Our Stories
Horneteers
Peter Ross Perkins and I met in 1953 in New York to serve aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, the eighth ship to bear that name. She’d been launched 10 months after the seventh Hornet was sunk in World War II, but she, too, had seen much action in the war. Now, recalled from retirement, she was ready to serve during and after the Korean War. She was to be launched in all her renewed glory from Brooklyn Naval Shipyard.
February/March 2015
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Goat
Jimmy, an old friend of her husband’s, showed up with a goat in the back of his truck and his arms crossed under his ridiculous mustache. The goat, he explained, had shown up at his job site near Robinhood Cove.
First Love
Through a wall of window hazed by breath and sweat, I watch floodlights on the ski lift towers convert falling snowflakes into orange embers. The trails are ribbed like children’s corduroy and the green shadows of the woods fan out before the roving headlights of the groomers. It is a scene designed to incite desire. And like all calls to physical passion recklessly luxurious.
Winterguide 2015
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Ebb & Flow
Winterguide 2015
Tidal Wave
Ebb & Flow brings a rush of Mediterranean excitement to Commercial Street.
We’re seated in a gorgeous, minimally appointed dining room boasting floor-to-ceiling…
Portland After Dark: Tables for Two
Winterguide 2015
Discover special Valentine spots hidden in plain sight.
Paul Black’s Sense of Snow
Winterguide 2015 It shook me as I walked to work through a post-Impressionistic winter day toward Portland Magazine’s headquarters at 165 State Street. While the late Paul Black hadn’t actually painted our building (see bottom photo), he’d helped me see it. Memorably,...
BELOW $175K
Winterguide 2015
Only the price is low for these tiny treasures with their million-dollar views. Each of these four waterfront getaways is yours for under $175K.
High Society
Winterguide 2015
Five oceanfront stunners for sale–and the whispers that surround them.
365 Big Nights
Winterguide 2015
Careful, it’s hot: Your 2015 Foodie Calendar is served.
Wonder Man
Winterguide 2015
Ben Bridges has played with Wonder for decades. Here in Maine, Bridges is a software engineer at Tyler Technologies in Falmouth.