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

46 Crown Jewel
When the Blaine House just won’t do.
By Colin Sargent

49 Holiday Gift & Events Guide
See, hear, wonder…shop! Also: Shopping with Mother Earth in mind? Go red and green.

63 Coffee & Creativity
Dar Williams’s stop at Skowhegan Opera House on December 14 is part of a long chat she’s having with Maine.
Interview by Colin Sargent

67 Home Is Where The
Harbor Is Cocooning…with the Kennebunk River halfway into your living room.
By Brad Favreau

IN EVERY ISSUE

16 Letters
We hear from radioactive greens, the bucket brigade, and some very merry mixologists with new libations for the Forest City.

18 Goings On

27 Chowder
A tasty blend of the fabulous,
noteworthy, and absurd

82 Dining Guide

83 Restaurant Review
Excuse me, is it Miss or Ms? The ‘new’ Portland diner
By Diane Hudson

89 House of the Month
“The Last Fixer-Upper”
Get a great deal on a John Calvin Stevens bungalow.

93 New England Homes & Living

101 Fiction
“North”
By Bill Mesce, Jr.

108 Flash

DEPARTMENTS

12 From the Editor
“Small Change”
Idea: Should Portland start printing its own money again?
By Colin Sargent

73 CuiScene
New holiday spirits-with a kick
By Judith Gaines

76 Market Watch
“Wright of Passage”
By Sarah Cumming Cecil

78 Performance
“Old Souls, New Roots”
By Todd M. Richard

81 Yankee Ingenuity
“Deus ex Garage”
By Erin Donovan