ImperatÍfs Pondering
Clockwise from top left: Penobscot marine museum; file photo; day’s jewelers; flowfold/chris rymer; boyz2men; chris rymer; seawicks candle company; sarah samoraj
What do FDR, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck, Curious George, and Olivia de Havilland have in common? “Pond model sailing be-
These Swarovski Crystal Blue Turquoise Kingfishers are “cut the same way a diamond’s cut,” Day’s Jewelers gift buyer Lynn Frank says. They’re romanced “in Austria, and nobody is allowed to see the entire process. It’s proprietary.” That doesn’t mean you can’t buy them! $950, daysjewelers.com
Olivia de Havilland with her pond yacht. To see other famous enthusiasts, visit portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2012/04/pond-yachts.
came an organized sport in New York, London, and Paris where special ponds were built for them,” says Ben Fuller, curator of the Penobscot Marine Museum. Catch his breezy exhibit through October. $8, penobscotmarinemuseum.org
Melissa Rivera of Lalo Boutique wants to sell you a candle the smells “like a gin and tonic.” Wouldn’t Edna St. Vincent Millay have loved that one! Then there’s “Evening by the Fire and Beneath the Pines.” Reach her shop before spring tapers off. 142 High Street, Portland. $25. Candles created by Seawicks Candle Company in Edgecomb. laloboutique.com; seawicks.com
Oh, My! “Something wonderful happens when you fry a donut long enough to melt the cheddar,” Alan Kellis of The Holy Donut says of their Bacon & Cheddar. “It becomes soft like a dinner roll.” Try their ice cream donuts, too. 194 Park Ave. $1.50; $3 for Bacon & Cheddar. theholydonutmaine.com
Discover the life of a lighthouse keeper at Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse. The tower is the only harbor light open to visitors every weekend, June 23- September 1. Half the fun is reaching it across a 50,000-ton granite breakwater installed in 1951. SMCC’s Bill Berman says this is the perfect time–imagine crossing the “900-foot breakwater in February for a quart of milk!” 11 a.m.3 p.m., $5, springpointledgelight.com
It doesn’t have to be “hard to say goodbye.” In fact, say hello to Boyz II Men June 28 at Cellardoor Winery’s Pop the Cork party in Rockport. Proceeds benefit Midcoast Habitat for Humanity. $75, mainewine.com
You’re going to love the cut of Flowfold’s jib. They’ll sleeve your iPad in a tiny slice of a racing yacht’s former carbon fiber, Kevlar, Pentax, or polyester sail. “We’re carried in stores throughout the East Coast,” says Nick Power, including Nomads, Lisa-Marie’s Made in Maine, and Bull Moose. “Online, we’ve sold to every continent but Antarctica.” This sail of the century also has your wallets and tarjeteros covered. $8-$35, flowfold.com
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