from the rest of the resort, resulting in seclusion within seclusion.” Goodies here at this newly restored landmark include Jacuzzi and a soft “knock on the door.” For $699-$1599 a night, the keys will slip into your hand.

Tonight, courtesy of the 1889 hotel’s La Bella Vita Ristorante, you’ll be dining on “a two-pound, butter-poached Maine lobster over spinach and three-cheese cannelloni with toasted garlic rapine, aged pecorino cream, and a Pinot Grigio lobster butter.”

Suite 514 at Marriott Residence Inn glows with views of cruise ships visiting at Ocean Gateway.

Suite 514 Marriott Residence Inn, Portland

Deluxe Studio Suite 514 offers “a true panoramic view of Portland Harbor,” says Holly Golding. Talk about being there. “You can see the new Ocean Gateway Cruise Terminal, with cruise ships and thousands of people coming to see the Old Port. Even on your 2 4 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e

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Feeling urban? “Our best view is from Room 351,” general manager Gerard Kiladjian says. “With floor-toceiling windows, you feel as though you’re floating above Fore Street.”

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Driftwood cottage, Driftwood Inn, Bailey Island

The view from Suite 426 (above and insert) from Bluenose Inn captures Bar Harbor in a single sweep.

bed, you’re able to see water taxis and Casco Bay Lines ferries shuttling between the islands, including Peaks Island and Fort Gorges. At night, ‘Bug’ and Spring Point Lights twinkle on the harbor.” $269-$429

Suite 426 Bluenose Inn, Bar Harbor

Presidential Suites Holiday Inn By The Bay, Portland

You don’t have to be Frank Sinatra to stay in the Presidential Suite, 1120-1126, with views of the Old Port, waterfront, and downtown skyline, but that’s worked before! Floor-to-ceiling windows reveal this 2 6 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e

Rooms 6 and 7 have “crashing surf, with views from Little Harbor, Spruce Point, and Casco Bay,” says owner Dave Conrad. Both are queens for $125 a night.

catbird seat has “the only unobstructed views of the waterfront,” Sally Page says. Other lucky visitors here include, naturally, George H. W. Bush. $750-$1,000.

The Lighthouse Sebasco Harbor Resort, Phippsburg

Insider travelers have their baggage carried directly to The Lighthouse and will ask for Room 20. This luxury suite provides “a 360-degree view of our property and, of course, Casco Bay,” says Michael Lynch.

“Due west, you see the working waterfront of Sebasco Estates, Harpswell in the distance, and, in the evening, the lights of Portland. The setting sun over Casco Bay provides the backdrop for many weddings.

“Eleanor Roosevelt used to stop here overnight on the way to Campobello Island. And Benny Goodman always used Sebasco for his Maine getaway,” says Lynch. $259-$389

King Suite One Island Inn, Monhegan Island

“Our two-bedroom King Suite No. 1 has a wrap-around porch with full-wall windows,” says Melissa Dudek. “When the morning fog burns off, goats grazing on Manana Island are revealed. It’s shrubby, rocky, and has an automated Coast Guard foghorn.

“To the left, you look down the southern shore of Monhegan Island to see The Red House–made famous by Jamie Wyeth’s painting–on a small bluff overlooking Swim Beach.” $285-$410. n

>>For more, visit portlandmonthly. com/portmag/2012/03/suite-spots.

from top: michael Smisek (2); courtesy driftwood inn (2)

Tuck into Suite 426, and pull up a vast corner of ecstatic wilderness. Among the sights from your private porch, “Schoodic Mountain and the Porcupine Islands–including the Bar Island bridge at low tide,” says Jim Ash. It’s like luxury snooping on the “cruise ships, schooners, private yachts, and lobster boats. In the distance, the Egg Rock Light, located four miles off shore, is also visible.”

Keep your West Egg, Gatsby. This aerie comes with a “gas fireplace and two 42-inch LCD HD-TVs. “In between trips to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, be sure to dine at our Looking Glass restaurant, a recipient of the Wine Spectator award.”

The Looking Glass features “seasonal piano,” if you can get your mind around that. $249-$539.

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Above: “Ruthy’s Way” Opposite, upper right: Harvard President Charles Eliot and the former “Blueberry Ledge” 2 8 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e

perspective

Northeast Harbor’s $5.5M teardown leads to a $30M transformation.

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Whatever Happened to

Blueberry Ledge

Too cool for the old school? One man’s Peabody & Stearns home is another’s Gwathmey Siegel. by b r a d e m e r s o n

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ntil recently, the tear-down fever that swept many of America’s wealthy enclaves largely missed elegant Northeast Harbor, one of the last quiet, unpretentious redoubts of old, big money. The summer houses along the shore might be very large but are rarely showy, with simple landscaping, polished and groomed to a fine patina. Gray shingles and dark green trim blend into the surrounding landscape of ledges and spruce; pea gravel crunches underfoot on drives and paths. Many of these houses passed from generation to generation as chintzes faded and the wood smoke of a century of foggy-day fires scented the rooms. Driveways were marked by discreet varnished mahogany signs whispering the name of the cottage, and until recent years, the owners’ names, a who-was-who of American finance and society. The few houses that came on the market were snapped up quickly, to be treasured by new owners in pursuit of the Ralph Lauren dream.

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Beginning in the mid-1990s, that paradigm began slowly changing. A few of Northeast Harbor’s large cottages were bought by new billionaires who tore down the old cottages to build something similar but bigger, with more of everything–more and better bathrooms, higher ceilings, and bigger lawns. Old landmarks gave way to new landmarks almost imperceptibly; real estate prices, historically far behind those of showier places like the Hamptons, began to rise. In 2005, when one of Northeast Harbor’s most revered properties came in the market, the process was complete, and the new order had arrived.

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The story begins in 1879, when Charles William Eliot (see photo, previous page), the legendary president of Harvard University came to Maine on a camping trip with his sons. So taken were they with the Mt. Desert region that Eliot purchased some 150 acres of land along what is now Peabody Drive. In 1880 he commissioned Peabody & Stearns of Boston, one of America’s leading architectural firms, to design a cottage for a granite bluff overlooking Bear Island and the Eastern Way. Peabody & Stearns were innovators of what is now called the ‘Shingle Style’–that organic blending of early American and European forms, decoratively covered with wooden shingles, bristling with porches and gables– that defines summer resort architecture from the Hamptons to Winter Harbor.

