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57 365 Big nights Your ticket to a year of delicious dining events & destinations. By Claire Z. Cramer

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t shook me as I walked to work through a post-Impressionistic winter day toward Portland Magazine’s headquarters at 165 State Street. While the late Paul Black hadn’t actually painted our building (see bottom photo), he’d helped me see it. Memorably, he’s helped all of us see Portland, particularly on days that dissolve in snowflakes and stand time on end. Though we sadly lost him to brain cancer on November 19, Black is just getting started as an influence, his paintings too sweeping to be confined by a frame. In On The Road, Jack Kerouac writes that raindrops connect us by “chain touch.” Black’s snowflakes share the magic. During an interview, he once told us, “It’s every color,” not just white. “I always put a little yellow ochre to warm things up. When van Gogh went from Holland to Paris and saw the Impressionists painting with pure, uncut colors, he ‘took the tobacco juice out of his paintings.’ I more or less put tobacco juice into my paintings. Adding a little brown into the snow or sky gives it an antique feel, because the paintings are not real.” What’s real is the way Black’s snow makes us feel. His wife, Irena H. Black, loved Paul’s love for snow. “I think he just knew how to make people feel warm around it. When the first snowfall arrived this season, I could just picture him driving all around, taking photographs,” chasing the snow “so he could paint perfect pictures of it.” To purchase a Paul Black oil on canvas, visit Fore Street Gallery, which has many of his works on view through January. And don’t forget to visit the Portland Regency Hotel, where a number of his canvases are on stage. It’s incredibly romantic dining there during a snowstorm. Even when the fireplace isn’t flickering, Black masterfully sets the mood. We are all lucky to part of Paul Black’s world.

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Portland Museum of Art is fascinated by the way the ocean meets the shore. The Coast & the Sea opens January 30 with more than 60 works of maritime art from 1750 to 1904. The Atlantic Ocean is America’s connection to the Old World, a conduit for ideas, commerce, exploration, and the building of personal fortunes. See it depicted in images of ships and harbors, leisurely yachting, working vessels, and naval battles. Shown: Fishing in a Catboat in Great South Bay, 1871, by Junius Brutus Stearns (1810-1885).

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384-5858, www.powderhousehill.com Quaggy Jo Ski Center, Presque Isle. A 215-ft. drop, T-bar, five trails, natural half-pipe with grind rails, first-time skier area, and Nordic and biathlon center. 764-3248, skiquaggyjo.org Rangeley Lakes Trails Center, Rangeley. 20 miles of trails for cross-country skiing and showshoeing; rentals, food, and beverages at the lodge. 8644309, xcskirangeley.com Saddleback, Rangeley. A 2,000-ft. drop, 66 trails and glades. Two quad, two double, and one T-bar lift; 85-percent snowmaking, lodge, three terrain parks. At Casablanca Glades: 44 acres of ungroomed tree skiing with chutes, steeps, and tight lines. 864-5671, saddlebackmaine.com Seacoast Snow Park, Windham. A100-ft. drop, carpet lift, 12 lanes of tubing, 100-percent snowmaking, night tubing, zip line, fire pit and snack bar. 8925952, seacoastadventure.com Shawnee Peak, Bridgton. A 1,300-ft. vertical drop, 46 trails and glades. One quad, three triple, and one surface lift. Night skiing, 98-percent snowmaking, two terrain parks, and views of Mt. Washington. 6478444, shawneepeak.com Smiling Hill Farm, Westbrook. Cross-country skiing on 15 miles of trails; snowshoeing, rentals, hot beverages, and snacks. 775-4818, smilinghill.com

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Spruce Mountain, Jay. A 300-ft. vertical drop, 11 trails, night skiing, 3 rope tows, cross-country skiing, 50-percent snowmaking, Nordic trails, and ski classes for all ages. 897-4090, sprucemountain.org Sugarloaf, Carrabassett Valley. A 2,820-ft. vertical drop, 161 trails and glades. Five quad (two high-speed), six double, two surface, and one triple lift, with 95-percent snowmaking, superpipe, three terrain parks, tubing park, cross-country skiing, zip lines, gym, and antigravity complex with skate park and trampolines. 237-2000, sugarloaf.com

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Sunday River, Bethel. A 2,340-ft. vertical drop, 135 trails and glades. One high-speed chondola, nine quads (four high-speed); three triple, one double, and one surface lift. With 95-percent snowmaking, night skiing, ice skating, lodges, five terrain parks, superpipe, and mini-pipe. 824-3000, sundayriver.com Titcomb Mountain, West Farmington. A 340-ft. drop, 16 alpine trails, two T-bar lifts and one handle tow, night skiing, 70-percent snowmaking, terrain park, and 10 miles of groomed crosscountry trails. 778-9031, titcombmountain.com

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theater Children’s Museum & Theater of Maine, 142 Free Street, Portland. Stage stories, daily; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, February; Robin Hood, April. 828-1234 kitetails.org City Theater in Biddeford, 205 Main St. Juston McKinney, Feb. 7; TICK, TICK…BOOM!, Mar. 6-15. 6427840 citytheater.org Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St., Bangor. Million Dollar Quartet, Feb. 22; Flashdance, The musical, Mar. 3; Peter and the Starcatcher, Mar. 17. 745-3000 crossinsurancecenter.com

and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Jan. 23- Feb. 1; Outside Mullingar, Mar. 13-22. thepublictheatre.org Theater at Monmouth, 796 Main St. The True Story of Little Red, Apr. 27-May 22. 933-9999 theateratmonmouth.org USM Theater, Russell Hall, Gorham Campus. An Evening with Christopher Durang: For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You, Feb. 6-14. usm.maine.edu/theater

galleries Art Gallery at UNE, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland. Coyote Connections: a Group Exhibition, thru Jan. 11; A Gateless Garden: Photographer Kerr Michaels & Writer Liza Bakewell, Jan. 20-Apr. 12. 221-4499 une. edu/artgallery Bates College Museum of Art, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Photographs by Women: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection, thru Mar. 21; Back and Forth: The Collaborative Works of Dawn Clements and Marc Leuthold, Jan. 16- Mar. 21. 786-6158 bates.edu/museum/ Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Hendrik Goltzius: Mythology and Truth, thru Mar. 1; Weaving the Myth of Psyche: Baroque Tapestries from the Wadsworth Atheneum, thru Mar. 8; Collaborations and Collusions: Artists’ Networks from the Nineteenth Century to the Present, thru Feb. 8. 725-3275 bowdoin.edu/art-museum

Cumberland County Civic Center/Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Center St., Portland. Disney on Ice: Princesses and Heroes, Feb. 11-16; Stars on Ice, Mar. 15; Harlem Globetrotters, Mar. 22. 775-3458 theciviccenter.com Good Theater, St. Lawrence Arts Ctr., 76 Congress St., Portland. Regrets Only, Jan 28-Feb. 23; The Other Place, Mar. 5-30. 885-5883 goodtheater.com

Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville. currents7: Elizabeth Atterbury, Jan. 27-May 10; Highlights from the Permanent Collection, through mid-2015. 859-5600 colby.edu

Maine State Ballet Theater, 348 U.S. Rte. 1, Falmouth. Tap, Tap, Jazz, Jan. 23-24; Le Corsaire, Mar. 28 -Apr. 12. 799-7337 mainestateballet.org Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. Sister Act, Jan. 17; Million Dollar Quartet, Feb. 21. 842-0800 porttix.com

Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. Andrew Wyeth: Portrait Studies, Thru Apr. 26. 596-6457 farnsworthmuseum.org

Portland Players, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland. Calendar Girls, Jan. 30-Feb. 15; The Boys Next Door, Mar. 27-Apr. 12. 781-3587 portlandplayers.org

First Friday Art Walk, downtown Portland. Visit local galleries, studios, and museums, Feb. 6; Mar. 6; Apr. 3. firstfridayartwalk.com

Portland Stage Company, 25A Forest Ave. Our Man in Havana, Jan. 20-Feb. 15; The Whipping Man, Feb. 24-Mar. 15. portlandstage.org

Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland. Home: The Longfellow House and the Emergence of Portland, thru May; Wholesome Habitations: Architectural Collections of the Maine Historical Society, thru mid-2015. 774-1822 mainehistory.org

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Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St., Portland. 3 Printmakers: talk and demonstration, Jan. 25. mainejewishmuseum.org Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., Portland. Aaron T. Stephan: To Borrow, Cut, Copy and Steal, thru Feb. 8; The Coast & the Sea: Marine and Maritime Art in America, Jan. 30-Apr. 26. 775-6148 portlandmuseum.org

