Sit back, try to relax and have a Cosmopolitician – out both sides of your mouth.
Leslie Bridgers
Columnist
Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Eat & Run: Locally Sauced fits right into Yarmouth spot
There’s plenty of outdoor seating, and some inside, too.
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Local review: A teacher with a past has to navigate the present in Maine-set thriller
A coastal boarding school is a backdrop for the suspense in ‘The Sea of Lost Girls.’
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Indie Film: Portland poet finds new form of expression in film
‘Carceral Humanism’ captures poet Abdul Ali, his words and his city in a six-minute video.
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Bar Guide: Get in the Halloween spirit with candy-inspired cocktails
Have your Mounds, Almond Joys and Tootsie Rolls in liquid form.
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Homefront: Spin on shepherd’s pie is lazy, low-carb comfort food
Ground turkey and mashed cauliflower slim down the dish.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine
Holy Donut closing its shop in Portland’s Old Port
The company says the pandemic forced its hand and Monday will be the Exchange Street location’s last day in business as Holy Donut searches for a bigger space in the Old Port.
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Bar Guide: Take a virtual pub crawl of fall cocktail specials
If you go on this tour in person, make sure to spread it out over several days.
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Bar Guide: Stock up on syrup and make these maple cocktails
Use Maine Maple Producers Weekend as an excuse to sip on the sweet stuff.
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Indie Film: At the Camden International Film Festival, you’ve got options
A new drive-in theater and streaming nonfiction films are among them.