Charles William Eliot was a product of the Boston Transcendentalist era, a believer in nature and fresh air. His new house, which he dubbed ‘Sunshine’ (though the family would later call it ‘The Ancestral’), was commodious but not opulent, a house perfectly suited to its site, and to the indoor/outdoor life of the summer. Soon after the house was completed, Eliot invited Frederick Law Olmsted, the most prominent landscape designer of his time, for a visit. After a few days, Eliot, curious, said to the great man, “Olmsted, you’ve been here nearly a week now, and you haven’t said a word about what I should do with my property,” to which Olmsted replied, “ Do with it? My dear Eliot, leave it alone–it is perfect as it is.” Shortly after this, Eliot’s son, Charles Eliot, would become apprenticed to Olmsted, and until his death of spinal meningitis at 38, be one of Olmsted’s leading apostles of the naturalistic style. Dr. Eliot himself, keenly aware of the impor-

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tance of preserving the Mt. Desert landscape, would become one of the founders of what is now Acadia National Park.

At Northeast Harbor, Dr. Eliot entertained many of the leading luminaries of his day, from politicians to plutocrats. By the 1940s, ‘The Ancestral’ had passed into the hands of Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay, who had given up ‘Breakwater,’ her 35-room Tudorbethan estate in no longer fashionable Bar Harbor. ‘Sunshine’ was rechristened ‘Blueberry Ledge,’ and here Mrs. Jay, whose diplomat late husband was descended from statesman John Jay, spent the usual Maine summer of cocktail parties and bridge. For at least part of each summer, she would be joined by her daughter, Susan Mary, herself the young widow of a diplomat long stationed in Paris. After Mrs. Jay’s death, Susan Mary, by now married to political columnist Joseph Alsop, a cousin of the Roosevelt family, inherited ‘Blueberry Ledge.’ The interiors were done up in a proper mix of family heirlooms and cosmopolitan souvenirs by society decorator Nancy Pierrepont, a Northeast Harbor summer resident.

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a residence reimagined through September 23, 2012

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Susan Mary Alsop became renowned as one of Washington’s leading salonistes, and for many years invitations to her houses, both in D.C. and Maine, were highly prized. In his autobiography, her son Bill Patten recounts one guest list at Northeast Harbor: Douglas Dillon, who had been Treasury Secretary in the Kennedy administration, Lord Carrington, the former British foreign secretary, then-Ambassador Sir Nicholas and Lady Henderson, and Marietta Tree, a lifelong friend of Mrs. Alsop, and probably her closest counterpart in the circles in which they traveled. Between the Eliots and the Alsops, many of the world’s leading figures had passed through the doors of the 115-year-old cottage.

This, then, was the house, a little worse for the wear, was picked up for $5.5 million

by Mitchell Rales, a Maryland investor who, according to Forbes, is worth $3.7 billion, thanks to his ownership interest in conglomerates Colfax and Danaher (Colfax is responsible for marketing Craftsman tools). For Rales, it wasn’t a classic Maine summer house with a distinguished pedigree but rather a choice house lot with spectacular views, and the ink was barely dry on the deed when bulldozers brought ‘Blueberry Ledge’ crashing down. In Maine, you don’t waste a good house for nothing, and the local populace was scandalized.

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romance

Ultimately

In tennis, love means nothing. But try the spin zone!

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I get butterflies every time I walk across the field at Payson Park to join my team. The chewed-up grass, the piles of bags and clothes scattered along the sidelines–I can hear the calls for a pass and the exclamations of my teammates. The Frisbee snaps between the players. The guys grin at the women, and the women grin back.

Such a far cry from dinner dates, the job interviews of the relationship world. Disaster can strike at any moment, making table talk a minefield. I’m left rolling my napkin in my lap.

Ultimate Frisbee floats past this–a free pass. “The atmosphere’s always fun and inviting,” says David Surkin, owner of PortSports Social Club. “It makes breaking the ice with a potential new special friend a lot less intimidating.”

The disc zips towards me. At full speed, I reach for it. My opponent hovers around me as

I consider where to send my pass.

“Stalling one, stalling two...” Her voice fades into the background as I look upfield for an open teammate.

“Stalling three, stalling four...” I only have until stall ten. My eyes meet his downfield. He nods, turns, and runs toward the end zone. Both sidelines shout “Uuuuuup!” as the disc leaves my hand, arcing high over the field to where he’s waiting, hands open with anticipation.

Chemistry on the field pays off at the end.

Jason Eisenhuth and Abbey Manchester formed a lasting relationship through the sport. “We met on the field and at postgame events,” Eisenhuth says. “Then I noticed her at the Run for Honduras that Marilyn Sinnett & Company put on and realized we shared other interests as well.”

It’s a natural progression to a spin-off like

Team “B.Y.O. Benjamins” at Payson Park–(“We were assigned green by the league. Someone thought BYOB was a funny acronym. Another one said the ‘B’ should be Benjamins.”) From left, back row: Dan Blatt, Shana Natelson, Austin Martin, Michael Grassi, Katherine Patterson, Jeremy Allen, Nick Smith; Front row: Lexi Helming, Morgan Law, Brooke Shubert, Jamieson Potter.

My eyes meet his downfield. He nods, turns, and runs toward the end zone.

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dating. We thrive on the teamwork, companionship, laughter, and spirit of the game. We compare battle wounds. Manchester puts it simply: “I love being with someone who loves the sport.”

Dale Krone, my coach at Smith College, once spent an entire practice focusing on the Zen of Frisbee. “Think of the disc as a baby Dalai Lama. Would you let it fall to the ground?

No! You’d throw your body down to save it!

You’d sacrifice yourself!” It’s laughable to anyone who considers a Frisbee just 175 grams of soulless plastic, but it stirs reverence in fellow players. Manchester sighs. “I love how Jason throws his body around [on defense]. I wish I could do the same.”

My date’s in-game decisions show me how he prioritizes relationships in the real world. Does he pass the disc to all teammates, regardless of their ability and experience? Does he risk losing possession for the team in order to further everyone’s sense of team-play?

I measure him up in 15 minutes of playtime–better than 50 at a dinner table. I want him competitive but not cutthroat, to consider

From Bombay to Brunswick Brunswick, Maine is a far cry from Bombay, Rangoon or Kabul— three postings the Amstutz family has called home in a career of foreign service. “This town offers world class opportunities,” says Bruce. “Hardly a day goes by when there isn’t a group going to a concert, play, museum or restaurant.”

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fun more important than the final score. It’s a personal assessment more telling than one you might make across a table.

I watch him closely as he teases both teammates and opponents, all of it good-natured. We share a similar view of companionship on the field. He has what I’d call the “best perspective.”

In the end, we line up to high-five, pack up our cleats, and sling our field bags over our shoulders. Maybe it hasn’t been the traditional first date: My Spandex is ripped at the knee, my cleats stink up my car for days, and my fingernails are broken stubs. I’m sweat-soaked, bruised, and bedraggled.