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Empire, 575 Congress St., Portland. Clash of the Titans, every W. See website for listings. 747-5063 portlandempire.com Jonathan’s, 92 Bournes Ln., Ogunquit. Jeff Daniels & the Ben Daniels Band, Jan. 16; Melanie, Jan.17; Kat Edmonson, Mar. 6; Karla Bonoff, Mar. 21. 646-4526 jonathansogunquit.com Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. Pirates and Mermaids, Ahoy!, Jan. 11; Alexander Tharaud, Jan. 22; Beethoven’s Pastorale, Jan. 25, 27; Big Band Blast, Feb. 7-8; Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Feb. 11; Beethoven’s Eroica, Feb. 15, 17. 842-0800 porttix.com One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland. Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble, Jan. 10; Mipso, Jan. 16; Cheryl Wheeler, Jan. 18; The Story Collider, Jan. 20; Wild Child w/ Cheers Elephant, Jan22; Jonathan Edwards, Jan. 23; Cats Under the Stars, Jan. 24; Portland Jazz Orchestra, Jan. 29, Feb. 19; Johnny A., Jan. 30; Jake Schepps Quartet, Jan. 31; The Jazz Workshop, Feb. 12; Eilen Jewel, Feb. 20; Stephane Wrembel, Feb. 27. 761-1757 onelongfellowsquare.com Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland. Bruce in the USA, Jan. 10; Balance & Composure, Jan. 17; Max Creek, Jan. 24; Vanna, Jan. 28; Maine Youth Rock Orchestra, Jan. 30; Cruel Hand, Jan. 31; Greensky Bluegrass, Feb. 3; Swans, Feb. 17;

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Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd., Brownfield. Junior Brown, Jan. 16; Jeff Daniels and the Ben Daniels Band, Jan. 17; Ben Hammond, Jan. 18; Waltzings for Dreamers featuring Dustbowl Revival, Jan. 22; Red Molly, Feb. 6; Session Americana with Dietrich Strause & Jefferson Hamer, Feb. 7; Beau Soleil avec Michael Doucet; Stone Mountain Musical Wine Dinner, Feb. 14; Anna Lombard & Band, Feb. 20; Greg Brown, Feb. 26; Eric Bibb with Michael Jerome Browne, Feb. 28; Jimmie Vaughan, Mar. 10. 9357292 stonemountainartscenter.com Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. David Mallett, Jan. 9; Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, Feb. 13; Ellis Paul and Howie Day, Mar. 13. 594-0070 rocklandstrand.com

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Don’t miss Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Rd., Camden. U.S. National Toboggan Championships, Feb. 6-8. 236-3438 camdensnowbowl.com Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St., Bangor. Road to Success Show: contractor trade show. 745-3000 crossinsurancecenter.com Cumberland County Civic Center/Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Center St., Portland. 25th Annual Maine Home, Remodeling and Garden Show, Feb. 7-8. 775-3458 theciviccenter.com February is for Lovers, Downtown Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. Horse-drawn carriage rides,

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“A small two-acre pond in Belfast known to locals as The Muck–actually Kirby Lake–was recommended to me as a good place to see migrating warblers,” says birdwatcher Bill Brown of Calais. “So…I loaded up my gear. The warblers were there, and I spent most of the morning photographing them.” At 10:30 a.m., three osprey crashed the party “and began circling the pond. One of them hovered–an incredible sight to see–then dove into the water.” Who knew it would surface with a glittering goldfish? Dropped by generations of vacationers, goldfish have overrun The Muck. According to the Bangor Daily News, the Belfast council has earmarked $6,000 for their future destruction.

Pretty Good Bad Guy “You were a bully in high school, and you’re still a bully, Tony!” cries actress Candice Patton to actor Greg Finley on CW’s new hit series, The Flash. “That’s not me when I’m acting,” Scarborough native Finley tells us (see “Taking His Best Shot,” October 2014). “That’s why I can do what I do.” Known for his role in Secret Life of The American Teenager and his single season in Star-Crossed, the former local hoop star uses his size and physique to advantage in The Flash, playing a menacing meta-human villain-of-steel known as Girder. A far cry from washing dishes when he was 14 at dad’s Dry Dock on Commercial Street.

Wild Things What’s that shiny thing on the roof overhead as you stroll past the corner of Congress & Oak streets? It’s an American Eagle. “I put it up on my deck eight years ago,” says Tom Moulton. “I like the sculptor–Al Kronk of Rusted Puffin Metalworks on West Commercial Street.” But the eagle was lonely. So “I added mother-anddaughter Sea Turtles.” What about that Raven directly across the street on the roof of 548? “Mine, too,” he says. WInTerGuIDe 2015 31

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Hideout on Congress street In the basement of the old Roma Cafe, the new Bramhall is an unexpected refuge on Congress Street. We walk from Monument Square trying without luck to avoid the Friday Art Walk crowds as we begin our trek back toWinterguide 2015 35

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Fore Street’s bar has been a date destination for nearly 20 years.

“It’s past the Rite Aid but before Salvage. At least that’s what she said.” [In another life, Portlanders used to base their directions on the legendary Roma Cafe, which held court above the rathskeller we’re heading for.] e baby-step along the sheet of ice that’s claimed the sidewalk and are about to give up after a minor slip when we spot a group of friends heading into the basement of 767. We decide to follow them, casually nodding our hello. We hang our coats in the foyer and pull open the door, anxious to know just where we’ve ended up. It swings open, and we’re blown in by a gust of cold. Some patrons glare at the shocking chill. Bramhall is dimly lit with stone walls and small tables. The bar is full, so we take a spot in the center of the room. Behind a giant stone pillar is another area cut off from the rest. Perfect for couples wanting more privacy, but we’re happy enough to have found seats. It seems to be the spot for pairs and pairs of pairs. Couples and double dates surround us, all engaged

Nathaniel Meiklejohn at The Bearded Lady’s Jewel Box. 3 6 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e

in private conversations. It’s nice to see people looking at one another, no alien iPhone glows illuminating their faces. Bramhall isn’t really a secret, or at least it won’t be for long, but I imagine the crowd it draws will always be those looking to escape the hustle. Couples who can sit and discuss the day without checking emails, the nineto-fivers who needs a little quiet time before heading home, and every now and then the curious travelers looking for a warm burrow and strong drink. Jazzy lady The Bearded Lady’s Jewel Box is my new favorite bar. It’s where I’ll bring friends, family, even enemies just to spend more time there. Located at 644 Congress Street, you might miss it if you’re not careful. Searching for it myself, I peer into darkened windows until my companion and I are finally pointed in the right direction. We enter a surprisingly large space with a loft hovering above the bar, tall ceilings, and a funky Regency-style mural on the wall. It looks empty for being the talk of everyone in town. I start to wonder if anyone really does know where it is. Either way, we’re happy. The less the merrier in our book. Our bartender is friendly

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ward State. I’d overheard at a holiday party that there was a new “secret” bar on Congress. Hoping to find it before the other 30 people who overheard this secret, we agree tonight seems as good a night as any.

and offers us antique-framed menus. “How many of these have broken?” I ask, careful not to shatter it myself. “A few. Everything is pretty old and fragile in here.” We browse over the week’s cocktails that go for $10. I end up choosing a glass of ‘red.’ Another bartender brings a tiny sample to taste, but I admit I can normally drink whatever Trader Joe’s has in a box. Both bartenders laugh and step aside to reveal exactly that. They’ve just run out of bottled wine and have Trader’s on reserve. It’s a perfect moment to introduce ourselves, and we discover we’re meeting Nathaniel Meiklejohn, the Bearded Lady himself, owner of the bar. e chat a while, he about starting his own spot after working at Local 188 and we about moving to Portland not so long ago. As evening settles, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone keep a calming soulful vibe rolling throughout the bar. After our first round, we try a beer brewed specifically for the Jewel Box by In’finiti, on the house. We chat among ourselves and between bartenders and eventually promise to be back for their next dance party. The Jewel Box isn’t trying to be the new hot spot in Portland but rather a peaceful haven for locals. For that reason alone, it may soon find itself busy every night.

