Pizza, Passion and Proust
“…the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us, waiting and hoping for their moment…” I got a card yesterday from Tracy Medling. Tracy is a great painter and...
View ArticleLeft Coast: The Other Portland
The “other Portland.” Hip, indie and arty, Portland, Oregon, is a biking city straddling the twin banks of the Willamette River. This Northwest nirvana has more than enough natural beauty for outdoor...
View ArticleTop of the Crop: Harvest on the Harbor
Chef vs. Chef: Natalie’s Top Chefs Compete for Maine Lobster Chef of the Year Oh boy. Two “top chefs” from the same awesome kitchen, Natalie’s at Camden Harbour Inn, will compete for Maine Lobster...
View ArticleUrban Homesteading: Portland, Maine
Here are a few sunny summer stories to warm you as the snow flies, originally printed in the Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram in June, July & August 2014. Our friends the Murrays came...
View ArticleInnovation Destination: East Bayside
My sunny summer travel series continues on this snowy day, originally published in the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in June, July & August of 2014. After a formal “foodie tour” of...
View ArticleSavor the SoPo Strip
Another tasty summer DIY tour was an afternoon stroll of SoPo’s Cottage Avenue “strip.” Our mostly-walking tour begins at Terra Cotta, a gourmet market and take-out mecca saving busy people from Ramen...
View ArticleNor’easter: Survival Fare
A blizzard is coming. My first thought is, “What can I not live without for 48 hours?” I head for 171 Cumberland Avenue, early, for some savory, soul-satisfying 10-10 pié. I go for the Kale Feta...
View ArticleSustainable Urbanism By Design
Originally published © the Portland Press Herald 2012, photos by Derek Davis Intrepid homesteaders ascend Portland’s Munjoy Hill reviving once-neglected neighborhoods with creative housing concepts....
View ArticleRoyal Pop-Up at Tempo Dulu
Lucky me – I’m invited to an eight-course Royal Thai dinner designed and prepared by Chef Goy Siwaporn, left, who hides a prodigious talent in her tiny frame. Best of all, the sparkling eight-course...
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