The West End News Food & Travel section. Local reviewer James Fereira visits your favorite local eateries and shares all the good with a little snark. And West End independent travel agent Nancy Dorrans takes readers around the world in search of adventure.
Layne’s Wine Gig Presents Lifestyle vs. Critique ANGOOR SELF POUR WINE BAR 100 Fore St., Suite A, Portland, ME By Layne V. Witherell There have been tons of local lifestyle media and m... Read more
Saskatche-what? Where? When? By Nancy Dorrans A few years ago, at an ATTA (Adventure Travel Trade Association) event in Eugene, Oregon, I met Patti Peesker, the Travel Trade Market Consultan... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans Yep, life’s good here… Especially in the sweet short summertime on Casco Bay. We got lobsta, lots o’breweries, corn on the cob, barges, eagles, the islands, eider... Read more
Layne’s Wine Gig Presents OVER-OXYGENATED PORTLAND By Layne V. Witherell Just how many “best lobster roll” articles can we stand before we explode? Seems like every newly minted mental... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans I wonder, was I born with wanderlust or was it nurtured in me? When I was too young to remember, probably around three years old, I overheard my mother say she needed to go... Read more
Layne’s Wine Gig Presents MILLENNIAL YARD SALE By Layne V. Witherell You have a kid in a stroller and one on the way. It’s time to make some changes. Most notably, a move from the dink... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans Connections is a NY Times online game I play almost every day. It groups words that share a common thread. Connecting words is a game, connecting with people is an art. My f... Read more
Layne’s Wine Gig Presents OLD VINES By Layne V. Witherell So, you own a lovely old winery and from your porch you can gaze daily at your 30-year-old vineyard. This is nice. What isn’t... Read more
Layne’s Wine Gig Presents BIANCA BOSKER’S CLASSIC CHARACTERS By Layne V. Witherell “There are books and there are important books.” This was a phrase that I kept conjuring... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans Truly not a day goes by that I don’t hear my mother’s voice in my head. It has been almost eleven years since she died and I constantly feel her presence all aro... Read more