He’s wearing a cut-up T-shirt, pink bandana, and aviators.

He invites me to meet him at the postgame get-together at Bull Feeney’s. I wipe my suddenly clammy, grass-stained palms on my shorts, smile, and think: Who knows, why not give it a fling? n

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•Fishing waders, $2, “to wear when you read UNUM’s next annual report,” according to an observer familiar with the matter.

•Semi-fragrant futon for the Charlie Sheen in you, $40, no refunds.

•A group of cast-iron stoves so sweet you imagine one of Dahlov Ipcar’s cats painted close by, $100-$500 (including a Modern Clarion by Wood and Bishop, Bangor, and a Glenwood).

•Skis, “10 bucks” a

of a 1959 Ford Edsel swim into view.

We get out of the car, hands in our pockets to telegraph our nonchalance, and peer at the international orange For Sale sign stuck to the driver’s-side window. Hmm… At just $3,500, you find yourself designing a place for this hangar queen in your mind’s imaginary driveway.

“You’ve got to see • As a prelude to summer, this for yourself to Scottish islanders burn believe it. Thousands intrusive visitors in giant of people come here. wicker men.

• In Russia, they race tanks My guess is, it’s the and missile platforms with state’s largest,” says forgotten launch codes event organizer Janet through Red Square.

Bernard of Nelson’s • Here in Maine, you can’t say you’re beginning Candies of Cornville. the season without attending Maine’s longest Which is to say, yard sale–a 10-mile stretch from Cornville to there may be a larger Skowhegan where you can buy everything one in Dubai. from beheaded Barbie dolls to disputed art-

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Among the treasures we’ve personally witnessed here, in no particular order: •Buddy Rich’s lost drum set? It’s just $350 as we begin our adventure along Route 150, just outside of downtown Skowhegan, and head toward metropolitan Cornville.

• “Look, Chet!” This varnished 1940s lapstrake lake boat, painted green and very ‘yar,’ has a tag for $3,200. Straight out of The Hardy Boys.

•You’ll feel like you’re in a Winslow Homer watercolor when you paddle this classic Old Town canvas canoe in hunter green, $800.

•Remember the combine harvester at the top of the hill in Willa Cather’s My Antonia?

Somebody dropped it here. $250-$350.

•Seriously? An entire Revolutionary War cape cod house with barn, for $185,000, on Mal-

pair, for sale in front of a white Federal house that’s also offering the world’s last avocado stove with matching hood, $25.

•Cash register, $60, near some cast-iron floor registers, $20-$50.

•“Least coachable” field hockey trophy, 25 cents. You know who we’re talking about.

•Chinook kayak, $450.

•Tall Victorian oak bed, $145. Don’t ask about the indentation in the mattress that looks uncannily like the silhouette of Norman Bates’s mom.

•Model A Ford, in show condition, $11,500 (with a far more valuable Packard touring car inside the garage behind it).

•Cast-iron fish lantern, $25. Because you never know when you need to light up your fish.

road warriors c’mon, pay up!

So what did we buy during our last visit?

Nothing less than a black-and-white photo of an accordion-only concert that never should have happened at Boston’s Symphony Hall in 1947. An audience member, possibly a relative, smiles distantly at a player in the foreground in white sox. After haggling, we paid the full price of $2.

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The 10-mile yard sale is loaded with hotdog stands serving great food and cold drinks, but we recommend a stop at Old Mill Pub and Restaurant in Skowhegan, which hangs over the Kennebec River steps from where Benedict Arnold camped. If there’s a waitress there who still thinks the coconutencrusted tilapia is a cocktail, please say hi for us. The restaurant has delicious fries and outdoor dining so beautiful it stops time.

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“They’re safe and sound in our Cabinet of Curiosities exhibit.”

Just to clear the record: “We have had no accountability issues whatsoever.”

Not to brag, but of the 135 nations and 50 states who received samples of moon dust and rocks as gifts from the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 missions, more than half of these displays are unaccounted for.

According to Joseph Gutheinz, a former special agent for NASA, Delaware’s sample of moon dust has been “missing since 1976,” when an aggressive collector plucked the state’s gift from its plaque. “Yanking the Lucite ball off is not that uncommon,” says Gutheinz. “The same thing happened in Malta in 2004.”

Apparently it’s an international trend.

Romania’s rock was auctioned among Nicolae Ceausescu’s personal possessions after his execution on Christmas Day in 1989. Gutheinz wasn’t surprised when he heard the news: “When you

give a moon rock to a dictator, don’t be surprised when it doesn’t end up in a museum.”

Sweden’s was stolen in 2002.

“Ireland’s was thrown out after a fire in the Meridian Room in the Dunsink Observatory in Dublin in 1977,” says Gutheinz. “The gift is most likely in the Finglas landfill with the rest of the rubble.”

Honduras’ moon rock was stolen and smuggled out of the country in 1995. In 1998, Gutheinz recovered it in the sting operation called Operation Lunar Eclipse, when Alan H. Rosen tried to sell it to undercover NASA agents (including Gutheinz) for $5 million. “The rock has since been returned to Honduras and is displayed in Centro Interactivo de Enseñanza Chiminike,” he says.

“Cyprus was never given theirs because there was a political coup,” he says. “Instead, it stayed at the US embassy in Nicosia. In 2003, it turned out a diplomat’s son had it.”

The rock is now in NASA’s custody. “The diplomat and son’s names,” Gutheinz says, “were not disclosed.” n

Arkansas’s Lost moon rock: Discovered among President Bill Clinton’s gubernatorial files in 2011.

Nebraska’S: Discovered by former Gov. Ben Nelson’s wife during renovations to their Lincoln mansion.

West Virginia’s: Gov. Arch A. Moore, Jr. gave their rock to lawyer Troy Conner over a decade ago, “to observe.”

Alaska’s: Deadliest Catch star Arthur Anderson extracted the moon rock from burned-down museum rubble as a ‘‘neat souvenir.”

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–Highway Beautification Act, 1965, a driving force behind urban interpretations

to be good!’ There were unlit billboards, too, like Elgin Watches above Springer’s Jewelers in the building which today houses Otto’s Pizza.

“Congress Street was a Miracle Mile,” says local urban historian Jim Iovine: “The street for all of Northern New England.”

Enter President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Highway Beautification Act, a national policy designed to stem excessive advertising to motorists. In 1977, Maine acted in line with this general policy direction and became one of only four states (with Alaska, Hawaii, and Vermont) to completely ban billboards when it enacted the Maine Traveler Information Services Act–the express purpose of which was to protect scenic beauty of our natur al areas from strictly indiscriminate outdoor advertising. In other words, it was to eliminate blight along our otherwise scenic highways.

