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.

Typical summer days. We spend a lot of time at Fort Preble in the summer, post bagels, walking the breakwater to the lighthouse and back, and playing on the earthworks and dilapidated ramparts.