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 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
Layne’s Wine Gig PresentsHoliday Wine Gift Guide By Layne V. Witherell For those of you who follow my stuff, you know that it can, at times, be straightforward, but at other times it c... Read more
By Nancy Dorrans Balance encompasses many aspects of our lives… From hiking, to what we eat, paddling, our relationships, in skiing, and throughout our day-to-day routine! With hiking we nee... Read more
Layne’s Wine Gig – An improvisation on stage with wine As many followers of The West End News are aware, Blue at 650 A Congress Street is a venerable, awesome entertainment venue... Read more
‘Trail folks are the nicest people I think you can meet…’ By Nancy Dorrans Recently a friend from New Hampshire shared a post from Representative Timothy Lang from Belknap, New H... Read more