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n Portland’s downtown, is it possible our sign restrictions have taken this state-level rationale too far? Did we have an altogether different, and more specifically urban, situation to take into account?

While we may have neon lights on the recently renovated Public Library; strobe lights on Monument Square; the Marquee at Port City Music Hall; and the lit dome of City Hall, can we really tell which

Fine Art?

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The sudden existence of artistic speech mixed in with commercial speech provides a refreshing change of pace.

came first: the bright lights of signage which created the big city, or the big city that created the bright lights? Did their disappearance somehow unplug us?

“The Civic, Elm, Strand, Empire, Capitol and, of course, the State–all had beautiful signs,” Iovine notes.

Was such commercial advertising a collective detriment to the city or part of its identity as a great urban center? The ban on billboards generated a heated legal debate centered

“‘Given outdoor advertising’s strong presence in public space, it seems reasonable and exciting to set up the possibility for art to be present in this field. The sudden existence of artistic speech mixed in with commercial speech provides a refreshing change of pace.’

“Kenneth Anger’s Astonish can function as recognition of the media’s ability to astonish, as a critique of its power over the public, or perhaps, as a call for the media to step up its game and actually create something that can truly astonish.

‘Commercial messaging tells you to buy; artistic messaging encourages you to look and to think.’”

–arkinetblog, quoting from MAK Center director Kimberli Meyer, Los Angeles

The Way We Were: A brilliant Coke sign at the top of Congress Square beckoned to thirsty crowds.

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Mainer Who Spear­headed Billboard Ban Dies at 94 The Associated Press, June 6, 2011 YORK–A former state lawmaker who spearheaded a legislative effort that removed billboards from Maine roadways more than three decades ago has died at 94.

Marion Fuller Brown was surrounded by family when she died Friday night at her home in York, according to her daughter, Martha Fuller Clark.

Brown’s daughters attended a legislative hearing in late April to thwart a pair of bills that would roll back the state’s billboard ban. Both bills are still pending.

After leaving the Legislature, Fuller Brown went on to found Scenic America, an organization that’s dedicated to preserving and enhancing the visual character of America’s communities and countryside.

Sen. Susan Collins says people who enjoy Maine’s natural beauty “owe a debt of gratitude to Marion Fuller Brown.”

Using the 1924 assessment photos as a point of departure for the Congress Street Historic District, should signs be restored above Oak Street Studios on the corner of Congress and Park Streets?

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around free speech that ultimately resulted in a national reputation for a progressive attitude toward visual cleanliness.

Given Maine’s economic dependence in many respects upon a tourist population which hails from billboard meccas to our south, it’s understandable, therefore, why GrowSmart Maine and others opposed two recent attempts to loosen restrictions on roadway advertising. But in protecting our scenic resources in undeveloped areas, have we sacrificed some of the same in our urban ones? Is ‘scenic beauty,’ in other words, dependent on context?

Joe Lewis, a Portland land use attorney with an office in the Time & Temperature building– named for its famous flashing billboard–thinks so. He notes the irony that the “obviously iconic” digital sign atop his roof, which was exempted from the State’s billboard law in 1992 because

“Last Saturday, ads-in-public-spaces activist Jordan Seiler spearheaded NYSAT, or New York Street Advertising Takeover, where teams of artists, videographers and activists replaced 120 unregistered billboard advertisements throughout the city with original art installations.”–Chris Walters, consumerist.com

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[Consider this exchange in the Maine State Legislature’s Transportation Committee last spring on MPBN, beginning with a quote from Sen. Doug Thomas, Ripley] “‘...I think there are some opportunities where a few billboards wouldn’t hurt a thing–they would help businesses, they would help direct traffic to those businesses…How many jobs do we lose, and how do we affect our business climate…I don’t have in mind a billboard on every stretch of road in Maine, but I think that we could find 25 or 50 to start and let’s see how it works.’”

[State Sen. Bill Diamond of Windham replies:] “‘The potential, though, under what you just described, could be hundreds and hundreds of more billboards–maybe thousands.’”

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AUGUSTA, Maine–Rep. Dennis Keschl of Belgrade wants to amend Maine’s more than 30-year-old ban on billboards and outdoor advertising.

Keschl is the sponsor of LD1405, which would allow signs to be larger and more visible from interstate highways. It would not allow signs off business properties… [LD1405 died in committee and was never voted upon] –WMTW-TV, April 26, 2011

of its landmark status, is “protected by our historic preservation code” but would probably not be approved today.

“This desire to control urban form acts both to retard [present] organic development and freeze in place organic development that took place in the past,” Lewis says. “There’s a lot more future to Portland than there is past.”

For example, if Boston’s evolved interpretation of the Highway Beautification act had followed Portland’s, for better or worse, it’s unlikely there’d be a defining Citgo sign above Kenmore Square.

Did overly strict interpretations of the Highway Beautification Act result in state

and local regulations that altered the urban charm of our city for the worse, or are they appropriate?

Both sides of this intriguing question might thoughtfully be revisited and refined as we look to the future.

So often in recent years, proposed modifications to individual buildings in the Arts District along the historic Congress Street corridor have been measured against the 1924 street

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“City dwellers aren’t immune to ugliness, and they don’t need a giant billboard to tell them what’s right down the street. Our downtowns aren’t areas we should trash up with billboard lights…then they’ll just look like any other place. Portland is beautiful because it doesn’t look like every other downtown.”

–Mary Tracy, President, Scenic America

Billboards belong in cities, Maybe

“The huge billboards on the roadside… I under­ stand why those came down. They were eyesores.

Having billboards in the city isn’t as bad or as distracting.

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The Great White Way, with Congress Street as its backbone, shimmered with crowds and marquee signs for the following theaters: Casco Theatre, State Theatre, Convention Big Nickel, Strand, Empire, Jefferson Theatre, Portland, Elm Theatre Mask, Fluent Hall, Lyceum Theatre, and the Savoy. See our story, “The Last Picture Shows,” February/March 1991. photo files kept in City Hall’s Assessor’s Department. If you look closely at those very photos along Congress Street, however, you can see the signs of our arts prosperity everywhere. n

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hink of macarons “like mini whoopie pies,” says Isabelle Julien, who sells them at her Portland coffee shop, Mornings in Paris. “They’re perfect for Maine.”

History buffs say the sweet, dainty nibbles have been fashionable since 1533, when Catherine de Medici and her chefs brought them from Italy to France. But for a long time the flavors were fairly standard–vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and lemon. “Then, about 15 years ago, chefs started to play very creatively with them,” Julien says. “Now everyone has a twist.”

