Reading and Roaming
FLORIDA FROLIC: ST. AUGUSTINE In our quest to become better acquainted with our home state, we’ve been taking short trips to cities not that far from us. For the last two years, we and good friends made a December trip to Winter Park to visit the museums, cruise on the lake, and sample the local eateries. This year, …
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ENDLESS SUMMER This is so far a strange November. We’ve changed the clocks and it gets dark early, but the sun is still hot during the day and the mercury scrapes 90. Overnight it doesn’t get really cool (still low 70’s) and the days are sticky humid. Usually by now, the local paper has had at least one …
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MOON DAY If you’re of a certain age, you probably remember exactly where you were fifty years ago today on July 20, 1969. I had a summer job at Cornell University and was living in a rooming house near the campus. My fiancé, now the Chief Penguin, was doing Air Force training in northern Maine at …
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PORTLAND—FOOD AND MORE Like Julius Caesar’s army, the Chief Penguin and I travel on our stomachs. Despite what it may seem, we did do more in Portland than eat. But, knowing the restaurants mid-coast are not as varied or inventive, we took advantage of Portland’s wonderful foodie scene. DINING Hugo’s The food at Hugo’s is sophisticated and …
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