Last night I had a wonderful time strolling around the Society for East End Arts’ 2012 Holiday ‘Art on the Hill’ show. Over 70 vendors — many of whom were not, I was totally pleased to note, the ‘usual suspects’ that I’ve seen at every vaguely craft-fair like show I go to. Admission is free, [...]
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Count me in a someone who was happy to have an entire extra week between Thanksgiving and the first of December. I heard on the radio recently that this year has the largest possible number of days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Count me in as pleased. Here’s a few things coming up I wanted to [...]
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Victoria Mansion is a movie star. Beautiful, spectacular, and one of a kind. But sitting right in the middle of Congress Street, anchoring the downtown, is another lovely lady – somewhat older, somewhat more conservative, but every bit as elegant and beautiful: the Wadsworth-Longfellow house and the Maine Historical Society. I’d wager that most people [...]
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Victoria Mansion is probably the best known of all the museums and landmarks in Portland, and there is likely no better time to see the mansion in all its opulent Italianate glory than at the holiday season. But what a lot of people – especially local people – don’t realize is that they have an [...]
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On Sunday afternoon I visited the terrific (and very crowded! Hurray for crowded!) Picnic Arts Winter Sale, and we also took a moment to stop by the new Residence Inn on Fore St to check out their first annual Gingerbread House contest and display. It was a lovely day, and a great reminder (as if [...]
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Sometimes, you just have to go to the mall. Last night I had to go to the mall, because my son wanted to see Santa (to ask him a Very Important Question – he’s thinks it’s unfair, you see, that naughty kids get coal), and although Santa does visit other local shops, our weekend is [...]
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