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Hers include honey lavender, rose water, sea salt caramel, espresso, and chestnut.

“People are suddenly like, ‘Oh my gosh, I have to have them!’” says Heather Adams at The European Bakery in Falmouth. She’s offering violet-lavender, chocolate-ginger, sesame-lime, and crème brûlée.

Julia McClure, owner of Sweets & Meats Market in Rockland, dares express the inexpressible: “They’re the new cupcake.”

Macarons are two tiny, half-domed cookie discs made from ground almonds,

egg whites, sugar, and some sort of flavoring, filled with flavored buttercream, jam, or ganache. By contrast, the English macaroon is an altogether different, coconut confection (though it shares a meringue base and there are coconut macarons). What a difference an “O” makes!

Also known as a French or Parisian macaron, macarons owe their ancestry to the Italian maccarone or maccherone, meaning “fine dough,” also the origin of “macaroni.”

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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. * Barnacle Billy’s, known for luxury lobster, steamed clams, large lusty drinks, barbecued chicken, homemade clam chowder & of course, the lobster roll & lobster stew.

Features an extensive indoor & sundeck seating where guests can enjoy both the beauty of the harbor & the ocean beyond. Perkins Cove. barnbilly.com, 646-5575 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-to-order 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.

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Brea Lu Cafe has been serving up breakfast & lunch for 23 years! Favorite menu choices include 12 specialty omelets, build-your-own breakfast burritos, Belgian waffles w/ fruit, eggs Benedict & homemade corned beef hash. Lunch features homemade chili, fresh madeto-order sandwiches, burgers & wraps. Open daily,

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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.

DiMillo’s On the Water 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 Rolls, clam chowder, haddock chowder, lobster stew & delicious salads. Serving from 11am. Commercial St., Old Port, 772-2216, dimillos.com.

Fish Bones American Grill A casual upscale restaurant offering creative American cuisine. Specialties include grilled thin crust flatbreads, unique entrée salads, & creative dinner offerings. Located in the heart of Lewiston in the historic Bates Mill Complex with off-street parking.

Come get hooked! Lunch & dinner M-F; dinner only Sa; closed Sunday. 333-3663, fishbonesmaine.com. * The Good Table “Good, honest food,” made-fromscratch brunch, lunch, & dinner. A well-rounded menu w/choices to please every palate. With inspired blackboard specials, the kitchen 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.

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 & glutenfree 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.

At the Harraseeket Inn, start your day with our full breakfast buffet in our Maine Dining Room, hearty enough to satisfy a Maine lumberjack. The Broad Arrow Tavern serves lunch and dinner with its open kitchen and wood-fired oven and grill. Dinner’s also served nightly in our Maine Dining Room, featuring classic dining, tableside preparations, and flaming desserts. 800342-6423, harraseeketinn.com Hurricane Restaurant opens for the season April 6! Our menus change daily to reflect the finest locally grown produce, ingredients, ice cream, and locally caught fresh seafood. Our locally grown staff serves Maine dining the way it should be. Discover our award-winning wine list, house-made pastries, signature cocktails and extraordinary five-star New England Cuisine. Dock Square, Kennebunkport, 967-9111, hurricanerestaurant.com.

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Jameson Tavern is one of the oldest historic taverns in Maine and is said to be the site of the signing of the papers separating Maine from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Tavern has a bar and dining room and serving seafood, Maine lobster, steaks, pasta, and award-winning clam chowder. Our lobster stew was featured on FoodNation with Bobby Flay as a “fine Maine Restaurant.” 115 Main St., Freeport, 865-4196, jamesontavern.com. * Lotus Chinese and Japanese Restaurant We feature full-service bar and lounge area, sushi bar, Chinese traditional food not available outside of Boston, friendly

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Maria’s Restaurant and Catering Neapolitan Italian Cooking at its finest. Maine Sunday Telegram four-star restaurant. Homemade Cavitelli Pasta, think Veal Chops Milanese-Style, Zuppa Di Pesce Fradiavolo, New England’s best Eggplant Parmigiana, Pistachio Gelato, Italian-Style Cakes, Neapolitan fivestar wine list. Came in and see Tony and Gregorio; they’ll take excellent care of you. Prices starting at $10 for entrées. Open Tu–Sa. 337 Cumberland Ave, Portland, 772-9232, 233-9232, mariasrestaurant.com.

There’s a bold new dining experience at the Captain Daniel Stone Inn.

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 Confit Empanada, Grilled Flatbread, Pan-Seared Sea Scallop & Mac and Cheese with Andouille Sausage, proving to be fan favorites.

W-Sa 5:30-9pm. Kennebunkport Inn, Kennebunkport, 967-2621, onedock.com.

Pat’s 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 large selection of salads & sandwiches for lunch. Large parties welcome, please call ahead. Located at 30 Market St., Old Port, 699-4455, patspizzaoldport.com.

Pedro’s focuses on simple yet full-flavored Mexican and Latino food. Offering tacos, burritos and an impressive array of margaritas, sangria, beer and wine. Especiales de la semana (specials of the week) keep the menu varied and fresh and showcase different Latino cultures. Seasonal outdoor dining available. Open daily, 12-10. 181 Port Road, Kennebunk.

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The Pepperclub/Good Egg Café Two favorites, same location! The Pepperclub (“Best Vege­tarian” & “Best Value” in Frommer’s Guide to New England) has 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. Pepperclub, daily from 5pm; Good Egg Café, Tu-F 7-11am, Sa-Su 8am-1pm. 78 Middle St., 772-0531, 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. * The Salt Exchange Contemporary “small plate” cuisine using local, organic, & sustainable ingredients. Fresh local fish daily. Full bar with Happy Hour weekdays 5:30-7pm.

Open for lunch Tu-Sa 11:30am-3pm & dinner 5:30-9pm, (10pm Fri & Sat). Free Parking in the evening. 245 Commercial St., Portland, 347-5687, thesaltexchange.net. *

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Twenty Milk Street, serving Piedmontese beef from our farm in Cumberland,Maine. Serving fresh, local seafood and produce, prepared in classic American style.

Enjoy a glass of wine by the fireplace in our remodeled dining room. Open daily, serving breakfast, lunch, Sunday brunch, and dinner. Join us in the summer months in our European, El Fresco Café. Complimentary valet parking. Portland Regency Hotel,774-4200, theregency.com Walter’s Chef Owner Jeff Buerhaus is inspired by global influences. Seasonal menus are accented by creative daily specials. Bar Manager Steven Lovenguths’ extensive wine list and inventive cocktail creations complement menu offerings.

Lunch M-Sa 11:30am-2:30pm. Dinner seven days a week, 5pm-CL (except Jan-April, closed Sundays).

