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 TUESDAY NIGHT WINES By Layne V. Witherell Following our deep dive into the world of unattainable unicorn wines last month, I thought we could relax and get a bit more... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans One of the gains of the pandemic is that a lot more people have ventured outside for their vacations. While hesitant to travel by air or stay in hotels, road trips and campi... Read more
Layne’s Wine Gig Presents UNICORN WINE HUNT By Layne V. Witherell If you Google up “unicorn wine” you get not only a slew of mixed wisdom from the reigning sommelier god of the moment,... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans What is up with our winter? First Izzy, a Nor’easter blizzard brought high winds and tons of snow to our coast but not near enough to the mountains. My skiing frie... Read more
Layne’s Wine Gig Presents A NEIGHBORHOOD GEM By Layne V. Witherell Ruby’s West End restaurant at 64 Pine Street sparkles and shines like a gem. Inside it resembles your mémère’s (grand... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans If you read my article last month, you know that I spent the holidays a bit differently this season. Along with my father, sister, and her family from Ohio, we stepped out o... Read more
By Layne V. Witherell Among the zillions of job descriptions that I have had in this wild forty-plus year ride in the wine biz, one was as a CEO of a medium sized Virginia winery in the earl... Read more
VISIONARY ELEVATOR PITCH “Things are so because we wish them to be so.” -Louis Pasteur An elevator pitch summarizes a product or idea in the time of an elevator ride from thirty seconds to t... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans Here we are, stepping into a new year with the return of brighter days, celebrations, and resolutions. During a solstice service at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Churc... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans December is the longest darkest month in Maine. It is also when the tides turn and the days begin to lengthen! This is what we celebrate. It is the true spirit of the holida... Read more