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Comment on A $100 Day of Love in Portland by Only The Lonely: J’s Valentine | From Away

Only The Lonely: J’s Valentine | From Away — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:32:33 +0000

[...] All of this will likely cost you half what it would anywhere else in the city. The preparation is basic, but seafood this fresh requires little more. You won’t be the drunkest person there. You won’t be the only one who is lonely, raw, and bitterly sad, whose heart aches and who has lost it all and expects to lose it all again. You go to J’s not because you have no hope, but because you have too much. Love hurts. Life hurts. J’s is there to help. It heals all, with its elixers of the cask and the sea. They do not take reservations. This Valentine’s Day, stay home if you are superficially bitter. If you are childish and annoyed, if you are going to heckle the happy lovers and invoke the phrase “Hallmark Holiday,” stay home and read your Nicholas Sparks novel. Stay home and eat your fro-yo. Stay home and stalk ex-boyfriends online, write vitriolic blog posts about how their loss [sic] is your gain and how they will never find another girl like you. But if you want to be a bit cooler than that and have a hell of a meal in the process, put on your boots and walk the plank to J’s. Tell them love sent you. Today, Portland area food bloggers are collaborating on alternative ideas for Valentine’s Day celebrations that don’t involve the usual prix fixe dinners, champagne toasts, or chocolate dipped strawberries. You can see what our fellow bloggers suggest here, here, here, here, here, and here. [...]

Comment on A $100 Day of Love in Portland by kate. @ bbf

kate. @ bbf — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:35:22 +0000

awwwww. sounds like a nice day, can i come? and degas! i will check that out, and see you at the blue opening for the americorps show! (also, speaking of lunch- you left your insulated bag diggly at my house.)

Comment on Much ado about a fast food burger by Review of Elevation Burger in South Portland, ME

Review of Elevation Burger in South Portland, ME — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:05:51 +0000

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Comment on Portland Burgers Round 2: Fine Dining Burgers by Much ado about a fast food burger « AppetitePortland

Much ado about a fast food burger « AppetitePortland — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:48:38 +0000

[...] not worth the price compared to other fast food restaurants, but for $4.00 more I could be enjoying crispy hand cut fries and noshing an awesome, medium rare burger in a brioche bun right in downtown Portland (granted, no tip is necessary at [...]

Comment on Tasting the Holiday Spirit(s) – Round 3 by Dadhole

Dadhole — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:04:09 +0000

Hendricks? That’s too bad. I was hoping for a more London Dry styled gin like Beefeater. Hendricks gin is too floral for me and Cold River Gin is gross.

Comment on Tasting the Holiday Spirit(s) – Round 3 by dawn

dawn — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:48:13 +0000

All had Hendricks except the Lion’s Pride, which used Maine’s own Cold River Gin

Comment on Tasting the Holiday Spirit(s) – Round 3 by Dadhole

Dadhole — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:37:02 +0000

There was a lot of gin mentioned in the recipes?? What type of gin? Beefeater? Hendricks? Plymouth Gin?

Comment on Tasting the Holiday Spirit(s) – Round 3 by s.

s. — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:22:34 +0000

I agree with Kate–this is one of the highlights of the Christmas season for me! Thank you so much!!!

Comment on Tasting the Holiday Spirit(s) – Round 3 by kate. @ bbf

kate. @ bbf — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:54:23 +0000

nice write up, as usual! thank you so much for having us over- you did do a real martha on this year’s party. so happy to have such a nice tradition.

Comment on A Taste of Holiday Spirit(s) by Tasting the Holiday Spirit(s) – Round 3 « AppetitePortland

Tasting the Holiday Spirit(s) – Round 3 « AppetitePortland — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:15:09 +0000

[...] great. So much so, that I actually got a little nostalgic about the gnarly Grinch and the revolting Christmas Pudding – ghosts of cocktail parties [...]