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Not only that, there’s a party going on here! Nowhere is this sensation more striking than at Captain Daniel Stone Inn’s No. 10 Water, where a new ownership team has just lured chef Brian Tebben from his eight-year stint as popular executive chef at the Royal River Grill in Yarmouth.

From Tebben’s mouth-watering array of tapas ($7), we select shrimp and mango spring rolls–large, perfectly crisped, and filled with carrot, mango, shrimp, and rice noodles. After sliding them across pomegranate sweet and sour sauce, we wonder, “Best spring rolls ever?” Then we forget them entirely as we rush to the Maine Lobster Stuffed Wontons with sherry cream sauce and the grilled beef tenderloin crostini… Wow! For salad, we’re dazzled by the duck confit ($10). Shredded Pineland Farms cheddar, dried cranberries, crisp apples, toasted walnuts, and fresh greens all highlight the intense flavors. Then the flash of genius: a subtle maple cider vinaigrette.

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Then there’s my grilled tuna steak ($28).

Again, the portion astounds–it’s about the size and thickness of a generous filet mignon.

But the taste is even bigger. Cooked to perfection at medium rare, the flavor jumps when you dip it in mild wasabi aioli. Grilled eggplant and Mediterranean vegetable orzo pasta are perfect counterpoints.

Background music for this romantic interlude includes a lively, entertaining performance by guitarist-singer-songwriter Dan Merrill, which goes better than well against a bottle of good Shiraz, Australian Shoofly ($27), and a delicious dessert.

Just imagine rich, creamy, chocolate molten cake ($7) with fresh whipped cream and the sweetest, largest raspberries ever. n

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For more than a century, the Whitehall Inn has been the leading venue for wedding receptions and rehearsal dinners in midcoast Maine.

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History abounds in our elegant and spacious facilities, with affordable reception plans customized to suit your desires.

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874-2253, cakesextraordinaire.com Portland’s Cosmetic Enhancement Center of New England offers the finest, most advanced aesthetic cosmetic and laser procedures and services in New England. Our experienced team will provide a personalized treatment plan to help you look and feel your best! Call 888-418-3809 for your FREE consultation!

Dodge the Florist professionals will assist you in creating that unique style that is truly yours for your wedding celebration. Flowers help set the style of your wedding. The color, fragrance, and symbolism they provide add romance and meaning to your special day. dodgetheflorist.com East End Cupcakes are the perfect wedding treat! They evoke a sense of nostalgia, they’re personal-sized (no need to share), and provide a platform for endless flavor combinations so that every palate is sure to be pleased! 426 Fore St., Portland.

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Thistles & Things Gifts with a Scottish Flair

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Elizabeth Prior’s custom-made gold, silver, and glass jewelry makes your big day.

Let your imagination run wild and add an imprint of initials, dates, latitude and longitude coordinates of that special place… It’s all up to you! 9 Hands Gallery, 613 Congress St., 799-3737, epriorjewelry.com

We have been in business over 20 years. We are pleased to have items designed and hand crafted in Scotland.

The Emporium is the perfect place for your bridal registry, hosting products from such world-renowned companies as Swarovski, Herend, Waterford, and Beat-

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The Perfect Place For Your Bridal Registry! riz Ball. The Emporium’s intimate Kennebunkport shop is literally filled to the rafters with beautiful collectibles and gift ideas! 50 Dock Square, 967-2139, maineemporium.com Falmouth Country Club’s spectacular Outdoor Event Pavilion and stately Clubhouse offer beautiful golf course views for your special day. Our experienced staff will help you every step of the way. Every wedding held at the Club includes a one year Family Membership to Falmouth!

With a large selection of traditional engagement and wedding ring options, Folia is a leading destination for custom design work and treasured for unique, wearable, and durable pieces. Edith Armstrong leads a team of jewelers to design and make a beautiful piece especially for you. foliajewelry.com

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From cupcakes to formal cakes and everything in between, Good Eats Boutique can customize your wedding cake and craft delicious wedding favors. Just like no two couples are the same, your wedding treats will be specifically tailored to you and your desires. 463 Stevens Ave., 773-1000, goodeatsboutique.com The Harraseeket Inn combines antiques and Old World charm with personal, modern amenities, giving a perfect accent to your wedding. The Inn provides the services of an experienced wedding coordinator to ensure every facet of your wedding is flawless. 162 Main St., Freeport, 865-9377, harraseeketinn.com

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House Productions captures the energy, not in a video tape, but with a cinemagraphic movie experience It’s the most exciting and important day of your life. You’ll feel more alive than you ever have, and you want to remember it that way.

522-5349 houseproductions.org Just like a movie set or fashion shoot, I Do Spas works on location for your wedding day or any special event to create an unforgettable look and a great spa day.

Get gorgeous hair and flawless makeup; it’s your day to shine! 441-0008, idospas.com The Italian Heritage Center offers complete and personalized wedding reception planning. With specialty linens, floral arrangements, sit-down dinner or buffet menus, on-site ceremonies to your tastes and budget. Discounted hotel accommodations, shuttle service, chocolate fountain, signature cocktails–we do it all. 772-2500, italianheritagecenter.com Keithley in the Kitchen is a personal chef and catering service. A personal chef will leave you with more quality time to enjoy your life! Enjoy healthy and well-prepared meals in the comfort of your own home, with menu plans designed especially for you.

776-3602, keithleyinthekitchen.com Kitchen Chicks Catering has helped create beautiful and memorable weddings for 40 to 400 guests at breathtaking locations.

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Hair is more than just an accessory. It's art - a form of expression - a way for you to enhance your inner beauty. So don't entrust your masterpiece to just anyone on your big day. Bei Capelli prides itself on having an extensive knowledge of classic yet trendy updos. Our stunning facility can accommodate an entire wedding party at once, making your wedding prep easy and enjoyable. We provide refreshments and breakfast hors d'oeuvres, so all you have to worry about is the big moment. We'll take care of the rest. For your convenience, we are also able to travel to your wedding location.

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985-0252, kitchenchicks.com Maine Limousine Service, specializing in luxury transportation and service, will get you to–and from–the chapel in style. The wedding service includes champagne, a red wedding carpet, a “Just Married” sign, and a professional, experienced chauffeur. Not to mention pre- and post-wedding activity transport!

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Maple Hill Farm Inn & Conference Center, Maine’s “greenest” conference and events venue, is an experienced full-service facility ready to host your wedding! Maple Hill Farm is widely acclaimed for their planning and will tailor your wedding to your specific needs. 11 Inn Road, Hallowell.

