The Inn At Ocean's Edge blog

A beautiful clear, mild day arrived this morning over the Inn.  Penobscot Bay is sparkling in the morning light.  The smell of fresh malted waffles wafts through the halls at the in this morning.  In the pub there is the steady hum of breakfast activity.

Thus marks the closing of a fantastic destination wedding.  Last night, right in the living room Dominik and Samantha exchanged their vows!

The couple hosted their reception in the pub and the festivities rolled right into the new year!

Congratulations Dom and Sam!

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Keep an eye out here to see developments from our first ever Mid-Coast Maine Oceanfront New Years Eve wedding right here at The Inn at Ocean’s Edge.  Today our Groom Dom, and a team of his family and friends arrived at the Inn ready to decorate!  Check back here for more as the weekend approaches!

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This year, Veteran’s Day falls on a memorable date: 11-11-11. Many events around the Camden will celebrate current and past veterans.

Here’s a bit about the history of this day, thanks to history.com:

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as the Great War. Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, Nov. 11 became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans Day, a holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars. Having been switched once to the 4th Monday in October to accommodate three day weekends for federal employees, the day was permanently set as the 11th of Nov. in 1968 by presidential order.

Here at the inn we’re offering all veterans 15% off our current room rates this weekend 11-11 through 11-13. Thank you for your service to our country!

Summer has kicked off with an amazing 4th of July weekend here at Inn at Ocean’s Edge. With Camden just a few miles away everyone is getting ready for the fireworks display scheduled for Sunday night. Supposedly they are doing “Shape” fire works which are fireworks in the shape of things such as boats, flowers, and other things. Sounds like a lot of fun, watching the fireworks over Camden Bay. It will be beautiful.

Photo courtesy Schooner Mary Day, Camden, ME

We expect to be busy at the Edge with such beautiful weather being predicted. Happy Hour at 4pm-6pm and then dinner on the slated terrace or inside until 9pm. Make sure you make a reso since the Inn is almost full and the restaurant will be busy with reservations.

If you have been to Lincolnville Beach lately you surely have noticed that the tourist season is finally here. People lounging, basking, and romping in the water as the big fluffy white clouds pass by.

Here at the Inn people from all over are checking in. A couple from Texas just asked for a great place to eat dinner tonight! “Why The Edge Restaurant of course”, replied our front desk associate J.P. Another group just arrived from Boston and grabbed some of the fresh baked cookies in the Ocean View room before changing to go to the pool. A couple from New York are here for  week celebrating summer and their 20th wedding anniversary.

Smiles, laughter, and cold drinks on the slated terrace is the norm here today at The Inn at Ocean’s Edge.

Laurel Johnson

General Manager

For the second year, we are offering a complimentary shuttle service between the Inn at Ocean’s Edge and downtown Camden (4.5 miles). Please let us know at the time of reservation if you are interested or call today. Space is limited. The shuttle will run from the inn to the Camden Opera House at 8:15am and pick up in Camden for the return trips at 6:30pm and 9:30pm. Private taxi service is available through Schooner Bay Taxi and Limo Company, which, by the way, has a fleet of Toyota Prius cars.

New this year – PopTech is offering a chartered luxury biodiesel bus making a round trip from NYC to Camden for the annual conference. From Poptech.org: “We’ve chartered a luxury biodiesel bus, which is twice as fuel-efficient as taking the train, three times as efficient as driving, and four times as efficient as flying, to bring (up to) 50 PopTech participants (round-trip) from New York City to Camden, Maine for PopTech 2010. The bus will depart on Wednesday, Oct. 20th, and return Sunday, Oct. 24th.”

So go green this year!

The Camden International Film Festival returns for its sixth season in October 2010. The festival will once again shine the spotlight on works that show dedication to craft and a unique and artistic approach to telling a darn good story. All films are selected because of their ability to arouse discussion on documentary film as an art form, a catalyst for change and as an outlet for the independent voice.

Each year CIFF takes over multiple venues throughout three coastal towns in Maine. Nestled against the mighty Atlantic during fall’s explosion of color, the festival becomes a unique setting to experience the very best in international documentary film. Accompanying the screening of nearly fifty features and shorts are Q&A’s with directors and producers, the Points North Documentary Film Forum, musical concerts, interactive and video art installations, parties, panels and an opportunity to connect with eager audiences and industry leaders in an extremely intimate setting.

The third annual Lincolnville Fall Festival will return to
Lincolnville Beach on Saturday, October 2nd from 9am to 3pm. This
year’s main attractions will be two giant inflatable slides that will
be ready for children’s play from 9am to 3pm. One slide is a 35’ tall
sabretooth tiger slide, and the other is a 30’ by 60’ obstacle course
called Rat Race. Both inflatables are sure to be crowd pleasers. At
10:30am, a  scarecrow-themed parade will roll down Route One featuring
the Lincolnville Band, the Anah Shrine Go-Karts, life-size Shoestring
Theater Puppets, as well as antique autos, floats, lawn tractors,
bikes, fire trucks and more. All are welcome to participate! Starting
at 11am, there will be a treasure hunt on the beach, a cake walk, and
an amazing balloon artist, plus bake sales, food concessions, and more
throughout the day. It truly is a fall celebration for the whole
family! Cellardoor Winery’s Vinfest – Vinfest 2010, our annual fall harvest celebration takes place Saturday, October 2 and includes a full day of a stellar array of food, wine, music and activities. Enjoy grape stomping, a homemade wine competition (call for details and registration), volunteer grape harvesting adventure in the vineyard, grape crush demonstration, face painting, live animals, hula hooping demonstrations, scarecrow decorating contest, wine tastings, lunch prepared and served by Riverfront Barbeque & Grille of Augusta, live music all day, farm stands, hot air balloon rides, ferris wheel rides, cooking demonstrations, model T rides, antique tractor display, puppets by the Shoestring Theater, Local artisan fair,  and many other great activities.

