November 2012

A Natural Pursuit

WELLNESS-December 2012 By Sophie Nelson Photographs by Matt Cosby Chip Cochrane finds fulfillment in the great outdoors.   As a young boy in Greenville, Chip Cochrane ate his lunch outside in every kind of weather—sunny, rainy, snowy, bitter cold. Sometimes,

Sugarloaf Sweet Spots

A-LIST-December 2012 By Joe Hebert 01 White Nitro Trail The steepest trail at Sugarloaf, White Nitro, also boasts one of the best views on the mountain. A double black diamond, it’s not for the faint of heart. The trail is

Carrabassett Valley + Kingfield

48 HOURS-December 2012 Photographs + stories by Maine magazine staff: Heidi Kirn, Susan Grisanti + Leanne Ouimet     Heidi Kirn, Art Director Maine Home+Design Friday 3:00 p.m. Heading North on I-95 This family loves a road trip, and driving

Larry Warren’s Big Ideas

PROFILE-December 2012 By Sarah Braunstein Photographs by Matt Cosby From here on, your life will never be the same. I have heard from various people that Larry Warren is a visionary. A natural leader. That he spearheaded a massive mission to

Legends of the Loaf

FEATURE-December 2012 By Sarah Stebbins Photographs by Matt Kalinowski Styling by Janice Dunwoody One family’’s sugarloaf story offers a glimpse into the mountain’’s colorful past.   Eight years ago, after their children had left home, Cooper and Meredith Friend decided to expand

Late Summer Loafing

LOCATION-December 2012 By Sandy Lang Photographs by Peter Frank Edwards Zipping fast, cruising slow, and climbing high around Sugarloaf, Kingfield, and Stratton for other-than-snow-season adventures in the mountains.   Until this late-summer trek, with fall closing in fast, I’d never

Soul Mountain

FEATURE-December 2012 By Jaed Coffin Photographs Courtesy of Sugarloafers A kid’s quest for the perfect run.   It’s early September and I’m sitting at the bar of the mostly vacant Sugarloaf Mountain Hotel nursing a glass of whiskey and chatting

Bliss, Portland

Posted on November 6, 2012 By Mara Higgins It seems only fitting to launch the Maine magazine Shop Blog with a shop that so perfectly exemplifies Maine style. Bliss is effortless fashion at its best. It’s refreshingly low-key and on-trend

Olivia Bartlett

Posted on November 5, 2012 Edited by Sophie Nelson When did you start dancing? I think I started dancing when I was about four years old. A couple of my friends started dance class and my mom put me in