The Platonic ideal of a good diner: The Front Room
As a weekend mid-morning hot spot, with bloody-marys spicy as you can handle, Harding Lee Smith's street corner gem is the Platonic ideal of a good diner. Or it's the refined diner of the future.
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Blogs
POORTLAND PICKS
The season arrives with the lighting of the L.L. Bean tree
I happen to think that lighting a Christmas tree before the Thanksgiving turkey has even been thawed is more than a little premature, but clearly plenty of people disagree.
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PORTLAND IN A SNAP
Foodie books & bacon truffles at mixer
Don Lindgren and Samantha Hoyt Lindgren, who own Rabelais books, and Dean Bingham and Kristin Thalheimer Bingham, who own Dean's Sweets, hosted this month's Portland Buy Local mixer at their neighboring shops this evening.
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OUT GOING
Trial and arrow: A lesson in archery
Freeport's Girlfriends Getaway quickly became "Girlfriends! Get away!" Like a warning to all the innocents perusing the fleece zipups and winter mittens in the ladies department at LL Bean. Look out, there's a novice on the range.
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MIXED MEDIA
The Art of Style
Whalebone corsets created shapely figures, swathes of silk shimmered with every movement, and feathered fans encouraged surreptitious glances.
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MAINE RUNNING
The Running Event
The Running Event, held every year in Austin, TX, is the biggest Running Specialty Trade Show in the U.S.
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