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End. We’d been to Caiola’s ages ago for a wedding reception and were happy to find that it’s now only a few blocks from where we ended up living. The restaurant looks much smaller than it really is, but the coziness of the front dining area draws us in, even without a warm welcome from anyone. When we arrive we’re told we can either wait for a half an hour for a table or take two seats at the bar. We choose the bar and sit next to a group of women who appear to have been going at some dirty martinis for a while who either don’t notice us or have decided to ignore us. Either way, we make ourselves comfortable. I order a glass of wine and Fil a beer to accompany our chicken marsala and lamb chop with roasted Brussels sprouts. Caiola’s is a great restaurant for a small family dinner or double date. We wonder if it would be welcoming to a lone diner as we enjoy our dinner and drinks. We don’t stay for a nightcap and head to Ruski’s instead. n

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399 Hermit’s Point Road, Islesboro

ay you’re a two-term mayor of New York. In fact, you’re the very gentleman who gracefully accepted The Statue of Liberty from the people of France. Which means, of course, you’re also the eponymous shipping plutocrat who founded W.R. Grace & Co.,

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In addition to the view, the Grace Estate’s extras include a saltwater swimming pool and a Tuscan-style guest house.

the monolithic industrial empire that is still covered with admiration in magazines such as Forbes and Fortune. (According to lawinfo.com, “John Travolta’s 1999 movie A Civil Action was based on the true story of 8 Woburn, Massachusetts families who were seriously hurt by water contaminated by the W.R. Grace Co.”) The year is 1918. And say you want to build a modest Renaissance Revival palace for your daughter, Louisa Nathalie Grace. Where would you build it? Where else but 4 2 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e

Maine, on the storied shores of Islesboro? You’ve commissioned famous Philadelphia architect Wilson Eyre, born in Florence, Italy, to create the ultimate fantasy home on

Only $9.5M separates you from the trappings of the New England royalty. this windswept peninsula. Eyre, at the top of his game, and by many accounts America’s premier domestic architect before

Frank Lloyd Wright, is accustomed to having frighteningly powerful resources at his disposal. In one project, to address an empty space, he called Maxfield Parrish to have him whip up a bespoke mural–a one-of-akind design. Here on Islesboro, Eyre dreams up an eight-bedroom stucco fortress with baths ensuite that will boast a lovely fir and mahogany deepwater dock. Tuscan touches include luxurient loggias. Across the peninsula, reflecting in the water, a stone guest

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house enchants as few structures can. Listing agent Terry Sortwell descibes this nine-acre Shangri La and the world it surveys: “It overlooks Penobscot Bay and offers magnificent views to the south down the bay, west to the Camden Hills, and east over Seal Harbor and Islesboro. Miss Grace was an accomplished artist, and she painted here in a studio she added to the house.” The stone guest house “on the cove was inspired by the seaside cottages she admired on a trip to Italy.” Sortwell’s favorite spot is “the lower loggia. When you walk through the doors you’re looking right down the bay.” Taxes are $33,647.

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19 Crosstrees Road, North Haven

ust because “Crosstrees” was–until this year–the summer home of the late Paul Cabot (1930-2014) doesn’t mean the following doggerel is in any way appropriate: And this is good North Haven, the home of fried clams and Izod, where the seagulls talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots wish to communicate with prospective buyers exclusively through their real estate broker.

Because first of all, this Colonial Revival landmark has always been, to its very bones,

a Gaston family property for well over a century. Moreover, Cabot’s wife, Jennifer Felton Cabot, is charmingly forthcoming about listing the getaway her family has loved for five generations. “I’m Mrs. Paul Cabot,” Jennifer says, noting she’s just gone through “my first Christmas without him. But [Crosstrees] has never been a Cabot place. It was built in 1895 by William A. Gaston, my grandfather. My mother, Hope Gaston Felton, inherited it, and I inherited it from her. Crosstrees looks towards Stonington, while the Lindberghs Winterguide 2015 45

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look out to Camden Hills.” High-flying neighbors to be sure (see our “Star Map of North Haven Island” Summerguide 2014). Another summer neighbor, the post-impressionist painter Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), “was a very good friend of my grandfather. He painted my mother’s portrait. It’s hanging in my house in North Haven.” As for the next generation, “My children would love to keep Crosstrees if they could all come for two weeks in the summer, but it’s not the kind of place you can use for two weeks. I spend most of the summer there, and it takes a lot of doing to keep it up”–15.5 acres of location, location, location. On top of that, “North Haven, for bet-

ter or worse, is terribly hard to get to. I have two children in New York, one in Nevada, and another in Massachusetts,” so distance makes a dismal event planner, even though objects in the home cast a magic spell. the ticking of eternity “The original family photo albums are here,” Jennifer says, possibly chronicling her Uncle William Gaston’s marriages to world figures like actress Kay Francis; Rosamond Pinchot Gaston (see sidebar); and Theodora Getty Gaston–the model for the torch-singerturned-opera-star in Citizen Kane and author of Alone Together: My Life with J. Paul Getty (Ecco, 2013, $26.99). Then there’s the dining room, echo-

ing from happy get-togethers. “I can seat 16.” How about the enormous blue sofa in the sunroom? “I don’t know what’s going to happen to it. It may go with the house. It’s too big for my children to take on. It’s where people have read and slept here…” Forever. Sometimes a space articulates itself in its deepest silences. “We have a player piano, and we have a lot of old rolls from the 1920s and 1930s. We’ve turned them on, pushed the furniture back, and danced after dinner.” The entertainment spaces vibrate with “First World War patriotic songs.” Also, “‘When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver.’” the Beautiful & doomed Asked about Rosamond Pinchot Gaston, Jennifer responds, “She was my mother’s brother’s wife. [He had three.] My uncle William Gaston never owned this house; his sister–my mother–inherited it, but he owned several islands off Vinalhaven. One of the islands he owned was later named Hurricane. Let’s see, I think he owned Crotch Island, Spectacle, and more. Rosamond must have been here at Crosstrees, visiting my grandparents, because my sisters remember playing with her children. When my grandmother died, my mother inherited the place, and maybe that’s when Uncle William bought the islands.” exquisite sense of place Poignantly the sole family member here, Jennifer is keenly aware of her private world. “My favorite 30 seconds is watching the sun rise from my bed at 4:30 a.m, and hearing the seagulls. We don’t have crashing waves

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The sunset view from Crosstrees.

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One of the Crosstrees guest houses, known as the Custom House.

because Crosstrees is very protected. You could walk across the lobster buoys to Vinalhaven from my house.” Another nook she loves is “the deck. You can see Calderwood’s Neck; Goose Rock Lighthouse, which is just in front of Stimson’s Island; the Little Thorofare and Main Thorofare. You can see the lights of Stonington at night, and on a clear night you can see northwest and see the top of Blue Hill.” One of her guest houses is called the Custom House because “there used to be a Custom House on North Haven when Pulpit Harbor had a town.” Years ago, while winterizing part of the space, workers “found a sign. It had been part of the custom house. We had it regilded and gave it to my mother.” The other guest house “is called Hope Cottage. While expecting my mother, my grandmother didn’t want to stay in Boston in 1901, so they came up here and my mother was born on North Haven.” Jennifer’s favorite meal is “freshcooked lobsters on my stove, in salt water. Yes, I use seaweed.” Buyers’ Market “People have looked at it and said ‘it just

doesn’t work for us,’” Jennifer says of the estate that’s so dear to her. “‘We have to have this and that,’ you know. I say to them, live in it a while and see if you don’t like it before you start tearing it down. Because if you modernize it, it might lose its charm. I’m all for new plumbing, and I did put in a new kitchen when I inherited it. I couldn’t have coped with the kitchen as it was– I think you have to have modern facilities. I put in a laundry room; before, the laundry had been in another building. My grandmother had 14 servants. I don’t.” She pauses. “The old paneling should stay. The fireplaces are wonderful. On a foggy day we use them, and they are wonderfully warm. They throw a lot of heat.” Which conjures Edna St. Vincent Millay’s description of burning the candle at both ends: “They make a lovely glow.” Taxes are $25,562.

s one of three wives of “Uncle William Gaston,” starlet Rosamond Pinchot Gaston was a sometime summer visitor at Crosstrees between 1928 and 1933. Five years later, estranged but not yet divorced, she “was found [dead from carbon-monoxide poisoning in a car parked inside the garage of a rented mansion in Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY].” According to a Jan. 24, 1938, obituary, she was wearing “a shimmering white evening gown, silver slippers, and an ermine wrap.” A garden hose snaked from the exhaust into her motorcar window. The nation mourned her. At 17, dressed as a nun, she’d won the hearts of New York theater-goers as the star of the biblical epic The Miracle. On the silver screen, she was memorable as Queen Anne in 1935’s The Three Musketeers. A niece of Pennsylvania Gov. Gifford Pinchot (1923-7, 1931-5), Pinchot Gaston was kicked off the New York social register–presumably for ditching her debut and entering show-biz. Her widower, William Gaston, would later own what is now Hurricane Island, headquarters for The Outward Bound School. Winterguide 2015 47

