Linda and I love discovering new restaurants and two of our discoveries, both in Bar Harbor, were especially good. On our annual trip to Mount Desert Island last year, we enjoyed a dinner at Lompoc Café, recommended to us by readers of our weekly Travelin’ Maine(rs) column in the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. While […]

Lunching at Geaghan’s in Bangor two days in one week was a rare treat. On our way home from our camp in the north woods, we enjoyed early dinner, then two days later, on our way to a week’s stay in Lubec, we had lunch there. While Portland grabs the headlines for foodies nationwide, Bangor’s […]

Days 9, 10, 11  OK, now we’re settling in here. We’re on our second round of visits to our favorite restaurants. We’re eating dinner as late as 9 p.m., just like real Italians. We’re taking our morning walks earlier, because temperatures are reaching into the middle and upper 90s. Our shaded deck, and the nearby […]

Day Six  On our first trip to market day in Greve Square, we were in an apartment above the square in the village of Greve and had slept late after an all-night flight. When I opened the drapes, I was astonished to see the square filled with vendors. It was market day! We’ve tried to […]

When I was a teenager, my family took a trip across Mexico. One day in the city of Morelia (now a UNESCO World Heritage Site), my father left us with my mother so we could spend the day by the hotel pool. He told us he was going to “get lost.” This took place in […]

Day Four  The Pasta Man’s shop is open! Closed since we arrived, we’d been somewhat impatiently but eagerly awaiting today. Linda loves to stop by after he opens at 10 a.m. and pick out fresh pasta and sauce for lunch or dinner that day. Domenico Zito’s shop is called Pasta D’Autore and is located at […]

Day Two We caught up on our sleep and didn’t get around to eating breakfast on our second day at Il Santo in Greve until almost 9 a.m. That’s when Linda discovered that the two items she asked me to pick out in the supermarket yesterday were not quite what she wanted. I thought I’d […]

It amazing to know you can be in Italy in 12 hours. And boy, were we energized when we arrived at the Florence airport! Our flights went flawlessly, and our good luck continued once we got into our rental car, as the driving instructions I printed out from Google Maps took us right to the […]

It’s become a tradition – the celebration of our anniversary with dinner at Calzolaio Pasta Company in Wilton. Six years ago, for our 30th anniversary, I presented Linda with a new diamond for her finger. Tom and Rocell Marcellino didn’t come up with the diamond that night, but they did give us a Five Diamond […]

Woody and Lee Hughes have created a special travel experience at The Mill Hill Inn in Bethel, just down the hill from the commons. It’s only a three-minute walk to downtown, but you’d never guess that, quietly nestled in the trees and beautiful gardens here at the Inn. After getting a warm greeting and visiting […]