1-800-622-2708, maplebb.com The love and joy of weddings inspires Maria Antonieta to work with the bride, the mothers, bridesmaids, and guests. Enjoy elegant, personalized designs as well as bridal jewelry to complement your look. Maria Antonieta’s expertise will help your dreams come to life. 15 Free St. 871-8200, mariaantonietacouture.com Haven’t you heard? Nothing Bakes Like a Parrott! Order a stylish, homemade wedding cake for your centerpiece and anything from whoopie pies to cupcakes in a jar for your guests–these rich treats are sure to please.

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Papier Gourmet- Maine’s premier Stationery and Gift Store. Let our expert staff help you plan your wedding stationery. Our products include Save The Date Cards, Announcements, Invitations, Ceremony Programs, Place Cards, Seating Arrangement Posters, Thank You Notes and Personal Stationery, Favor Packaging and Attendant Gifts.

Add energy, laughter and pizzazz to your wedding with Parrott’s Photo Booth Company. The vintage allure of the custombuilt photo booth and high-end photos will leave your guests with memories of your big day for years to come. And of course, props are included!

899-1088, parrottsphotobooth.typepad.com

797-6719 • 1281 Forest Avenue, Portland • samslobsterbakes.com

Pier 77 & The Ramp Bar and Grill are ideal for your wedding party. Pier 77 has a formal dining room with views of Cape Porpoise Harbor–perfect for your rehearsal dinner. The Ramp is more casual, with its own bar menu at hard-to-beat prices.

967-8500, pier77restaurant.com.

Pooh Corner Farm located in Bethel is a fullservice wedding florist who offers bouquets, centerpieces, rentals, plants, and delivery services to help you make your wedding a memorable day. 836-3276, poohfarm.com

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Enjoy your wedding reception in comfort and style at the Purpoodock Club’s private clubhouse, located just minutes from downtown Portland. The Club can provide accommodations for up to 150 seated guests and 250 for a cocktail setting. Contact Heather Dusty at 799-2273 or visit purpoodock.com.

Reed & Barton products are renowned for their superb design and superior craftsmanship. In addition to flatware, stemware, and dinnerware, the Reed & Barton name also graces a full complement of giftware including picture frames, children’s gifts, crystal and metal serveware, Christmas ornaments, and hardwood chests. reedandbarton.com Sam’s Great Northern Lobster Bakes and full-service catering company bring the taste of the Maine Coast to your wedding. From a classic Maine lobster bake or clambake to a delicious buffet, all dishes are prepared as simply or elegantly as you desire.

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Gowns and Dresses for that Special Occasion; Mother of the Bride or Groom, Bridal Reception, Dinner Parties, Social Galas, Fundraising Events.

High Fashions…locally. Come see what all the talk is about.

Unique and secluded, the Schooner Olad is an idyllic setting for your wedding ceremony. Drifting on the sea in front of Curtis Island Lighthouse with your wedding party on board, your mainland stress will melt away, leaving you free to truly enjoy your special day.

236-2323, maineschooners.com Located in Portland’s Old Port, Serendipity offers upscale, sophisticated choices for the bride, motherof-the-bride, mother-of-the-groom, attendants, and guests of the wedding. From the most formal occasion or garden party to a night on the town, Serendipity has the dress you want. 772-0219, serendipityportland.com

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Springer’s Jewelers, with Maine and New Hampshire’s largest diamond engagement ring and wedding band collection, will help you find the right ring to make your loved one sparkle–from the day you pop the question to after you tie the knot! Portland, Bath, and Portsmouth. springersjewelers.com

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Starlight Custom Cakes is a specialty cake shop.

We take great pride in creating exquisite fondant-covered wedding and special occasion cakes, as well as unique, sculpted cakes using the freshest ingredients.

Starlight Custom Cakes is where cake and sugar really do become edible art!

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Tavecchia offers stylish, inspirational wedding dresses, jewelry, and accessories. The elegance and artful flair is perfect for the mothers of the bride and groom and, of course, the bride herself! Tavecchia will have you falling in love all over again. 52 Exchange St. 772-1699, tavecchia.com

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Thistles & Things provides an assortment of “Gifts with a Scottish Flair”. In business over 20 years, we’re pleased to have items designed and handcrafted in Scotland, each year discovering new family businesses who create their own products. Perfect for finding that special bridal gift. thistlesandthingsgifts.com Come see what the talk is about! Trisha’s offers gowns and dresses for that special occasion; mother of the bride or groom, bridal reception, dinner parties, social galas, fundraising events (Trisha’s will even help with your formal fundraising event!). High fashions…

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locally. Topsham Fair Mall. 729-4696, shoptrishas.com At Two Fat Cats Bakery we pride ourselves on making wedding cakes, cupcakes, and pies that you will love to serve to your guests. Using only the finest ingredients, we offer round and square wedding cakes and three standard decoration styles: classic, elegant, and entwined. 347-5144, twofatcatsbakery.com Village Food Market’s Harvest and Plate Catering service is dedicated to providing creative seasonal menus for easy and elegant entertaining. From hors d’oeuvres to desert, Harvest and Plate Catering service will bring variety and culinary pleasure to your wedding table. 230 Main St., Ogunquit.

646-2122, villagefoodmarket.com

“Unique wedding cakes, cupcakes, whoopie pies, and pies for your special day!”

47 India Street, Portland 207-347-5144 • twofatcatsbakery.com

Whitehall Inn has been Camden’s premier wedding reception and rehearsal dinner venue for over a century. Surprisingly affordable, we customize your dream event you and your guests will remember for a lifetime, with spacious facilities for you and your guests to relax and enjoy. 52 High St., Camden.

800-789-6565, whitehall-inn.com Find the diamond of your dreams at Windham Jewelers, Maine’s “family jeweler” for over 30 years.

The experienced staff and breathtaking selection is the perfect combination to help you find the wedding ring you’ve always hoped for.

Route 302, Windham.

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“Old Maine At Its Best”

Grey Havens Inn Grey Havens Inn, the magnificent 1904 grande dame on Maine's rocky shore is back and it's better than ever!

Completely renovated and awaiting your visit, Grey Haven’s features 13 newly appointed rooms, the finest amenities, uncompromised service and stunning oceanfront vistas.

Just minutes away from Portland, the Inn is a short hike or bike to Reid State Park. Come by boat and just tie up to our deep water dock or one of our overnight moorings.

“Blue” the restaurant and lounge at Grey Havens offers exquisite breakfasts and dinners Tuesday thru Sunday.

Breakfast is served from 8:00 am -11:00 am Dinner is served from 5:00 pm - 9:00pm Sunday Brunch 11:00 am – 1:00 pm The perfect venue for seaside weddings, executive retreats or simply to rest and rejuvenate, the NEW Grey Havens awaits.