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120 Schooner Head Road, Bar Harbor

he secret back passage to Acadia National Park is whispered among locals because “that’s the way you can reach Sand Beach without having to pay.” For those of us who can’t afford to go free, it’s hard to beat this property at Schooner Head Road. After you pass Jackson Lab on the right, “the house is through a gated drive on the left, right before Seely Road,” says listing

agent Kim Swan. The view from this 15.6-acre slice is “Frenchman Bay and looks right at Egg Rock and the Lighthouse.” Built in 1990, the contemporary structure faces 570 feet of waterfront and scratches Heaven with its vaulting ceiling. Naturally, “it has the benefit of up-todate kitchens and baths.” Taxes are $36,684. Winterguide 2015 49

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o reach 6 Bay View Drive, journey to the extreme tip of Moore Point, “past Wolfe’s Neck State Park,” says co-listing agent David Banks. “It is situated at the very point of the peninsula.” You know you’ve made it out here when, at water’s edge, you’re enchanted by a once-in-a-lifetime view of Pound of Tea Island. “The [2007] building’s curving design is Frank Grondin’s signature style,” says Ana Paprocki of Re/Max By The Bay. “It’s whimsical, with a medieval touch” while suggesting the darts and dips of gulls. A mammoth “floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace provides a focal point of the open-concept family room and dining area. In the gourmet kitchen, a Regal Atlantic wood cooking stove and ea-

gles-nest sitting area with concrete floors surrounds a fireplace built with stone from the property and surrounding islands.” Paprocki’s favorite spot is the “covered oceanfront patio, which offers an ideal entertaining space with a stone pizza oven and access to the beautifully landscaped yard” rushing to “185 feet of owned deep water and access to an association dock.”

Did we mention it’s LEED Gold Energy Standards certified? Because it’s being sold by its original owner/creator, the house’s design intentions will reach a new buyer intact, with “intricate detailing, a mahogany foyer…striking water views,” and the incomparable “oceanfront lawn.” With sharedprivate-association access to an ancient granite pier, it’s not a bad place to come in for a landing. Taxes are $24,202.

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n 1989-1990, a quarter century before John Cougar Mellencamp wrote the songs and lyrics for Stephen King’s 2014 supernatural musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, the rocker toured this ultra-private, shinglestyle mansion in the center of Clapboard Island, looking for a Maine getaway. Back then,

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Singer/songwriter John Mellencamp once considered Clapboard.

Little Cottage for Jack & Diane the house along with 22 acres of the island (the southern half) were for sale for $2.375M, with Vaughan Pratt of LandVest noting, “We sell kingdoms, not subdivisions.” With just a single owner in the interim– and listed most recently at $5.99M and returning to the market this spring–the kingdom has added some basic necessities: “a

helicopter pad and a zip line,” according to Ana Paprocki of Re/Max By The Bay. “Magnificently conceived by [Pennsylvania Roalroad owner] Samuel F. Houston and friend/architect Joseph M. Huston in 1898,” the Shingle Style landmark near the island’s center was built by “100 local artisans who completed the island home in just

100 days,” with the help of “oxen brought over on barges.” The estate sparkles along 3,200 feet of Casco Bay. Just a mile offshore, the island fills the windows of Dockside Grill on the mainland. Of course, from that distance, you can’t see the lady’s slippers on the property or feel your ears grow as you slip into the unencompassable silence of island living. Boating out to your property, you’ll tie up to a private granite dock with 30-footwide granite stairs. Beyond the paneled entertainment spaces and 14 fireplaces, the most charming spot is a Hansel and Gretel-style playhouse, created by Houston after returning from Europe in 1912. Taxes are $38,693. n Winterguide 2015 53

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racking local food trends is getting tougher all the time–so many new restaurants, craft breweries, distilleries, tasting rooms. Will that fleet of exotic food trucks return with spring? The new year promises Honey Paw (noodles where once stood the great Pepperclub), an expansion of the Hugo’s/Eventide hegemony on Middle Street. Tiqa is due in the brand-new Marriott on Commercial Street; new owners of the Danforth Hotel are to debut a deluxe Southeast Asian restaurant; and the Public Market House will add a Dominican cafe. There doesn’t seem to be any excuse left to stay home, ever. But, what’s this? A seasoned chef from the Hudson Valley, Natalie diBenedetto, is installing a take-out food shop/catering concern called Figgy’s on Walker Street in the West End, behind Yordprom Coffee. She’ll turn out hearty family meals and sides like fried chicken and potatoes and slaw. Likewise, the former Miyake Diner on nearby Spring Street has been leased by Home Catering Company to sell prepared food to go with beer and wine. Rosemont Market, already a force in take-home food, opens a shop this spring in the new multi-use highrise under construction at the corner of Pine and Brackett streets. Factor in the two prepared-food shops already established in this neighborhood–Aurora Provisions and Fresh Approach–and you have to wonder if anyone on the peninsula will ever make dinner from scratch at home again. Even if Maine is the greatest place on the planet for home cooks to find fresh local produce, meat, poultry, seafood, and artisinal everything. OK, 2015, let’s see how this goes…

Chef Justin Walker’s seared scallops and roasted carrots at Earth at Hidden Pond are presented with carrot/brown-butter puree, dabs of yogurt and sour lemon curd, chipotle puree, and a sunflower seed ‘streusel.’ Winterguide 2015 57

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The Brunswick Hotel & Tavern is the place for the St. Andrew’s Society of Maine’s annual birthday bash for Scotland’s bard. Buffet lunch, poetry, and haggis come with a piper concert by Ursa Beckford, and a raffle. Tartan attire encouraged! mainehighlandgames.org

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Rockland hosts its 11th annual pie-crazy Sunday. The town’s inns, restaurants, and provisioners serve up shepherd’s pie, pizza pie, pot pie, pastys, seafood pie, glorious galettes, and wine and pie pairings. Tickets to the pie parade benefit the local Outreach Food Pantry. 596-6611, historicinnsofrockland.com

Relish board with cauliflower, fiddleheads, kimchi, ramps, and asparagus at Earth.

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February

HArrASEEKET Inn: WHErE THE WILD THIngS ArE…On THE mEnu It’s a tradition–Chef Eric Flynn at Freeport’s Harraseeket Inn goes wild for game all month long in the Maine Harvest dining room. “We always have pheasant, and quail,” says Flynn. “It’s a full game menu in the main dining room, and a nightly game special in the Broad Arrow. We try to do unusual things, like braised wild rabbit shanks, venison flank steak, wild boar short ribs.” 865-9377, harraseeketinn.com

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“Bayside Bowl is the reigning champ,” says Dale Robin Goodman at USM’s radio station WMPG. The station’s 20th annual delicious Mardi Gras party hosts local restaurants competing for a people’s-choice vote on their Cajun dishes. The bon temps rouler with the lunch feast and live music at noon at USM’s Woodbury Campus Center. wmpg.org

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“We always have a good time,” says Peter Zinn at Portland’s Po’ Boys and Pickles. His Forest Avenue eatery has the New Orleans vibe all year, but on Fat Tuesdays “We run specials and

Salt of the earth

ustin Walker, executive chef at Earth at Hidden Pond in Kennebunkport– and the featured chef at Flanagan’s table January 24–may just be living the farm-to-fork dream. “i went to new england Culinary institute in Montpelier. After graduation in 1998, i got an internship for a year at Arrows in Ogunquit. From

there i moved up to cook, sous-chef, chef-de-cuisine, and executive chef. i was there until 2012. i met my wife, danielle, at Arrows; she was front-ofthe-house. now she’s general manager at earth, and i’ve been chef there for two seasons.” the January 24 dinner will be Walker’s and earth’s second appearance at the popular and elegant Flanagan dinner series in Buxton. “We’ll start with wood-fired broccoli”–with surrounding flavor and texture from avocado puree, white asparagus kimchee, and microplaned beef jerky dusted on top. “i like to build flavor profiles,” he says. Walker’s animation and enthusiasm infuses his discussion of food. And life. “My wife always does these food events with me. She can do just about anything. We have a four-year-old, and we live on a farm in York with six horses and 18 dairy goats. i’m using the off-season to make cheese at the restaurant with our goat milk. i’m aging a cheddar and trying a pecorino. i’m curing some hams, and making ice cream. goat milk ice cream is amazing; you’d never guess it’s goat.” Winterguide 2015 59

there’s music; $2.50 beers; promotions .” 5189735, poboysandpickles.com

Dana Bialek heaps the basket with fresh, warm “everything” bagels at Union Bagel Co. on Cumberland Avenue. The shop’s a powerhouse where as many as 70 dozen bagels may be sold in a day. Have yours toasted and topped with a selection of spreads and a cup of coffee if you like. By 2 p.m., Union’s closed up and, often, sold out.

