Down East Magazine, August 2016

Features Swim Pickings You won’t find them in a tourism pamphlet, and no smartphone app will lead you there. Ready to take a dip in one (or more) of our 12 favorite Maine swimming holes? Strange Pilgrimage One hundred and fifty years ago, a group of sensible Down East farmers and their families packed their houses and sailed to the Holy Land to await the Second Coming. Within a year, it had all gone wrong. By Virginia M. Wright Portal to the Past How and where to shop for antiques in Maine. Welcome to “the nation’s attic.” By Catherine Burke Clean Sweep Elle Logan rowed in Beijing and London and won gold both times. This summer, she goes for her third. So why haven’t you heard of Maine’s baddest Olympian? By Jesse Ellison The Definitive Oral History of the Lobster Roll It wasn’t always our marquee foodstuff. How a humble Maine treat became a culinary rockstar. By Brian Kevin Departments Where in Maine? Can you name the island and the peaceful cape where this boat is docked? Connect The Mail North by East Opinions, Advisories, and Musings from the Length and Breadth of Maine Down East Dispatches News You May Have Missed The Last Full Measure A Middle-School Battlefield What’s in a Picture Squirrel Island’s Fete Week Roadkill Follies Your Map to Expired Critters Dooryard Living the Maine Life Home An Artsy Westbrook Bungalow Garden A Floral Legacy in York Making It in Maine Next Generation Gifford’s Recipe Summer Succotash My Maine Glow Babies Room With a View Guide What to Do in Maine This Month Dining Portland’s Scales Menu Camden’s Pig + Poet Theater Summer Shakespeare Art Robert Indiana Meets Dylan Book On Steven Rowley’s Lily and the Octopus On the cover: The classic lobster roll, photographed by Nina Gallant and styled by Monica Mariano. Hand lettering by Angela Southern.