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Within days the news was confirmed by local newspapers–building permits had been filed for $18M for a compound to include a house designed by Gwathmey Siegel, designers of sleek machine-like houses more often associated with the sand dunes and glitz of East Hampton than the ledges of Maine.

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Rales’s new complex was to cover far more of the site than the old house, and Olmsted’s wisdom about leaving the landscape alone was forgotten as ledges were blasted and trees were leveled to make way for guest houses, garages, boathouses, and swimming pools. For nearly four years machinery and work crews came and went. Costs rose to nearly $30 million. Tongues wagged. Unkind comparisons to factories or concentrations Mitchell Rales, who calls his new house Ruthy’s Way, shares a laugh with Seal Harbor neighbor Sharon Rockefeller.

camps were made. Old time summer residents declared the view from the bay to be permanently devastated. Finally, nearly fullgrown trees were brought in, pine needles paths were laid down, and the landscape began to heal. The estate still dominates from the water, but is invisible from the road (this writer had cocktails next door last summer, and found the house a bit looming through the trees). Last year, the Mt. Desert planning board found a small shed near the drive to be in violation and ordered their new largest taxpayer to remove it. After the briefest of legal wrangles, he did so, donating it to a Southwest Harbor charity who pronounced themselves grateful and delighted. The process of ‘fitting in’ was well underway. What history this new house acquires, and whether it will go the way of other Brobdingnagian ‘cottages’ like the 80-room Stotesbury pile at Bar Harbor, now site of a ferry terminal, or itself be torn down for something larger after 100 years, remains to be seen. n

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arons made with yuzu [a citrusy flavor popular in the Far East].

“Most people in Maine had never seen them before, but when they tried them, they loved them,” Fujimoto says. In just six weeks, selling four for $5 to $6, she raised $1,000. Now she makes macarons at Portland’s Pai Men Miyake restaurant, where she works as pastry chef. She’s since added more flavors to her repertoire, including “azuki bean. I might try out mousse-filled macarons or ones with ice cream. I’ve heard of foie gras with jam. I’m open.”

McClure, whose basil buttercream macaron is so popular, is experimenting with “rosemary, cheese, and tomato” flavors.

Jill DeWitt, who owns Good Eats Boutique in Portland, thinks the macarons’ pastel shades make them especially well-suited to spring. She’s encouraging her chefs to design them “as ovals, like Easter eggs, with springtime flavors such as lemon with a fresh coconut filling, raspberry mascarpone, or pistachio with cream, with maybe an icing rosette or a fleur-de-lis or a rosebud on top,” she says. “Wouldn’t that be cute?”

Yes, but why are macarons so popular now? “I think people are looking for things that are bite-sized. I can’t remember when we made a traditional, four-tiered wedding cake,” DeWitt says. “With macarons, you don’t need plates or forks. It’s all pickup.

They’re different. And with no flour, they’re gluten-free. The colors and flavor varieties are great for weddings and baby showers, and you can put them in decorative wrappers. They’re little round discs of yum. The fillings just take you away.”

McClure believes that, like most trends, this one “is driven by the media. People saw them being served in the movie Marie Antoinette. That started it. Then, when people sampled them, they realized how light and elegant they are–and delicious.”

“They’re easy to eat and not heavy, so you don’t feel too guilty,” Julien adds.

Who doesn’t crave a bite of luxury?

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librarian who’s preserved this charmer with restraint and style.” Good instincts, too. Google Earth this address and you’ll see you’ve discovered the center of downtown’s cultural universe: steps from Portland Museum of Art, with its famous copper beech tree, across the street from USM’s landmark downtown campus for enrichment courses, and at the nexus of more trendy restaurants than you can throw an Urban Spoon at.

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“When you pull in from State Street and head around the left side of the house, you see the two-car garage that’s invisible from the street,” Hatcher says. More veiled luxuries: a hillside Zen garden with a second hidden garden out back, with twinkling skyscrapers for counterpoint.

Inside, your visitors will marvel at the scaled-down Victorian stair and hallway in pleasing proportion and original finish.

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ow long does it take to drive from seven lost years on the West Coast to Stockton Springs? Shannon’s eyes itched. The radio scratched across the transcontinental darkness. Returning home to Vacationland was fully half the fun.

The only thing he knew for sure, he wasn’t coming back because of Kelley– not exactly, anyway. She was just the last in a series of girls whose vowel-ended names blended together, whose brown hair and hazel eyes all looked the same.

Their voices and vodka-cranberry breath melted fluidly as they came and went, and with few exceptions, he had trouble keeping them straight. Emily or Annie had made him Chicken Parmesan and spaghetti; Debbie or Macy had never read (or returned) his copy of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Stacy, or was it Chrissy, had washed his T-shirts with perhaps too much exactness.

But none, except for Kelley, had broken up with him.

The Turnpike dropped its hum to I-295 and finally a coastal tour of US 1. The lichenjeweled granite cliffs and rolling mountains jarred his memory, though they disappeared with the encroaching night. Crossing the Passagassawakeag Bridge, he smelled the seaweed and crab shells on the cold Penobscot air.

He rolled down the passenger window and the salty gush swept his Rand McNally map out of the car, floating over the edge of the bridge. He laughed and kept the window open.

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nified by moonlight. Here was the crabapple tree he used to hide under as a boy, heavy with apples, crisp and tart as the stomach ache he never learned to avoid. Looking into the window of his old second-floor bedroom, he remembered the shrunken heads of apples he’d placed on the sills.

Wind whistled behind the barn, still connecting then with forever. He didn’t need to swing open the door to see the cold dirt floor and steps lined with wood chopped for the stove in the common room.

He pushed open the house’s front door and dropped his duffle inside. Whatever he’d left in the car would have to wait until morning, after a breakfast of cold baked beans, salt fish, and black coffee.

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her sister Evie’s shift. Tomorrow, he’d toss his copy of Atlas Shrugged in the waves. He’d walk down the narrow path toward the lighthouse with his crabmeat sandwich and Orangina, breathing in the salt air and seaweed near the beach.

Tomorrow his jaw would relax into the slow pronunciation with the misplaced r’s.

He’d walk to the hand pump on the border of Prospect to fill a cup with water and drink from it, simply because he could.

Tomorrow, he’d have the electricity turned back on.

It was not this house, this town, or this state that had been stifling. He’d felt every bit as gawmy on Puget Sound as he had here. Waldo County’s welcome was stoic, like the patriarchs of the families who had lived here since the shipbuilding days, but sweet, like the date-filled cookies his great-aunt Lu used to bake in the summertime.

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