13-21 SNOFEST

The Moosehead Lake region’s week-long celebration in Greenville includes chili and chowder cook-offs with prizes, a pancake breakfast, a chocolate festival with treats and games, and an auction. Delicious events to chase away your winter blues. 695-2702, mooseheadlake.org

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Food and drink, including pairings and demonstrations, showcase the talents of local chefs at Freeport’s inns and restaurants–ice bar, ice luge, and a barbecue. The bonus is all the shopping you can fit in between bites. freeportusa.com

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Chef Amanda Hallowell of Nebo Lodge on North Haven cooks up a dinner at Flanagan Farm to benefit Maine Farmland Trust. flanaganstable.com

March

1-14 MAINE RESTAURANT WEEK

Banish your winter blues for good when this annual happening returns–and this year, the “week” is actually two. Chefs all over the state aim to dazzle you with clever fixed-price menus. It all starts with a lavish breakfast cook-off, and this year includes chef-am bowling and a pancake race. The finale is a flashy cocktail party. In between, you design your own festival by dining out at any of the dozens of participating restaurants. Check out the list and the particulars at mainerestaurantweek.com

DINNER & AUCTION Fine wine and beautiful music are highlights of the 14th edition of this glamorous annual extravaganza, which is headlined by a multi-course feast at Freeport’s Harraseeket Inn. Star chefs from Hugo’s, Central Provisions, Lolita, Fore Street, and of course the Harraseeket will preside. Maine artists and businesses donate art, event tickets, fine jewelry, getaways, and unusual items to the live and silent auctions to benefit the symphony and it’s always quite a night. 773-6128, ext. 318, portlandsymphony.org

20 FREE ICE CREAM CONE DAY “Oh, it’s definitely an annual tradition,” laughs Lindsay Gifford. And a stampede–when Gifford’s ice cream marks the opening of ice cream season with a free cone from 6 to 8 p.m. at all five of their family-owned shops in Skowhegan, Farmington, Bangor, Waterville, and 6 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e

Near-East End Breakfast & lunch to go: Where the hill meets east Bayside

Storefront shops offering handwrought breakfast and lunch pastries, prepared sandwiches, and baked goods-to-go have flocked and nested around the eastern edges of east Bayside and lower latitudes of the hill. “atsuko’s the star here,” says markos miller of his co-owner/partner atsuko Fujimoto at Ten Ten Pié on Cumberland avenue just east of Franklin arterial. “She’s worked at Fore Street and Standard Baking.” From behind the glass front along a counter of pastries, miller points to reveal how Fujimoto’s skill at pastry shows–and tells. a fluted, flaky crust surrounds sauteed greens, winter squash, and feta–a perfect, individu-

al lunch tart of bold, balanced flavors for $4.95. a buttery two-bite financier-like almond confection serves nicely as dessert. ten ten Pié–“it’s Spanish slang meaning, roughly, keep on your toes,” explains Spanish teacher miller–also prepares salads and bento boxes; there are a few eat-in stools for perching, shelves of ethnic pantry staples, sakes, and a drinks cooler. a few doors east along Cumberland, the bagels are nearly sold out at 1 p.m. on a weekday at Union Bagel Co., where they bake them daily. “We roll in around 4 a.m. seven days a week,” says Paul Farrell, who owns Union with toby alves. the whole operation takes place in a tiny, freestanding structure that somehow contains a few stools and counters in the front windows; a case full of plain, salt, sesame, cinnamon-raisin, garlic,

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An array of Atsuko Fujimoto’s baked goodness at Ten Ten Pié, including individual winter squash and greens tarts with feta that are a perfect lunch-for-one.

Sisters Katie (above) and Jennifer Capron are the force behind Katie Made, the popular Munjoy HIll bakery. As do their fellow neighborhood bakers, the sisters have gluten-free options.

Portland Pottery Cafe offers a unique mix: breakfast; lunch; baker Manda Fleshman’s cheesecakes, pies, and cakes; and pottery classes.

and everything bagels; a toasting station; and a kitchen with a boiling water vat and oven. the bestseller? “the everything, hands-down, by about two-to-one over plain or sesame,” says Farrell. Head a bit up the Hill and cut over to Congress Street and find savory lunch pastries alongside scones, cookies, and a must-have $2 flourless cake square at Katie Made Bakery. Katie Capron ran her shop for 10 years in the spot now occupied by union Bagel. “We’ve been here for two years now,” she says of her now larger spot. “My sister Jennifer [Capron] is my business partner.” they run the show with a single employee. in addition to a busy retail trade, “We do a lot pies, cakes, and cheesecakes to order, cookie platters,

and corporate gifts.” Portland Food Coop, in the strip mall that marks the gateway to the east end, is big and bright; the aisles bring Whole Foods to mind, and the produce section resembles the rosemont’s and farmers’ markets’ brimming bins. the Coop has prepared, wrapped, bounteous, healthy-looking sandwiches-to-go in a fridge case. Portland Pottery Cafe on Washington Avenue serves breakfast and lunch; many hearty sandwiches–such as a wrap of homemade corned beef hash, egg, and cheddar are perfect to take out. Freshly baked cakes and baked goods are a specialty–and so are the pottery classes. Winterguide 2015 61

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Sample Sicilian street food at Slab’s bar; play a little pinball across the street at Arcadia National Bar (inset)..

21 CHILI CHOWDEr CHALLEngE

Vote for your favorite chili and chowder from over a dozen Augusta restaurants at Augusta Armory. All proceeds benefit the Augusta Children’s Center. chilichowederchallenge.com

22 MAInE MAPLE SunDAy

Another sure sign that spring really is here comes on the Sunday when the state’s maple farms open their sugar-house doors to the public and demonstrate the art of turning sap into syrup. There are always tastings and treats. Find your friendly neighborhood sugar house at mainemapleproducers.com

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Chef David Turin of David’s, Opus Ten, David’s 388, and David’s KPT presides over the feast at Flanagan Farm to benefit Maine Farmland Trust. flanaganstable.com

22 AnnuAL CHILI COOKOFF

Sunday River’s 25th annual fundraiser weekend, this year for Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation, after the Firefighter’s Race, area restaurants face off with a Beat-the-Heat chili competition, serving up batches to hungry crowds, with judging and a People’s Choice award. sundayriver.com 6 2 p o r t l a n d M o N T H Ly M A g A z I N E

Preble Street Treats

fter the Portland Public Market closed in 2006, Preble Street fell off the food map. Today, the first block down from Monument Square is alive with sinfully delicious dining opportunities, a golden triangle of comfort food that’s perfect for the dead of winter. Shiny new Dutch’s is open for breakfast and lunch at 28 Preble. “I worked at Bar Tartine in San Francisco, running the dessert program,” says Windham, New Hampshire, native Lucy Dutch. “Ian’s from Belfast– he cooked for Todd English in Boston for four years at Bonfire.” Nowadays, the Dutches start baking their loaves and pastries at 5 a.m. before serving hearty egg sandwiches, bagels, muffins, “cheesy grits,” and oatmeal. They follow with lunches of specialty sandwiches, salads, and sides including house-made potato chips, plus crazy-delicious baked goods–don’t miss Lucy’s malted brownie–until 4 p.m. Directly across the street at Slab, the compelling Sicilian pizza, sandwiches, grilled meats, and boldly spiced salads and sides (see our review, September 2014) can be savored in a chic, earth-toned, rustic/minimalist atmosphere until 1 a.m. The utterly transformed space within the old Public Market is ideal for lingering with a glass of Italian wine or local brew, zillions of which are on tap. For the competitive, there’s pinball and Pac Man at Arcadia national Bar next door to Dutch’s, and the simple joy of drinking craft beer while blowing all your parking-meter quarters on the games. The eats are basic and delicious. “We’ve got grilled cheese sandwiches,” says co-owner David Aceto. “Pineland Farms cheddar on Sorella’s Bakery bread; regular or spicy with Sriracha–$3.” Pure wizardry.

