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Ben Willauer

Q&A-May 2012   NAME: Ben Willauer AGE: 35 OCCUPATION: Portfolio Manager WHAT’S YOUR CONNECTION TO MAINE? My family descends from Winslow Homer, so the property on Prouts Neck has been passed down for a long time. I grew up coming

Schulte + Herr

Beautifully executed German cuisine finds its way to Portland, in the most unassuming of small spaces. Bringing your own beer stein is optional. Hausmannskost. This is a German word used to describe the cooking routine commonly employed by one’s grandmother.

The Telling Room Young Writers Contest

POETRY-May 2012 Edited by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc With the support of Longfellow Books, Maine magazine, the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, and the Southern Maine Writing Project, the Telling Room received hundreds of submissions for its writing contest this year. Middle

Freddy LaFage

SEE-May 2012 By Britta Konau   A Man of Many Hats   Not only does Freddy LaFage juggle a lot of obligations, he also wears a lot of hats, all the time, and the funkier the better. I recall a

All in the Family

WELLNESS-May 2012 By Genevieve Morgan Photographs by Cara Slifka Finding Harmony with Acupuncture Associates     Ts’ao-Ts’ao, a warrior-poet in third-century China, was notorious for his skillful tactics and bold maneuvers in war. As family legend has it, Fern and

Portland Lunch Spots

For some reason, most people are very familiar with their options for dinner in Portland, but find themselves baffled when it comes to making plans for lunch. Let me help you…. Saigon Restaurant I think that most people will agree

Kenya Hall

LISTEN-May2012 By Sophie Nelson Photograph by Will Stewart   It’s Saturday morning in the small industrial city of Canton, Ohio, and everyone in the Hall family has a duster, broom, or rag in hand. While Kenya Hall and her siblings

Camden, Rockport, + Rockland

  48 HOURS-May 2012 Photographs + stories by Maine magazine staff: Leanne Ouimet, Mali Welch, Sophie Nelson + Susan Grisanti     Leanne Ouimet, Director of Events + Sponsorships Friday 5:15 p.m. I pick up my dad, Leon, at his office in Rockland. He

Mooring Locations

A-LIST-May 2012   01 Jewell Island, Portland “If you make one stop in Casco Bay, it should be Jewell Island—it never disappoints,” says captain Warner Ogden of Sea Tow Portland. At the island, anchor in Cocktail Cove, the appropriately named hangout