FEATURES

35 Me & My Hinckley
Geraldo Rivera waxes poetic about his 36-foot Picnic Boat. He’s in good company-Jimmy Buffet and Martha Stewart.
By Amy Louise Barnett

39 The Holy Grail of Shingle Style
A classic John Calvin Stevens home in the Delano Park section of Cape Elizabeth is Ground Zero for architects.
By Brad Favreau

42 The Perfect Job
Mainer Gretchen Libby is the woman behind the curtain-Iron Man’s her latest at Industrial Light & Magic.
By Kathryn Perry

44 Mighty Aphrodite
A luxury yacht built for Oliver Hazard Payne is called into service as a man-of-war during World War I. Like many other soldiers, she’s never the same again.
By Donna Stuart

59 Maine Classics in the 21st Century
Lighting up the icons: from lobster rolls to black flies, Bean boots, Old Town canoes, and other touchstones of Maine mystique.

IN EVERY ISSUE

25 Letters
We hear from a Woolworth heiress, a visitor to ‘Maine’s Puerto Rico,’ and a Texan monitoring the silver tea service aboard two Navy ships.

29 Chowder
A tasty blend of the fabulous, noteworthy, and absurd.

56 Dining Guide

57 Restaurant Review
Evangeline in Longfellow Square.
By Diane Hudson

71 Goings On

89 House of the Month
For sale: Pulitzer-winner Edwin Arlington Robinson’s house on a hill in Gardiner.

94 New England Homes & Living

113 Fiction
“The Summer She Moved”
By Dan Domench

118 Flash

DEPARTMENTS

24 From the Editor
“Le Boom”
Striking a match in the Buxton Powder House.
By Colin Sargent

49 CuiScene
Waiter, there’s a sardine on my plate!
By Judith Gaines

52 Personal Shopper
Jewels from the sea wash up on shore.
By Amy Louise Reynolds

54 Market Watch
How many degrees of separation do you think there are between Princess Stephanie and Gene Rayburn?
By Sarah Cumming Cecil

65 Maine Festivals 2008
Music, movies, and mayhem, Maine-style.