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H u n gry EyE Sunday River’s food, music, and Margarita Mix-Off among local bartenders, plus a key lime pie eating contest–think Key West in Newry, with snow. This hugely popular Jimmy Buffett-themed event is an annual tradition, with a Spam-carving competition and costumes. sundayriver.com

April

9 TOAST On THE COAST

Easter Seals of Maine’s annual gala at Portland’s waterfront Ocean Gateway is a wine tasting with food from many Portland restaurants that features dancing and a silent auction–all to benefit area charities that support the disabled. maine.easterseals.com

Steve Gets Around

“T

om [Manning] brought me in,” says Steve Quattrucci, speaking from the kitchen of Manning’s Miss Portland Diner on Marginal Way where he operates as a “working chef/consultant.” Manning bought and brought Miss Portland back to life in 2009, and the former Newsweek business exec has been hands-on ever since. “Steve’s very smart and talented. He reminded me of the writers I knew at the magazine,” he says. “Plus he’s a nice guy.” “I was the original owner of Back Bay Grill, back in 1987,” says Quattrucci, 53. “It was a kind of run-down bar called Norm’s when I bought it. I sold it to Joel Freund three years later; he’d started out as my bartender. I cooked out in California for a few years. When I returned, I had West End Grocery for a while [which subsequently became the West End Deli and is now Bao Bao on Spring Street], and then I went back to school for social work. I wound up running a food program for Preble Street for four years and a job-training program with Portland High School. One of my trainee students is sous-chef now at the Grill Room. After that, I bounced around, set up the kitchen at the Hilton Garden Inn on Commercial Street, worked for Sysco selling wholesale for a while. I realized I’m kind of a ‘project guy’– I like to go in and solve things. I signed on as a consultant with the City of Portland and set up the restaurant at the Riverside Golf Course.” Then Tom Man6 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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The highly competitive, meticulously judged by local celebrities, and divinely delicious fund-raiser event for SARSSM returns to Portland’s Holiday Inn by the Bay for the 29th year, featuring 15 to 18 local chocolatiers. Vote for your favorites in the categories of chocolate cake, cheesecake, mousse, fudge, and truffles. 8281035 - ext. 100, chocolateloversfling.org

ning came calling. “Tom’s committed to making the diner the best it can be. We’ve tried to use more local products and more care. We’ve got Sorella’s bread and Pineland meat and cheese. Pineland’s not strictly local anymore, but it’s smallfarm and humane. We’ve just switched out the turkey dinner to a turkey pot pie.” “I think my favorite new item is the butternut squash and spinach gratin,” says manager Susie Kiehn-Geary. “On a cold winter day, with the homemade cheese sauce and little fried onions on top, there’s nothing like it.” “This is a really busy place,” says Quattrucci. “We’ll have 400 people come through for weekend brunches. We’re shooting for consistency and excellent service. Tom’s committed.”

Wine Divine Tastings are everywhere; they’re free, fun, and a great opportunity to learn. Check the Events page on portlandfoodmap.com for news of upcoming wine, beer, and spirits tastings.

Aurora Provisions, Portland Usually two per month, Thursday evenings 871-9060, auroraprovisions.com Black Sheep Wine Shop, Harpswell One or two per month, Saturdays 725-9284, blacksheepwine.com Bow Street Market, Freeport Up to three per month, Saturdays 865-6631, bowstreetmarket.com Browne Trading, Portland Two per month, Saturdays 7757560, brownetrading. com The Clown, York Monthly, 2nd Friday 351-3063, the-clown. com Leroux Kitchen, Portland, 2nd Saturdays each month 5537665, lerouxkitchen. com Old Port Wine & Cigar, Portland Monthly, 3rd Wednesday of the month 772-9463, oldportwine.com Perkins & Perkins, Ogunquit One or two per month, Saturday 646-0288, perkinsandperkins.com Rosemont Markets, Portland & Yarmouth At least two per month, days vary 774-8129, (Continued on page 67)

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25-27 GREEK FESTIVAL

The annual tented party on the corner of Park and Pleasant streets at Portland’s Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church draws throngs for souvlaki, gyros, moussaka, spanakopita, Greek wine, strong Greek coffee–and heavenly Greek pastries made by charming Greek church ladies. Dance off the Dionysian feast to live Greek music. 774-0281, holytrinityportland.com

27 MAINE WHOOPIE PIE FESTIVAL

Bakers from far and wide bring thousands of these much-loved, cream-filled little pucks–in flavors from strawberry to pumpkin to chocolate chip–to Dover Foxcroft to be sampled and judged. Al’s Pizza is the baker to beat from last year–his Blueberry with Cream Cheese took the prize. Maine Street is blocked off and turned over to a day of music, kids’ stuff, rides, games, vendors, and makin’ whoopie. 564-8943, mainewhoopiepiefestival.com

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July

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19-21 MIDSOMMER CELEBRATION

Maine’s Swedish immigrants established the northern Maine colony of New Sweden in 1870. The public is invited every year to join the annual midsummer celebration of Swedish food, music, and dance.

10-12 MOXIE FESTIVAL

Carbonated fun–plus Moxie ice cream, a Moxie recipe contest, Friday night fireworks, Saturday’s Moxie parade, a 5K race, music, entertainment–it’s a weekendlong celebration of the soda they call “Maine in a bottle” in Lisbon Falls. moxiefestival.com

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rosemontmarket.com treats, Wiscasset Once a month, Fridays; thursdays in summer 882-6192, treatsofmaine.com West end deli, Portland Monthly, first Fridays 874-6426, thewestenddeli.com the Wine Seller, rockland At least one per month 594-2621, thewineseller.biz Or take a WineWise class or walking tour with sommelier and CiA-Certified Wine Professional erica Archer. the Portland native offers scheduled and custom wine events to broaden your wine horizons. Winewiseevents.com

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Hu n g ry E y E 2-5 ACADIAn FESTIVAL

The founding Acadian families who first settled the St. John Valley hold a family reunion every summer for one of the families, and the public is invited to the concurrent festival of events that celebrate traditional food, crafts, and music, a parade and “Party du Main Street.” 728-7000, greatermadawaskachamber.com

11-13 grEEK HErITAgE FESTIVAL

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Behold the beloved bivalves for three whole days– clams are fried, steamed, chopped into chowders and clam cakes, plus there’s a shucking contest, live music, crafts, and a road race. The food stalls are run by volunteers and your clam-roll lunch supports an array of nonprofit organizations. 8463984, clamfestival.com

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Farms all over the state open their gates to the public for tours on this summer Sunday. Animals for petting, fresh farm produce to sample and shop for–this is an annual chance to experience where Maine food comes from, right at the source. getrealgetmaine.com; maine.gov

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7-9 PLOYE FESTIVAL

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15 HIGHLAND GAMES

The Topsham Fairgrounds is the place for the annual celebration of Scots culture. Highland dancers, pipe bands, sporting events, dog trials, and a chance to feast on Maine-made haggis. Plan to wear plaid and come hungry. mainehighlandgames.org

17-20 CULINARY SCHOONER CRUISE

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International Chili Society-sanctioned, juried competitions in the red, verde, and salsa categories for serious competitors. At the same event, you’ll find the Chilifest’s own People’s Choice amateur contest–anyone can enter and there are no rules about ingredients–with a people’s choice vote determining the winner. Cash prizes, lots of spice. 646-2451, wellschilifest.com

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12 MT. DESErT ISLAnD gArLIC FESTIVAL The Smuggler’s Den Campground turns into something of a garlic Woodstock, with area restaurants serving gourmet garlic creations including garlic bread, garlic burritos, garlic brownies, and garlic cotton candy. Festival cofounder and party-guy Frank Pendola sells his “artisinal barbecue.” Many farms participate in the farmers’ market; arts and crafts vendors set up their wares; and musicians and brewers add to the fun. nostrano.com

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25-27 COMMOn grOunD COunTry FAIr It’s the Earth Mother of Maine’s agricultural fairs, sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. Organic food vendors, cooking demonstrations, folk arts, and talks by chefs, farmers, and fishermen about growing, preserving, storing, and preparing local organic produce, livestock, and seafood. 568-4142, mofga.org

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The annual elegant event for the March of Dimes “takes place upstairs at DiMillo’s on Portland’s Long Wharf,” says event coordinator Rebecca Spear. “It’s a great sampling from local chefs. We expect Shannon Bard of Zapoteca again this year, and, among other restaurants, Bruno’s, Elsemere BBQ, RiRa, and

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19 HArVEST FEST & CHOWDEr COOK-OFF This autumn celebration of the start of fall foliage season includes two cookoffs–chowder and apple pie–along with vendors, farmers, crafts, and music–is a much awaited annual event on the Bethel village common and has been drawing crowds for 17 years on the third Saturday in September. 824-2282, bethelmaine.com

Hu n g ry E y E DiMillo’s chef Melissa Bouchard.” Wine and dine and then bid on silent and live auction goods. “A lot of the chefs offer chef’s tasting dinners as auction items, which are really popular.” 289-2080, marchofdimes.com/maine

