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...

FEATURES 22 Babe in the Woods Architect Chris Campbell's enchanting camp on Damariscotta Lake blurs the lines between inside and outside. By Brad Favreau 29 Radioactive Greens Former protesters embrace nuke power as the lesser evil. By Donna Stuart 30 10 Most...

FEATURES 33 Long Lake Magic This lakefront contemporary dazzles with a pulpit-style deck. By Brad Favreau 37 Maine 100 Exclusive: Our 2008 portfolio of the top businesses headquartered in Maine. Statistics by Dun & Bradstreet, commentary by Evan Livada. 45...

FEATURES 32 Lucky 7 Who gets to live at York's dreamy Surf Point artist colony...and who doesn't? By Brad Favreau 37 Tale of Eleven Etniers Feeding frenzy at the Barridoff Galleries' auction. By Sarah Cumming Cecil 39 Not Just Passing Thru Bar Harbor just keeps...

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...

FEATURES 50 Lobstah Lovah Biologist Diane Cowan is the Jane Goodall of lobsters, with one exception-she eats them. By Chris Ladd 57 Boothbay Beauty The Damariscotta River is right outside this contemporary classic. By Brad Favreau 61 Growing Up Woolworth Nothing...

FEATURES 23 Helter Shelter Living close to the land on Somes Sound. By Brad Favreau 28 The Lion in Winter "Take the knife out of my heart!" Auto magnate Ira Rosenberg's Shakespearean twist on wheeling and dealing. By Colin Sargent 33 Return of the Native Maine's...