When I told my boss I was taking the train to Maine for the weekend two ago, he reacted by surprise. “There’s a train to Maine?” Since the largest city in the state is just over 62,000 people, it’s a fair question. Much of the state is extremely rural and the total population reaches only […]
What is There to do in Portland, Maine?
That’s exactly what I’ve been asked by three separate friends in the last week. Although I do know we Mainers are relatively rare in the Washington area, I was struck by the coincidence. So, for the record, here’s some ideas. Walk out on the Maine State Pier. From here you can get a good view […]
Portland Photos
I just uploaded 131 photos I took in Portland, Maine in November 2004 to Flickr. I originally posted many of these with explanatory text as part of my Portland Photo Project. (Only the static HTML of those posts are archived due to a hosting crash) > See my Flickr Portland set
L.L. Bean: Free Shipping
Something else I heard when I was back in Maine: the large Maine-based mail-order giant L.L. Bean is offering free shipping for the holiday season, with no minimum purchase required. Although I can’t find anything about it on the web, I also heard their sales were way up. Of course, Amazon’s been doing the same […]
Maine Trip
This weekend I took a trip up to Maine to visit my family and relax a bit. On Friday after coming in just after a major snowstorm left almost a foot of snow in the area, I went to Portland to have dinner with my parents and meet up with my friend wells for a […]
Maine Activists Launch ‘Rolling Justice’ Tour
A coalition of activists in Maine are launching an massive road tour on December 12 through the state they are calling “Rolling Justice” where community leaders will discuss the threat Samuel Alito could pose to our basic rights if appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here’s the announcement: Please join members of the Maine Fair […]
Learning From the Maine State Museum
Taking inspiration from the Maine State Museum in Augusta, Maine, local D.C. blogger Richard Layman argued recently city leaders should seek to combine the failed city museum, downtown branch of the public library, and D.C. archives into one structure. I think the proposal sounds like a good idea. A shared facility could help each save […]