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Les Petits Déjeuners de l’Été, The Language Exchange, 75 Market St. Breakfast gathering open to all for conversational French language practice. Registration is required, Aug. 6 & 27. immersionprograms.com. Maine Made Market, Naval Aviation Museum, 179 Admiral Fitch Av., Brunswick. Pop-up market including Maine Made Photos, Dust of the Earth Pottery, Fresh Harvest in a Jar, Herbage by BEX, Bruce Creek Gourmet Dips, and Chickadee Crafting, Jul. 31. brunswickdowntown.org. Old Port Historic Workouts, Monument Square. Ninety- minute workout designed for all fitness levels while learning the history of the Old Port from 1632 to present, Jul. 31. historicworkouts.com. Ride the Rails to Hike the Trails, WW&F Railway, 97 Cross Rd., Alna. Ride the railway from Sheepscot station to Trout Brook Preserve & enjoy a guided hike 1.5hr guided hike, Aug. 28. 882-4193. Summer Après Series, Sugarloaf Resort, 5092 Sugarloaf Access Rd., Carrabassett Valley. Live outdoor music with featured micro-breweries: Marshall Nelson Trio, Geary Brewing, Aug 13; Catcha Vibe, Mast Landing Brewing, Aug. 27; Jason Spooner Band, Orono Brewing, Sept. 10. sugarloaf.com. —Compiled by Sofia Voltin. To submit your own event listing, visit: portlandmonthly.com/portmag/submit-an-event/

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The Pink Palace, Castine’s whimsical 1924 relic, is for sale for $849K.

BY COLIN W. SARGENT

In 1924, Miss E. K. Branch, a banking heiress from Richmond, Virginia, hired William Lawrence Bottomley, famous in her city, to design a summer place at 65 Battle Avenue

in Castine. Soaring above Penobscot Bay, Bottomley’s Mediterranean-style mansion is lively, louche, and still an exclamation point among the fir trees and Colonial landmarks in this town. In its early days it was decked out in a shade of salmon so lively that passing

yachts used the beloved Pink Palace landmark as an aid to navigation.

Effie Branch brought her southern servants here and exulted in the ocean breezes of this colorful retreat. Her salons featured musical performances and dramatic readings led by Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist Ellen Glasgow, a fellow Richmond native, lifelong friend, and devotee of Bottomley’s divine designs. (Richmond still celebrates New Yorker Bottomley’s brick creations along Monument Avenue, a landmark architectural district that today is thankfully not so monumental since statues of Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis were removed amid civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd in 2020.)

Glasgow visited the Mediterranean villa Effie named “The Play-House” countless times. In the summer of 1942, after John Huston directed In This Our Life, based on Glasgow’s scathing 1941 novel of the same name, Glasgow’s celebrity put a magnifying glass on this house, her touchstone in Maine. The movie still holds up, and what a cast: Bette Davis as the narcissistic sociopath Stanley, Olivia DeHavilland as her sweet sister, and George Brent in a tugof-war between them.

When the best-selling author fell hard enough for Castine to take up a nearby summer cottage herself, the social temperature of the town (an historical blend of Penobscots, French settlers dating to 1613, British invaders, and American rusticators) shifted a jot to include the Richmond contingent.

Glasgow had her own name for her friend’s cool house: “The Friendly Folk Visitor Center.” Glasgow published twenty novels before she died in 1945; presumably a lot of them were read in here. What a setting for dramatic readings! The gothic vaults of the library’s ceiling glow with panels that suggest southern Italy. With views down lupine slopes and across the vast Penobscot River all the way to Fort Point Lighthouse off Stockton Springs, you’re eavesdropping on Eternity.

DEAN TYLER PHOTOGRAPHY (3) When we drove here from Portland, a doe and two fawns passed right in front of us, heading down to the river for a drink. ed and described the house for us in “Sunrise Boulevard” (July/August 2011), he was dazzled by the drawing room, “used by Miss Branch for musicales, [with] 12-foot beamed ceilings and tall, leaded windows—some with pale lavender panes— opening to the terraced dawn.” Worth more than a mention was the “hall floor… of small cork tiles, dark and light, beautifully worn, and polished to the appearance of stone.” In the library he admired the “gothic hooded fireplace, and bookcases set in carved limestone arches. Perhaps best of all is the tower room at the top of the house, reached by a winding, arched corridor…for views in all directions.”

Emerson chatted with owner Sylvia Carter, who ten years later is the seller today.

TO LIVE AND LOVE

“I’m originally from London—Kent, really.” She and her husband, the late Bill Carter, a retired chemical engineer, had moved here from Houston for a blast of cool air. Mission accomplished! Bill

Pulitzer winner Ellen Glasgow

Enjoy the flavors of summer with this garden-fresh breakfast pie. The healthy fats in avocado, fiber in hommus and protein in Greek yogurt will keep you nourished, satisfied and ready for any warm weather adventure.

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Heirloom Tomato Breakfast Pie

SERVES 8

Ingredients:

1 Hannaford Rolled Pie Crust 1/2 cup Packed Fresh Express® Baby Spinach, chopped 1 cup Taste of Inspirations® Gruyere Cheese, shredded 1/2 cup Taste of Inspirations Parmesan Cheese, shredded 1/2 cup Stonyfield® Organic 0% Fat Plain Greek Yogurt 1/2 cup Cedar’s® Balsamic Caramelized Onion Hommus 1 Egg 1 tsp. McCormick® Thyme Leaves 1 medium Avocado from Mexico, cubed 3 Heirloom tomatoes Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Roll out prepared pie dough into a pie dish and pinch the edges between your fingers for a decorative crimped edge. Par-bake crust for 10 minutes and remove from oven.

Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. 2. In a medium bowl, combine greens, cheeses, yogurt, hommus, egg and thyme. Fold in avocado.

3. Transfer mixture into par-baked pie crust and use a spatula to ensure the pie filling is in an even layer. 4. Slice tomatoes lengthwise and place on paper towel to soak up some of the juices.

Top pie with sliced tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 30 minutes at 350°F.

Nutritional Information:

Amount per serving: Calories 290; Total Fat 18 g; Saturated Fat 7 g; Cholesterol 45 mg; Sodium 350 mg; Carbohydrate 21 g; Fiber 3 g; Sugar 4 g; Added Sugar 1 g; Protein 9 g