Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of things I love about Portland, but one of my least favorite things is this: it’s really hard to pick up a pie (not made at the supermarket) at 6 pm on your way home from work. Foley’s closed at 5, and Two Fat Cats is always [...]
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So, it’s possible that I might have gushed mentioned that the first Saturday Farmer’s Market in Deering Oaks took place last Saturday, which to me is as much a hallmark of the start of summer as baseball opening day or the first robin of spring. The thing I love most about the market is how [...]
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*Cue Muppet Happy Dance* Saturday marks one of the days I look forward to through the entire long, cold, bleak Maine winter: the first day the Farmer’s Market returns to Deering Oaks park. The market runs from 7 am until noon, and will feature over 35 farmers and vendors selling seedlings, meat, fresh eggs, spring [...]
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Hmmm. It’s going to be a beautiful weekend. Where to start? Well, there’s Portland Flea-for-All, open Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. Here’s my photo essay on the sights of opening day. Saturday is the last day of the Wonderama steampunk exhibit at Victoria Mansion. (11 am – 4 pm, now through Saturday, [...]
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Read Part I Here. Given that Portland has no shortage of places to eat lunch, it might seem kind of odd that I’m spending two entire days talking about the food options housed in one building. But part of the beauty of the food scene at Public Market House (beside its pure deliciousness) is that [...]
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This has been exciting. If anyone doesn’t know, it’s been over 80 degrees here in Portland over the past few days. It’s supposed to get cooler over the weekend, but still what we’d all call “unseasonably warm”. Last night I went with my family to have a picnic on the Eastern Prom, and it was [...]
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Since the downsizing and subsequent closing of the Portland Greengrocer, and the closure of the old Public Market, one thing that has been sorely lacking east of Marginal Way is a great place to buy fresh veggies. Whole foods and Trader Joe’s do something to fill that gap, but Whole Foods is pricey and Trader [...]
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First and foremost, many thanks to Flickr user johnolore for making the beautiful image I used in the header available on Flickr. It perfectly captures the beauty of the stark winter trees we see all around us. Here’s the full image: At my house, we’ve all been cooped up inside from a variety of those [...]
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I’m often suspicious of businesses with ‘Maine’ in the name. Often they’re not much more than tourist traps, putting a ‘Buy Local’ veneer on shoddily-made, mass-produced products. Maine’s Pantry, however, is a notable exception to that rule. On of the founding businesses of the original Portland Public Market, Maine’s Pantry moved to it’s current Commercial [...]
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I that, for a lot of us who don’t live in the West End, Fresh Approach came to our attention when a handwritten sign was posted on the front door of the Forest Avenue Hannaford on Thanksgiving (when Hannaford is closed) “Fresh Approach is open 9 am – 3 pm” the sign read, and gave [...]
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