When the summer nights turn cool...it's family fire time!

Concert at Thompson's point, a signature Portland summer moment.

Evening at Sand Island. Sometimes it pays to know someone with a boat.

At Portage Lake, Maine. Soaking up summer. The view from atop Hedgehog is awesome.

In St. George again, celebrating the Fourth.

Grabbing a pint at the Orono Taphouse in Bangor. Great town. Some stirrings of late on the food and drink and culture front.

We've started a new tradition with our oldest daughter. Every year we yank her from school for one day and do our best to recreate Ferris Bueller's Day Off in Portland.