An autumn ramble in the western mountains of Maine
Even though the color is a bit from peak, it's still gorgeous in the Bethel area. If you're looking to slip away for a...
Foliage Faves: Moosehead Lake
According to the Maine foliage report, the Moosehead region is currently moderate, which means if you travel now through the next week or so,...
Island hopping 3: North Haven
North Haven isn't the most welcoming of islands, but it makes for a nice half-day trip (take the 9:30 Rockland boat and return on...
Splurgeworthy: Camden Harbour Inn
Once a classic summer hotel, over the years, the Camden Harbour Inn had morphed into a B&B, sprouting wings and adding private baths, and...
Sweet dreams at the Blue Hill Inn
Two nights at the Blue Hill Inn isn't nearly enough time to enjoy the inn, never mind the Blue Hill Peninsula and Deer Isle.
I...
Haute dining, good value
No matter what your budget, getting good value for your buck makes a difference. In a town where $40 entrees aren't unusual, the White...
Bar Harbor’s Bass Cottage Inn: A most unVictorian Victorian
When you like the concept of a B&B but dislike the forced camaraderie, love Victorians but loathe clutter and frou-frou, and prefer a convenient...
By the sea, by the sea…
...by the beautiful sea. That's the location of the Inn by the Sea.
The inn, a collection of rooms, suites, and two-bedroom cottages evoking Victorian...
Sweet dreams in Bar Harbor
Every time I visit The Inns at the Ullikana in Bar Harbor, I stay in a different room, and every time, I swear it's...
Moose Mainea
Wanna see a moose? This is the best time of year to do so, and the area around Moosehead Lake is prime moose-spotting territory....
Puffins, warblers, and eagles, oh my!
Deer Isle is going to the birds. The third annual Wings, Waves & Woods festival of birding and art, sponsored by the Island Heritage...
Steal away to Ogunquit’s Rockmere Lodge
Through April 9, rooms at the Rockmere Lodge, which has a spectacular location on Ogunquit's Marginal Way, are—get this: $90 midweek, $98-$110 Friday through...
Bethel Inn makes it easy
Grand dames come and go, but the Bethel Inn and Spa keeps chugging along. Sister grand resorts—The Mount Washington, in Bretton Woods, N.H., and...
Check out Bethel’s Briar Lea
Here's my new fave spot in Bethel, the Briar Lea. Jenni and Richard Frederick's inn and pub is a week bit of England in...
Pre-Prelude quietude
Spent Wednesday night at K'port's Cape Arundel Inn. This is a very comfortable B&B with a smashing location: It's on Ocean Drive, with views...
