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Fried clams between the drips.

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Update: This restaurant appears to have changed hand.

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It was a drippy, July day. Fried clams sounded just right. And they were much more than that, at The Boathouse in Rockland. The dessert was the panoramic view.

Thanks to @danamoos for the recommendation.

The Boathouse, 58 Ocean Street, Rockland, is open seven days a week. Lunch is served from 11:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. and dinner from 5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. On Sunday, in addition to regular dinner hours, the restaurant offers brunch from 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. 207-596-0600.

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Oh no! There are only a few garden tours left this summer.

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Rock garden in Maine.

Here are the last garden tours of Maine’s summer season.

July 16, Camden Garden Tour, 9:30 am – 4 pm, $25 advance, $30 day of tour, 207-236-8946.

July 18, Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance Home and Garden Tour, 10 am -5 pm, $20, pdf brochure, Buck O’Herin — 207-589-3230 or email buckoherin@fairpoint.net

July 19, Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm, The Bar Harbor Garden Club Garden Tour, Tickets $20 in advance, $25 day of tour, 207-288-9689.

July 26, Sunday,11 am – 4 pm - Southwest Harbor House & Garden Tour, benefiting the library – ‘featuring six lovely gardens strung along the shore from Southwest Harbor to Manset, to Bass Harbor and up to West Tremont.’

Any information about others will be greatly appreciated!

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Maine celebrates the Fourth of July with parades, food, flags, fireworks, foolishness and widespread fun.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Fourth of July in Thomaston, 2008.

This photo is from last year’s fantastic Fourth of July celebration in Thomaston. If you missed it, or just want to see what a classic Maine Fourth of July looks like, you can click here for last year’s post , or here for more photos.

Click on the links below to find just a few of the great ways Maine celebrates our independence. Will add to this list when new information arrives. If you know of something, please post it in the comments. Thanks!

Get out there and have fun!

Bath

Bethel

Deer Isle

Eastport

Festival of Independence in the Midcoast

Fireworks Shows in Maine

Windjammer — Schooner Isaac H. Evans

Winslow

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Hot and sweaty.

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

We get new flip flops and shorts, and Shipyard Summer Ale gets a new label! Seems only fair.

New Shipyard Brewing Label

Ken Hendrickson, and Shipyard Brewing, designed this quirky and charming new label to inspire a thirst for their popular brew. Seems to be working. Nice hint of ocean breeze.

Loaded with Maine cliches, it could have resulted in cornball. But they successfully walked that fine line.

Ken Hendrickson, a Maine boy who just never stopped painting, must have had fun working on this. If you like this one, you’ll like his series of quirky lobsters on the ME Lobster web site.

He also does the labels for Battleground Cigars, which uses images of The Civil War, a favorite subject of his. It takes talent to go from the horror of the Civil War to whimsical lobsters.

And also to make a fine beer. Thirsty yet?

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