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Get Your Glow On

WELLNESS-November + December 2011 By Genevieve Morgan Illustration by Jamie Hogan Unwrap your skin’’s potential   I know it’s Grinch-like to start off with a negative, but it’s hard to think of a marketing term I find more repugnant than

Trattoria Athena, Brunswick

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Joe Ricchio   Due to the specifications of my body, it is not hard for me to be directly in the way of traffic in Trattoria Athena’s small, bustling dining room. It’s not that

Sea Smoke BBQ, Scarborough

Posted on October 5, 2011by Joe Ricchio Few things help you forget your troubles like a large plate of barbecue in the middle of the day.After a morning spent dealing with the failure of both my email account and recently

Summer, and After

Written and art directed by Basha Burwell Styling by Brienne Neumann Photographs by Ryan Goodrich The spirit of McCloskey’s SAL lives on, even in autumn   Growing up in Portland, I used to imagine I was a long-lost cousin of

The Cafe at Pat’s, Portland

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Joe Ricchio   With original chef Greg Gilman back at the helm, the Cafe at Pat’s has been restored and re-opened, providing yet another great reason to damage your automobile traversing one of the

Petite Jacqueline, Portland

Posted on September 14, 2011by Joe Ricchio There is something quite comforting about dining out by oneself, sitting at a bar, completely unimpeded by a companion’s expectations or preferences. In this situation, there is no compromise. What you want is

Coffee Clutch

EAT-October 2011 By Sandy Lang Photographs by Peter Frank Edwards Back in the car to meet three who are coaxing the roast in Maine.     Certain things must be done at the cabin in the morning. First, we open the

The Post-Paper Mills

By Maura Ewing Photographs by Mark Marchesi Two innovative companies are taking one of Maine’s former cornerstone industries—pulp and paper—into the twenty-first century. Sappi Fine Paper North America and Old Town Fuel and Fiber are not only leaders in the field, but they

Walking on Air

By Chelsea Holden Baker Photographs by Kristin Teig We did not take to the sky like a bird. We did not soar. We were born aloft in the lightest sense of the word—like a spore or downy seed. And we