Posts tagged Maine
Lobster Anxiety, Part Two
As soon as we got to Maine, we began planning one-percent-style outings. My mom had booked tickets to the rare public opening of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller’s private garden, which is open only on eight days a year, a magnificent manicured sanctuary in the middle of the Maine woods. We drank gin at The Claremont, a… More →
Posted on July 31, 2012 by Brook – 
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History, Modern Mythographer, Politics | Tagged lobster, Maine, New Jersey
Lobsters and the One Percent
I heard about the lobster glut just weeks before my fiance and I had planned our annual summer trek from our home in New Jersey to Maine, where I grew up and where my parents still live. The burgeoning urban foodie in me thought: score! More delicate soft-shelled deliciousness for less money. But I should… More →
Posted on July 31, 2012 by Brook – Comments closed
Modern Mythographer | Tagged lobster, Maine, New Jersey
Eden, Discovered! Finally.
Richard Sassaman, Paradise Lust fan, Maine historian, and tour guide extraordinaire, wrote me the other day with some soothing words: “Just for the record, I went over to Eden the other day — the center of town (which, by the way, isn’t there any more) — and took a few shots for you. So you’ll… More →
Posted on October 10, 2011 by Brook – Comments closed
Part 2, Brook takes questions!
Posted on August 02, 2011 by Brook – 1 Comment
Paradise Lust, Videos | Tagged Maine, Southwest Harbor Public Library
Video of Southwest Harbor reading now up!
Posted on August 02, 2011 by Brook – Leave a comment
Paradise Lust, Videos | Tagged Maine, Southwest Harbor Public Library
Crime and Punishment
As a brief coda to what seemed to be Fright Week last week here at MM (radiation! brutal murder! screaming trees!) I want to clarify my position: I don’t believe cities are inherently scary places, nor do I believe that rural Maine areas are completely saccharine and harm-free. Which brings me to today’s myth: putting… More →
Posted on July 21, 2009 by Brook – 2 Comments
Paradise Lust | Tagged Creation Museum, crime, Maine, New York City, Southwest Harbor, Stephen King
No One Can Hear You Scream!
I know it’s not Halloween or anything, but I’m still thinking about city-vs.-country scariness, and this idea (thanks Jen) that in the country, no one can hear you scream. Another myth on the On The Media myth-busting episode (which I recommend) is an investigation of the famous murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964 Queens, which,… More →
Posted on July 16, 2009 by Brook – 3 Comments
City Myth, Country Myth
As the Mythographer prepares to visit her hometown in Maine this summer, she’s reminded of a conversation she had maybe 12 years ago with her college roommate, a native New Yorker. At this point, I was a Mainer planning to visit New York for the summer. And the two of us were talking about which… More →
Posted on June 24, 2009 by Brook – 3 Comments
Paradise Lust | Tagged crime, Maine, New York City, Stephen King, trees
