Things to do in Southern Maine, investigated personally and described by Shannon Bryan
(with only slight amounts of exaggeration, digression and references to ostraconophobia).
Board meeting: Surfing lesson at Aquaholics
Locked upriver: Kayaking the Songo
Register for the beerly 10K: Trail to Ale '09
Nails and cocktails (aka Martinis & Manicures at Jimmy the Greeks)
Berried treasure: Blueberry pickin' at Payeur's
Love for sail: Portland Schooner Co. Monday Night Series
County-sanctioned police chase: 5K Fugitive Run
Off to collage: Crafting at Artascope Studios
On rooftop of the world: Rooftop Films and a side of beach
Scooter? I hardly know her! Scooter touring in Kennebunkport
The grass is greener when it's dirt: Lawnmower racing in Saco
Out of the rain and drunk on Cosby
Row, row, row your boat (Row Portland will teach you how)
Go ahead, make my clay: Sporting clays at LL Bean
Bike every mountain, avoid any tree: Back Country Excursions
Sprint to the drinkable finish: Wine Flight training
Beware the Tides of Marsh: Canoeing in Scarborough
From clock towers to the tunnel, explore the secret spaces of Biddeford
Let the cars go at it: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
Room to improv: A class in improv comedy
Stones, soil & slugs: A cleanup on Cow Island
Art, bagels and all that jazz: Jazz Breakfast at PMA
Open mics are like a box of chocolates
Porch looking naked? Add a rondack.
Make Mom proud: run the Mother's Day 5K vicariously
A tasting room of one's own: Maine Mead Works
Two hours of Foreplay, two minutes of action
Derby or not Derby: A Saturday track decision
DownEast Pride Alliance: A Salted mixer
Leave. Work. Now.
Guinness. She still looks good, even at 250
It's cleanup time (Winter's swell, but she's so darn dirty)
The EpicMan Goes. All. The. Way.
Ani DiFranco in the record store. And Record Store Day.
The art is on at Ink & Drink
A chef with some power tools at Eve's at the Garden
Blossoming chefery in the Grill Room kitchen
The secret life of beeswax at Wolfe's Neck Farm
Rams overtake Congress Street during Ebune: Procession of the Ram
163 miles isn't lunatic. It's EpicMan
Throw Sharpies without getting fired: Office Olympics at Jimmy the Greeks
Facial hair reigns during Stache Pag '09
A remedy for winter's unsightly aftereffects: Quest for your Best contest
Motley Crue's in town - and apparently running through the streets of Portland
It's officially St. Patrick's Day. The locals have been ceremoniously dipped
Mary's Walk brings do-gooders [and some dark history] out on Main Street
Pastie in Portland: A night of Burlesque
Voluntary mussel movement: Shampling the shellfish
Crazies People in the water at York Beach
A costume's worth a pair of Motley Crue tickets
Musicians we remember, hair we'd like to forget: Legends of Rock-Offs past
Last Stop in Auburn: BYOB and possibly get hooked
Snowman Adventure: It's all downhill from here
Impressed (and slightly reprimanded) at Port City Music Hall
Muffled clapping & screwing shoes: all in a winter day's work
Downtown Showdown: A staircase livens the Square
On Valentine's Day, a kiss is a kiss at Planet Dog
Just for the smelt of it
Winter runs (and so do I)
Running with Scissors: Highly improv-able
A drag queen and a karaoke machine walk into a bar...
Wine from honey: What it all meads
Annual Ice Bar: It's just cool
Cross-country skiing just across town
Are you ready for some rock wall?
Bowl, Portland! Bowl!
Pub crawl? Nonsense! Pub run with the Hash House Harriers
Winter Nor'football
Lights on the water, a firework in the sky
O, the merry! O, the madness!
What's the word for when your mind feels absent?
Acoustic in Cow Sh*t Corner
Here comes Santacon, there goes Santacon
Christmas invades: From the rooftops to the inbox
A head shot's worth a thousand (not necessarily true) words
OK, Christmas. You can come in now.
What, me? Afraid of Lobsters? Pshaw!
It ain't Christmas 'til the fireman climbs a tree
Velvet: good gala, poor posing
Velvet's back, sans the porta-potties
Overcoming Bangoraphobia
NaNoWriMo? I don’t want to remember NoMo!
The Internet is a gift you give yourself
I turned 30 and I have the song to prove it
It all started when I quit smoking
Must I say "adieu" to the fund-looting fun?
Goal chaser or outright failure? Only NaNoWriMo knows for sure
It's a dress up weekend. I'm going as a grown up.
30 is a stalking number (or, stop looking at me 30!)
Show me your orbs! (says the Wicked Walking Tour guide)
Grand Tasting at the Office Gateway: The birth of a bread master
Worker Appreciation Day (aka, the coldest day ever)
Some love for your labor: Downtown Worker Appreciation Day
The Amazing Race (peninsula edition)
Brett doesn't live here anymore. Dr. Vinyl either.
The light at the end of the huge cardboard tube
Roadside Maine: Now that's using your headstone
What to expect when you're expecting (to turn 30)
Forbidden fruit in the forbidden kitchen
Saving Fall, one apple at a time
A three year Maine-iversary
Portland's competative spirits - er, cocktails
Desperately seeking pig: A county fair mystery
Acting class: From the stump to stardom
Trail to Ale to extreme quad soreness
Competitive eating: It ain’t pretty
The clock reads 11:00 pm, so clearly I'm not old yet
Every move you make, I'll be wasping you
Surviving Cow Island: A tale of green drinks
Welcome to my office. Careful not to fall in the tub.
How long would your dead body go unnoticed?
That's right. That sweet ride is mine, all mine
Because life is lava-lampy
Strangers in the woods...and the parking lot
Cross-Country Skiing at L.L. Bean
Swing Dancing at North Deering Grange Hall
Naked Shakespeare at Wine Bar
Pub Quiz at Ri-Ra
Rafting the Kennebec: The river of truth
The Forks: The lesser-known perks
Happy Maine-iversary
Separation anxiety
What kind of art are you driving?
So long summer. Welcome back pants.
Chips, dip and glimpse of your future
Words mean different things when spoken near a porta-potty
Roadside Maine: Mmm, lobsers
He's the silent type - and I dig that
Seen Jesus lately? Me neither.
Speeding, evading police and other things not to do while naked
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