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21-24 HArVEST On THE HArBOr Thousands flock to Portland to experience Maine cuisine at this busy, delicious and well-run extravaganza. Spectacular celebrity-chef feast events, tastings of Maine grown and produced food and drink, and a “big eat” opportunity to sample offerings from dozens of local eateries and beverage purveyors in one large venue. Most events are held on the waterfront. Plan ahead because quite a few events sell out. harvestontheharbor.com 7 2 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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SAUERKRAUT fRom moRSE’S Every autumn, the late, great cabbage king Virgil Morse would run a concise classified ad in the Lincoln County News: “Kraut’s ready.” Nowadays, the fresh sauerkraut at Morse’s in Waldoboro is produced almost year ’round, but owners David Swetnam and Jacque Sawyer still run the little November ad–they’re happy to perpetuate the perception that autumn is kraut season, as it was when Virgil first started fermenting his fall cabbage crop into legend in 1918. Nowadays the kraut can be found in many Hannafords and neighborhood groceries; it’s on the menu at Moody’s and at Fore Street. And Morse’s on Route 220 is a lot more than a kraut shop– it’s a destination, with a European market, an extensive deli, and a German deli/restaurant. To this day, Morse’s sauerkraut is only sold fresh, never canned or bottled. 8325569, morsessauerkraut.com

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our timing’s good,” says Ben Bridges. “Just today, I returned home after doing live performances with Stevie Wonder in Boston and Philadelphia.” From 1975 through 1992, Bridges was a sideman for Wonder, ringing his rhythm guitar on hits like “Sir Duke,” “Ribbon in the Sky,” and “Do I Do.” Touring and recording as a member of his backup band, Wonderlove, Bridges has traveled the world with Motown’s most recognizable artist. Because he’s one of us–he lives in Falmouth, sharing the same marsh with Maine Audubon–yet still in demand creatively, Bridges was invited to play in two shows as part of Wonder’s 12-city “Songs in the Key of Life” tour. His wife Nancy cast Maine’s spell on him. “Her family’s been vacationing in Ogunquit for decades,” says Bridges. “I came with her on one of those trips–my first time here.” Far from Wembley Arena, London; Electric Lady Studios, New York; and Yokohama Stadium; Tokyo, Maine stood out as dif-

ferent. “I’d been to many places in my life, but Maine left a strong impression.” You know Stevie Wonder the man. Who is he?

After a concert, Stevie notified the band that as a thank you, he was giving everyone two extra days in the hotel so we could relax and enjoy Hawaii a while longer. I’d brought Nancy. When we learned the hotel offered a sunset dinner cruise, we decided we’d do it that evening. Around midday, the phone

rang. It was Stevie. He asked what my wife and I were doing, so I told him about the dinner cruise. “That sounds like fun. Do you mind if I join you?” Now, we’re talking about Stevie Wonder, the international superstar. When he said he’d be joining us, I expected bodyguards and a small entourage, but no. It turned out to be like a double date. We met in the lobby. Who was Wonder’s date?

One of the singers who came with him. When did you first meet him?

I’d just come out of rather intense musical training in college [Temple University]. Stevie was looking to replace one of his guitarists. Michael Sembello, a Philadelphia guitarist who was a member of Stevie’s band, heard about me and extended an invitation. The day he and I met, we played guitars together for a few hours. It just clicked. The next day, he and I took the train to New York City. That afternoon, I auditioned for Winterguide 2015 75

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I sn ’t that… Stevie–a terrifying four-hour live audition with Stevie and his band. I somehow hung in there. I was hired on the spot. My life literally changed overnight.

bullying of the whole band by a person who knows nothing about music. I gave them the tracks they wanted, but there was no joy in it. I never worked for them again.

What happens during a four-hour audition?

Come on, who was it? We won’t tell.

It was an entire playing experience. We started and the hours flew by. Some of the songs we did had already been released on other records. Others were songs he and the band were working on, and [still others were] things he’d write on the spot. That happened a lot. If he had ideas, he’d start working with the band right then and there.

It’s actually a person who’s in the news right now, so I especially do not want to mention the name.

In Boston recently, you and Wonder played songs from Songs in the Key of Life. What’s your favorite memory from making that album with him in 1976?

“Love’s In Need of Love Today” has a lot of background vocals on it. I was in the control room the night those vocals were laid down, and Stevie laid them down himself. I was the only one there that night besides the recording engineers and Steve. It was late at night, and I was sitting there on the couch between the two main speakers. I had the best seat in the house! Just to hear that come out of nothing. Those vocals were not there before. He laid them all in there flawlessly, like he already knew exactly what he was going to put in. One by one, he laid them on top of each other–this rich harmony that supports the song’s melodic line. Take us closer.

It was the 20th anniversary [1983] of Martin Luther King’s “March on Washington.” Stevie wanted to be there, and he invited me to go with him. So his small entourage and I went with him. We did the walking and marching, and then he was going to give a speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He asked me to play guitar with him on a song that hadn’t yet been released, a song called “Rise.” I knew it, but I didn’t know we were going to do it. He’d arranged for a rental guitar to be brought there. So, he and I did the song in front of all these thousands of people. It was kind of terrifying–the stage was mobbed with speakers. Afterward, he gave me the guitar as a gift. I still have it. What’s been the biggest disaster in your career?

It was at a certain recording session in New York. I won’t name the artist–it wasn’t Stevie–but this person is a household name. It was a terrible experience–a lot of yelling and

Tell us about a pleasant encounter, then.

Bob Dylan was virtually responsible for an event in Texas called “Night of the Hurricane.” Reuben ‘Hurricane’ Carter had been put in prison, and Bob Dylan and others who believed him innocent were trying to get him released. This was a benefit concert. We all flew down on one plane. Stephen Stills. It was quite the trip, for a young guitar player to be there, seeing all these celebrities at one time on a chartered flight from L.A. But it’s the kind of a scene where you have to be cool. You can’t just run around bothering celebrities. No wonder you love Maine.

Oh, yeah, my life is totally different now. As a guitarist, I think I’d done everything I wanted to do at that point in my life. After 17 years, I was perfectly fine to stop touring and get back on a normal cycle. I don’t know if it’s me individually, but I have a very curious mind. I’ve realized there are other things. I like computer programming, I like golf, I play other instruments now, and there are plenty other things going on in life beyond music and the guitar. I wanted to pursue those things. After leaving the band, Ben Bridges lived in New Jersey and Pennsylvania before moving to Maine to begin a new job as a software engineer with Tyler Technologies in Falmouth. “When we moved here, we spent the first four years renting a house on Cousins Island, just steps from the edge of a tidal inlet. What a wonderful experience it was to live there, watching the changes the tide brings and the seasonal birds coming and going. “Maine is a very clean, hassle-free way of life. The people I work with are not contrived. They’re not the cosmopolitan, jaded people you’d run into in New York or any other large city. My relationship with people I know here is much more basic, down-toearth, and I appreciate that.” n

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er than leaders.” Wan provides evidence that some Chinese women are even making drastic contraception plans to avoid giving birth in 2015. But opinions vary. “The Year of the Sheep should be peaceful and [in] harmony,” says Jing Zhang, director of Maine’s Chinese Language and Culture Center (CLCC). “In the year, people will be very healthy and friendly; the weather will be warmer than other years; and farmers will have a very good harvest. I hope Chinese and American people will be even closer this year and do more together to make the world peaceful.” Lynne Eustis, assistant director of International Programs at the University of Maine Farmington, polled visiting Chinese faculty and students in residence there. “Most agree we’ll call it the Year of the Goat. One professor

offers this: ‘The goat symbolizes such character traits as creativity, intelligence, dependability, and calmness… Goats enjoy being part of a group, but prefer the sidelines rather than the center.’ Another professor suggests we go with the Chinese name, ‘The Year of the Yang, because Yang can mean sheep, Winterguide 2015 79

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nese calligraphy, mahjong, paper-cutting, and painting displays along with traditional music.” UMF is celebrating 25 years of exchanging students and faculty with schools in Beijing and Shanghai. “This year, Hui Liu from Beijing University of Technology [is in Farmington, teaching] Chinese language and culture classes.” umf.maine.edu/international/news-and-events The Chinese Language & Culture Center of Maine will celebrate the new year February 8 at 53 Cumberland Street, Bangor; and February 28 at 340 County Road, Westbrook; with “traditional Chinese holiday food, performances, dragon dance, firecrackers, crafts, and door prizes,” says Jing Zhang. There will be “a Chinese New Year parade in Bangor with dragons, band, Chinese and American flags, and cars.” bangorchinese.com Feast Day “We’re celebrating at Bao Bao and at Tao Yuan,” says chef Cara Stadler of her restaurants in Portland and Brunswick. “Chinese New Year is dumplings, so at Bao Bao we’re going to run special, fun ones we don’t usually make–from the 19th through the weekend. We’ll celebrate on the 19th at Tao, and then on Sunday the 22nd–which is when we serve formal, coursed family dinners from 4 p.m. from different regions of China–we’ll incorporate the Chinese New Year celebration.” “Come see us,” says manager Tiffany Tang at the Golden Lotus on Congress Street. No matter your zodiac, “You’ll love our special menu.” n

