July / August 2010

Features

43 Recovery Curves
An architectural masterpiece on the coast is restored to its original glory.
By Brad Favreau

47 Lobster King
A CNN anchor shares his “15 minutes” of Maine. By John King

49 Ice Capades
The schooner Bowdoin–oh, the places she has been!
By Michelle Susan Twomey

53 Tea Story 6
Life’s delicious, taken in long sips.
By Judith Gaines

57 Tribal Tourism
Mount Desert Island’s earliest tourists create a souvenir marketplace.
By Bunny McBride & Harald E. L. Prins

59 Glass Acts
Portland’s bartenders serve up more than Guinness and Cosmos.
By Karen E. Hofreiter

65 Confederates at the Gates
Portland Harbor’s defeat of a few unwelcome visitors from the South.
By Ron Soodalter

76 Empowered Beauty
Actress Stefanie Powers talks about performing in Ogunquit, her favorite causes, her new book, and staying fit.
Interview by Colin W. Sargent

Departments

20 From the Editor

22 Letters

24 Summer Festivals Guide

34 Goings On

38 Imperatifs

40 Chowder

66 Marketwatch
Northeast Auctions’s Marine Sale

68 Performance
Actor Ben Row

72 Dining Guide

73 Restaurant Review
Boothbay Harbor’s “Ports of Italy”

Special advertising section

78 2010 Guide to Wellness

95 House of the Month
Gothic Revival in Portland

99 New England Homes & Living

115 Fiction
“Back Side of the Storm”

118 Flash