I feel, recently, as though the Facebook feed for this site has just turned into a place where we do nothing but plug craft fairs. Which is fine, because I love craft fairs and love, in particular, how they give small local artisans the chance to have a storefront for the day, leading you to [...]
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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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*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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Situated on Monument Square, it might be fair to say that the Public Market House symbolizes the heart of the local foods movement in Portland. Opened in 2006, following the collapse of Betty Noyce’s visionary-but-doomed Public Market project, the current public market opened in a converted Army-Navy store as a partnership between four of the [...]
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If you haven’t already heard, both President Obama and Snoop Dogg are going to be right in the heart of the city on Friday night – the President at a high end fundraiser at the Museum of Art and Snoop at the State Theater. My advice is to stay far, far away from the intersection [...]
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“Would you like to see a bee being born?” With those intriguing words, owner Phil Gaven graciously welcomed me into The Honey Exchange, where I learned more about bees and honey in a short visit than I knew it was possible to know. Located in a beautiful converted center-hall cape on Stevens Avenue, The Honey [...]
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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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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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