Dine In/Out Maine: State of anticipation
We asked food-focused people from around the state where they were most looking forward to eating post-pandemic.
By Andrew Ross
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Fifteen minutes before its scheduled start, I logged into the planning committee’s Zoom room and discovered several mirthful early birds nearly in tears. Instead of an agenda or links to documents, everyone was cackling at a scanned image of a piece of paper labeled “Alex’s birthday 2021.”
In pencil and marker, the moderator’s soon-to-be-nine-year-old son had laid out his parental demands for this year’s mid-July festivities. Among them: puppies, Popsicles, a ride around town with the Portland Fire Truck Co. sightseeing tour and “50 friends in the backyard. No adults!”
Your Guide to a Great Northern Road Trip Tamara Gane
Suggest time: 2-3 weeks
The Great Northern Road Trip is an adventure you ll never forget. You ll start in the state of Washington and follow U.S. Highway 2 for the majority of the journey until you end in Maine. Along the way, you ll spend time in beautiful cities, pass over mountains, lakes, valleys, badlands, natural marvels, historical sites, and even cross the border into Canada. Before you get started, here s everything you need to plan a road trip, including budgeting, planning your route, choosing the right car, utilizing apps, and more.
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Explore dazzling cities, charming small towns, National Parks, historic sites, and some of the best views in the country on this epic cross-country road trip.
Route Distance: about 3,600 miles
Suggest time: 2-3 weeks
The Great Northern Road Trip is an adventure you’ll never forget. You’ll start in the state of Washington and follow U.S. Highway 2 for the majority of the journey until you end in Maine. Along the way, you’ll spend time in beautiful cities, pass over mountains, lakes, valleys, badlands, natural marvels, historical sites, and even cross the border into Canada. Before you get started, here’s everything you need to plan a road trip, including budgeting, planning your route, choosing the right car, utilizing apps, and more.
Share Discover Gullah-Geechee Cuisine on a Culinary Road Trip Through South Carolina and Georgia The area of the Southeast coast known as the Lowcountry is home to a unique food culture kept alive by the Gullah-Geechee community. Taste it for yourself on a leisurely roadtrip. By Michael W. Twitty February 01, 2021
For some visitors, it s the Spanish moss hanging from the trees. It s romantic, haunting even mystical, they say. Some travelers go to the Lowcountry, and to the neighboring Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia, for the historic sites the plantations and battlegrounds or to play a round on the golf courses that many have become. Others go for the food: shrimp and grits; red rice; crab boiled with corn; potatoes and sausage that form a concoction known as Frogmore stew. I went for the Gullah-Geechee people who created this food, for their st
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BETHEL The Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce has stepped up efforts to encourage shopping locally by introducing the Mountain Money eCard, a digital gift card that can be purchased online and used at any of list of 18 merchants and growing.
“Shopping as locally as possible is always important, but right now we really have to ask ourselves, ‘who do we want to still be here when the pandemic is all over?’” said Jessie Perkins, executive director of the chamber. “The Mountain Money eCard is the ideal gift for anyone who lives locally or plans to visit the Bethel area and is committed to supporting its business community.”