Features 27 Mountain Madness Where the boys are. By Molly MacLeod 33 Hot Shots You’ve tested the rest. So this winter, you might as well sip “The Sunlight Deprivation Disorder.” By Molly MacLeod 37 Shoring Up Fantasy estates, real deals. By Colin Sargent 42 Down...

Features 27 The (Not So) Quiet American New York Times reporter David Rohde reveals his feelings about captivity in Afghanistan and inspiration from his Maine roots. By Donna Stuart 31 Notable Maine Dogs & Their BFFs From Staff & Wire Reports 34 Winter...

Features 30 Gilding the Lily The voluptuous interiors of the Victoria Mansion are transformed for holiday tours from November 27 through January 3. From Staff & Wire Reports 38 10 Most Intriguing People in Maine James Craig, Patricia Quinn, Gordon Ramsay, Mary...

Features 32 Sex & the Wilderness Survivalistas know there’s no better place to get your fierce on than Maine. By Colin Sargent 41 Riveting Stories The short happy careers of two ironclads made in Maine. By James L. Nelson 43 The Maine 100 You’ve just entered…the...

Features 33 “[Maine] Itself Is a Binge” Before we had Martha at Skylands, we had Julia Child in Blue Hill Bay. Join the doyenne as she approves the proofs of her groundbreaking French cookbook on her beloved Mount Desert Island, as well as delicious accounts of her...

Features 40 Swept Away Forget New Guinea–Margaret Mead should have documented the bizarre subculture of Main Line Philadelphians who still sail 21-foot knockabouts in Winter Harbor. By Donna Stuart 43 Are You Getting Fresh With ME? Sometimes, ‘yesterday’s catch’ just...

Features 60 Dirty, Sexy Things Another boy-meets-gull story. By Colin Sargent 63 West End Pearls For sale this summer: two John Calvin Stevens masterpieces. By Colin Sargent 67 The Unauthorized Stephen King Companion by his No. 1 Fan Everyone in Maine is a potential...

FEATURES 26 Idol Banter American Idol’s Kara DioGuardi finds luck and love on the coast of Maine. Interview by Colin Sargent READ THIS STORY 29 Mixed Greens Couples navigate the new wave of environmental sensitivity. By Donna Stuart 31 Works for Me! Rewarding Maine...

FEATURES 24 Waiter, Can You Bring Me a View? These hotels offer five-star cuisine and drop-dead beautiful views. By Allison Richards 28 Anatomy of A Movie A three-way confab between Judd Nelson, the acclaimed Maine film director Huey (the singular talent with the...

FEATURES 28 The Foodie's Guide to Planet Maine Your four-season directory to over 95 gourmet festivals, soirees, wine tastings, deaths by chocolate, exhibitions, world's largest human lobster, and celebrity battles of the chefs: Get out your Blackberry-this year's...

FEATURES 32 Ocean's 11 It's madness even to consider a portfolio of oceanfront property in this economy-madness or the  stuff that dreams are made of. From Staff & Wire Reports 42 The Warm Winter of Paul Black Portland's resident Impressionist is painting up a...

FEATURES 30 The Year in Review Whew!-and what a year! 39 Longfellow Serenade Style here, Brook There. By Amy Louise Reynolds 45 White Noise It's class warfare in ski goggles: "Snowboarding is to alpine skiing as...buffalo wings are to shrimp cocktail." By Donna Stuart...