Everyone loves a picnic! The very word conjures up fine weather, a cheerful mood, and a basket of goodies. It’s a formula that has stood the test of time, generation after generation. There’s something adventurous about a picnic. You set out for a congenial spot–which can be anywhere, simple or fancy–hunt for a place to … More Picnic Season is Here! Menus and Recipes to Fill Your Picnic Basket
Ahh, fall. The air chills, leaves turn gold, russet and crimson, and our gardens offer up their last. This year, my family has its first crop of Honeycrisp apples, all the more precious for their scarcity. Long before the apple-picking season arrives I search for odd baskets and hampers — the markets and ten cent … More Fall Recipes from Emilie Loring’s Kitchen
“I’m perched on the lookout spying for goodwill ships and treasure islands, and priceless friends, and lovely summer seas with just enough squalls to make me appreciate fair weather.” Uncharted Seas I can well imagine this as a quote from Pemaquid Point’s Lighthouse, standing sentinel for its one-hundred-eighty-first year on the coast of Maine. You’ll … More Inspiring Pemaquid Point, Maine
You have to intend to go to Boothbay Harbor, as you will never stumble upon it. Leaving Highway 1, we arrive first at Wiscasset, home of an exceptionally quaint bookstore, and cross the Sheepscot River to Highway 27, which winds its never-hurry way to Boothbay Harbor. Long before I’d been to Maine, I’d heard of … More Romantic Boothbay and Southport
When I travel to Blue Hill, I fly into Boston, pick up my luggage, and go right out to the curb to get on the Concord Bus Line for Portland. I could go all the way to Bangor and rent a car there, but I like to poke around first in some of my favorite … More Portland on the Run
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