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post #16 of 26
7/15/09 at 12:02am
I know Rockland, Maine hosts the North Atlantic Blues Festival each year. I think that might qualify under your taste in music.

My dad used to go up to see it from time to time and always enjoyed the town, that might be a valid excuse to do something in Maine.
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post #17 of 26
7/15/09 at 1:30am
Maine is quirky. Everything is very regional -- yes the coast and major cities are cosmopolitan, and the backwoods are about as rural as you can get. So you have everything in between. I knew a crazy snowmobile racer and hunter who drove to the city for yoga. There's a big spot in the center of a Maine map where there really aren't roads -- they coined the 'can't get there from here' phrase. The food is simple but incredible and hearty in the little local restaurants and the desserts would do Michelin proud. There's this regional raspberry cream pie..... Portland is an awesome place to do some shopping with a gf -- lots of little elegant and crazy stores amongst the quaintest alleys and cobblestone streets. They had a kitchenwares store that also sold wine which I thought was awesome. Love Maine basically.
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post #18 of 26
7/15/09 at 1:51am
It's been quite some time since I've been; but Bar Harbor is great.
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post #19 of 26
7/15/09 at 2:13am
My dad's from ME, and I have a tender spot in my heart for it. My first visit was when I was a kid. The extended family got a big house in Kennebunk for the summer. Tons of fun. Been going for Thanksgiving almost every year for the past 17 yrs. Also go up in the spring and fall to help my aunt and uncle, two snowbirds, set up and take down their "camp" -- comfy little place on a large, gorgeous pond. Some of my favorite memories are of watching Red Socks games w/ aunts, uncles, cousins, and their dogs, particularly during the playoffs. Love the seafood, the lighthouses, etc. Go to Two Lights and get the two together. If you want fresh stuff to cook yourself, go to Harbor Fish Market in Portland, on the docks. Do some camping. Still haven't hiked Mt Katahdin, but someday. Shameless plug for my cousin's art here. She mostly does Maine landscapes. I think they're great and have bought several. Some of her work is in various buildings in the state, the foremost being three or four big canvases in the reception area of the new Mercy Hospital in Portland. I love it.
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post #20 of 26
7/15/09 at 4:56am
I just bought 8 lobsters for $4.95/lb in Kittery, Maine a few weeks ago.
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post #21 of 26
7/15/09 at 1:29pm
Maine is awesome. Portland, Bar Harbour, Acadia, the coast, the woods. For awhile we would go to a different fishing camp every September in Rangley area or up in the County. The premeire issue of Saveur featured the cooking of one of our hosts! Coast & interior very different, as already noted. Beautiful country either way. Go to Mabel's in Kennebunkport and you may see Babs in the flesh!
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post #22 of 26
7/15/09 at 3:27pm
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The interview went well and the town seemed quaint (whatever Stephen King's town is - we saw his house) but then my lunch interviewers turned tour guides insisted that we stop at the mall to ride the escalator. The term 'mall' was used rather loosely, mind you, and they were genuinely excited that they now had an escalator and thought that it might convince me to move to Moose county if I could just experience the thrill for myself. I respectfully bowed out of contention at the end of the interview citing that I wouldn't be a good fit.

Bangor I think. Pretty remote, not where I would move if I had to move to Maine.

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i would move to maine, the cape or new hampshire tomorrow if i sold my business.

Taxes are very high there. I remember the stickers the residents used to paste over the slogan "Vacationland" on their licence plates, "Taxationland"

Move to NH. No sales or income taxes, close to Boston when you need an urban area for shopping, flying or culture (note that culture here refers to one thing and one thing only, the Bruins), and the scenery is much more diversified. Great (suitable for some of the best ice-climbing in the US) mountains up in the Whites, but a beautiful Lakes region in Laconia/Meredith/Wolfeboro also.

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Not New England farmland.

Most of the god-awful bigoted jokes I've heard in my lifetime came from rural New Englanders.. I can say it, cause I was one, well, not a rural one, but a New Englander nonetheless.

Portland is the best thing about Maine, unless you favor the outdoor life and don't miss the city.
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post #23 of 26
7/15/09 at 3:35pm
me too. i really should think hard about moving there.

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Maine is quirky. Everything is very regional -- yes the coast and major cities are cosmopolitan, and the backwoods are about as rural as you can get. So you have everything in between.

I knew a crazy snowmobile racer and hunter who drove to the city for yoga.

There's a big spot in the center of a Maine map where there really aren't roads -- they coined the 'can't get there from here' phrase.

The food is simple but incredible and hearty in the little local restaurants and the desserts would do Michelin proud. There's this regional raspberry cream pie.....

Portland is an awesome place to do some shopping with a gf -- lots of little elegant and crazy stores amongst the quaintest alleys and cobblestone streets. They had a kitchenwares store that also sold wine which I thought was awesome.

Love Maine basically.
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post #24 of 26
7/15/09 at 9:27pm
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Originally Posted by emptym View Post
My dad's from ME, and I have a tender spot in my heart for it. My first visit was when I was a kid. The extended family got a big house in Kennebunk for the summer. Tons of fun. Been going for Thanksgiving almost every year for the past 17 yrs. Also go up in the spring and fall to help my aunt and uncle, two snowbirds, set up and take down their "camp" -- comfy little place on a large, gorgeous pond. Some of my favorite memories are of watching Red Socks games w/ aunts, uncles, cousins, and their dogs, particularly during the playoffs.

Love the seafood, the lighthouses, etc. Go to Two Lights and get the two together. If you want fresh stuff to cook yourself, go to Harbor Fish Market in Portland, on the docks. Do some camping. Still haven't hiked Mt Katahdin, but someday.

Shameless plug for my cousin's art here. She mostly does Maine landscapes. I think they're great and have bought several. Some of her work is in various buildings in the state, the foremost being three or four big canvases in the reception area of the new Mercy Hospital in Portland. I love it.

OK, not to be a shithead or anything, but you've been watching games for 17 years and you still can't spell Red Sox?
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post #25 of 26
7/16/09 at 12:35am
I'm an idiot.
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post #26 of 26
7/16/09 at 12:36am
it is actually red stockings
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