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am Lee, a 14-year-old Chinese boy, arrived alone in Portland in 1877. He was among the first Chinese men to call Portland home. He opened what is believed to be Maine’s first Chinese hand laundry at 532 Congress Street, now the site of the Maine College of Art campus. His laundry had the generic name “Chinese Laundry.” He was soon followed by several more countrymen who engaged in the laundry business. An October 7, 1878, article in the Portland Daily Eastern Argus reports five Chinese laundries in Portland employing 15 Chinese In January 1903, Maine laundrymen formed the Maine Laundrymen’s Association to fix uniform prices for doing laundry and to provide a social outlet. Even though there were about 100 Chinese laundrymen in Maine at that time, none was asked to join this Association.

men. The 1880 census enumerates eight Chinese men in Portland, all of whom were laundrymen. As early as 1882, some of Portland’s laundrymen visited Augusta to see if they could make arrangements to open laundries there. In 1885, the Daily Kennebec Journal noted, “Chinamen are coming into the State in larger numbers than usual. Several Chinese laundries have opened in the larger cities.” Eventually, nearly 30 Maine cities and towns had Chinese laundries. In China, men did not engage in the laundry business. In the United States, a combination of racial discrimination, need for the service, and the small capital investment necessary to start up a business resulted in a large proportion of Chinese men becoming laundrymen. All of Portland’s Chinese laundrymen lived at their laundries, which usually consisted of two rooms. The most vivid description of an early Maine Chinese laundry appears in the Portland Daily Eastern Argus in 1889, describing the Wah Lee Laundry Winterguide 2015 81

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Pier 77 & The Ramp Bar & Grill are owned & managed by Kate & Chef Peter Morency. Pier 77 has a formal dining room with stunning views of Cape Porpoise Harbor & live music each weekend, while the Ramp is more casual, with its own bar menu at hard-to-beat prices. Open year-round. 77 Pier Rd., Kennebunkport, 967-8500, pier77restaurant.com * The Tides Beach Club Coastal chic ambiance overlooking Goose Rocks Beach. Local seafood is the focal point: Maine lobster roll with drawn butter or herbed mayo; crispy fried clams with house tartar; marinated grilled tuna with house-made kimchee, soba noodles, and wasabi. Specialty cocktails with fresh local juices and herbs, artisanal beers, and an extensive wine list. Open May-Oct. 254 Goose Rocks Rd., Kennebunkport, 967-3757, tidesbeachclubmaine.com *reservations recommended

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e’re seated in a gorgeous, minimally appointed dining room boasting floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Commercial Street and the evening revelers passing by. Now this is fun. So is the food. Who doesn’t savor Mediterranean flair, including some old favorite meze like taramasalata (whipped roe, almond milk, $7) and melitzanosalata (a Greek dip of roasted eggplant, $7)? And what could be more appropriate than the specialty cocktail of the evening, the Ananas Xini? It’s a brilliant mix of ouzo, vodka, fresh pineapple, honey, and rosemary. Lamb keftedakia ($10) makes a good beginning. Perfectly seared, house-ground lamb is shaped into three patties that display a pleasant pinkness within and sing with flavors of fresh herbs and the tender meat. The secret is “our custom, 1,000-degree Beech hearth oven,” chef William D’Auvray later says. He also makes Greek loukaniko sausage with the excellent lamb. We relish the zucchini fritters, three mounds of ground vegetable and herbs fried to a perfect golden crunch and served on a tasty yogurt, mint, and olive oil sauce. Then there’s the house-made pita bread. “I make the dough, and it’s rolled to or-

der and baked in the Beech oven. Each one takes about 60 seconds to puff up,” says D’Auvray. Superb even in its scent–topped with olive oil and a dusting of zataar–its flavors delight, blending well with our Silver Palm Cabernet Sauvignon ($38). The bread alone is worth a visit. We’re excited to order Cioppino, a dish featuring “Northeast coast catch” ($28), since coowner Angelo Ciocci has owned Nova Seafood for over 20 years. Here it’s served with a huge shrimp–a Spanish interloper among the natives–towering over a pretty white bowl filled to the brim with littleneck clams, mussels, scallops, and tasty hake. The saffron-scented broth we find a tad salty, but all the ingredients are of top quality. A special of tomato-braised veal short ribs follows ($18). The fork-tender meat, melt-in-your-mouth cippoline onions, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, and parsnips are splendid. Next time, we’ll save room for the galaktaboureko, my favorite Greek dessert and another delightful surprise from chef D’Auvray. n

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If you dare to live the dream, “This house is directly on the ocean” for just $135,000, says realtor Joseph Dowling of Dowling Real Estate. “There’s a rocky beach 10 feet from the deck.” Because of its balconied facade, “the upstairs room faces the water. There’s a little deck outside you can sit out on and look out at the ocean. It’s adorable! Wonderful beach front. You cannot get any closer to the water without being in it, which is a rarity.” Taxes are $1,615.

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hrough a wall of window hazed by breath and sweat, I watch floodlights on the ski lift towers convert falling snowflakes into orange embers. The trails are ribbed like children’s corduroy and the green shadows of the woods fan out before the roving headlights of the groomers. It is a scene designed to incite desire. And like all calls to physical passion recklessly luxurious. I pull my focus back inside to the buzzing beer hall the size of a basketball court. I sit back from the bar in a beat leather chair. The walls around me clutch rusty saws, antique skis, and the front grill of a dead truck. Pine logs stacked on the andirons in the stone fireplace to my right smell good, but burn poorly. Across from me sunk into a couch are two friends–a married couple, veterans of more lucrative days in filmmaking. They are exhausted. The youthful ambition that rolls through the air on waves of nervous laughter visibly ages them. That ambition has a bouquet: a nose-burning bite of melting electrical wire and exhaled mentholated cigarette. I am unaccompanied. I would never expose anyone to one of these alleged festivals. I watch a woman make her way through the crowd toward us. She sits down across from me. My father, the cop, often said we all wear uniforms and hers is intelligentsia gray: gray sweater, gray creased trousers, and black calf-high boots. My friends recog-

nize and welcome her, but she politely deflects their attention. The woman asks if I am me and I say I am. She crosses her legs, leans forward, and crosses her wrists so that her phone is in her open right hand with the blue screen lighting her eyes: the pose of our age. She says she is one of the judges for the category of Best Film. She asks if I would call my film a romance. I say yes, of a kind. She asks, why are you making these little films? Immediately my friends stand and say goodnight. Behind the woman’s back, they make gestures that mean “watch out.” They fear this woman and I am supposed to, but I lack self-preservation when it comes to my work. I am fiercely protective of the actors, the crew, and the others who sacrificed real days of their real lives for my imagined characters. My friends do not want to witness what may happen next. They bump away through the crowd. I feel alive and alert and ready. I say to the woman, before I answer your question, I need to ask, can you remember your first love? She says, yes. I say, do you still love that person? She says, no, that would be pointless. I say, the ridiculous truth is that I am severely in love. She frowns, looks at the screen in her hand. I say, when I was nine years old, I wandered away from a beach party and fell into an abandoned well. My legs were twisted against my chest and I could not move, could not call out. I felt a deep and hopeless terror. Buried alive, can you imagine it?

After a long time, I wiggled into a position where I could scream. Two women from the party heard me and came to the edge of the well. They let down a rope. It was the rope swing I had been playing on earlier that day. Swinging out over the water and jumping. The women were not strong enough to pull me up. I had to climb hand over hand toward them as they held on. They wore modest two-piece bathing suits. One suit was yellow and the other was faded red. I climbed out and collapsed on the ground sobbing. They strode away talking to each other and dragging the rope in the grass behind them. My fear, that rope, their nonchalance, the color of their suits, and the blue sky above altered me. Those two women: I make my films for them. She says, why is that story not in your book or your press kit? Did you just make that up? I say, it is for you, I will never tell it again. She turns her phone over and leans back. I say, you love someone. Her head tilts slightly. She says, it doesn’t matter. I say, I want to hear your story. No, she says, now what happens? I say, you walk away and I watch you go. She nods yes and her eyes soften and she does not move. I say, you are an important person and you can’t be seen with me. She nods yes. There is a pause too long for film; too short for life. She stands and walks away– the crowd parting before her in deference. As she pushes out the door toward the darkness streaked with swirling snow she turns and looks at me. We are already lovers. n Winterguide 2015 95

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