Artists and craftspeople representing several states and media display and sell their work in this 24th annual juried show. Peak fall foliage provides a breathtaking backdrop! Presented by the Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber of Commerce.

We didn’t even realize just how many lighthouses are participating in this. The Maine Office of Tourism website did a terrific job showing the lighthouses on a map and providing information on when each is open and its exact location. Here in Lincolnville, we are happily located within 15 minutes of 4 lighthouses (2 are open and reachable). Indian Light in Rockport and Curtis Light in Camden are not open, but still beautiful when viewed from the deck of a boat. The Grindle Point Lighthouse in Islesboro and the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse in Rockland are open for visitors. It’s a gorgeous 62 degree day and sunny – go and enjoy if you can!

Open Lighthouse Day in Maine 2010

Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, and The Edge, are pleased to announce a delectable showing of work by Photographer Lynn Karlin. Lynn has something beautiful to share with the world about gardens, and both Carver Hill and The Edge are huge fans. She has co-produced three books, the first of which, Maine Farm, A Year of Country Life, written by Stanley Joseph, recounted their experiences living on the farm they purchased from famed homesteaders and authors of The Good Life, Helen and Scott Nearing. Her next book, Gardens Maine Style, written by Rebecca Sawyer-Fay, became an instant best seller and award winner. In 2008 another book, Gardens Maine Style: Act II, also co-produced with Sawyer-Fay featured even more magnificent Maine gardens.

Originally from New York, Lynn graduated from Pratt Institute with the goal of becoming a fine art photographer. Realizing the time it takes to pursue this option as a career, and the amount of effort it takes to market oneself, Lynn decided to change gears and try commercial work. She put all of the creative energy she would have applied to her fine art work into personalizing a style for her clients, and was awarded with accolades for her projects. Lynn has had an impressive list of employers and clients over her four-decade career shooting fashion, interiors and gardens  including WWD  and W, as the first woman staff photographer, as well as Country Living, NY Times Magazine, NY Magazine, HG, Coastal Living, Garden Design and England’s Gardens Illustrated.

Lynn Karlin’s new body of work is purely personal – it is about the obvious but often overlooked beauty of the harvest.  “Weekly visits to photograph at the Belfast farmers market and Chase’s Daily took a new direction when I brought an amazingly beautiful purple cauliflower back to my studio and placed it on an old white pedestal by an east-facing window. The joy I got from that photograph started me on a quest to continue with my concept: honoring vegetables by literary placing them on a higher level. Two years later, I have collected more than a dozen various pedestals and have expanded my search of subjects to fruit, edible plants and flowers.”

Lynn has succeeded wildly in showing her reverence for the remarkable colors and forms of the garden in this show, and “The Pedestal Series” has now brought her full circle  – back to her roots. “I am now at a turning point where I am incorporating what I love best about my career and my life’s journey. These still-lifes bring together my technical skill, design background, lighting aesthetics, propping and styling experience, and a commitment to promote organic, local produce.” Her images are breathtaking. They evoke, through beauty that is also sustenance, a sense of connectedness to this planet.

The Edge at The Inn at Ocean’s Edge proudly announces Lynn Karlin’s work with an Art Opening Saturday September 11, from 4pm -6pm

The work is on view through Columbus Day, Thursday – Monday from 4 to close.

Just a few more days to get your Kitchen Tour ticket for the pre-sale price of $25. A day of touring beautiful kitchens and dining on delictable treats for $25, what a deal!

Stop in at any one of these local shops to buy your ticket: CAMDEN: Once a Tree, Party Fundamentals, Stonewall Kitchen; ROCKPORT: The Market Basket; ROCKLAND: Atlantic Baking Company; LINCOLNVILLE: Dot’s Market; BELFAST: The Good Table; WALDOBORO: The Well Tempered Kitchen.

You can also call the Merryspring office, (207) 236-2239, to reserve a pre-sale priced ticket to be picked up on the day of the tour.

The annual, and this year the 50th, rendezvous and races of the Friendship Sloop Society will take place July 22 – 24th, 2010 in Rockland, ME. These lovely gaff rigged sloops have a long history in Maine and an enthusiastic group of Friendship sloop owners convenes annually for fun and racing.

Races take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday inside Rockland harbor, and by far, the best place to watch is from the Rockland Breakwater.

The lovely gaff rigged Friendship sloop has no real birth, but was gradually developed around 1880 from the fishing and lobstering needs of the men of Muscongus Bay on the Maine coast. For many years, these easy to handle boats, were used by fishermen for daily catch. The FSS explains where the name came from, “There are many names that are remembered as builders: Carters, McLains, Collomores, Winchenbachs, Morses and others but Wilbur Morse’s name comes up as father of the Friendship Sloop because of the large number that come from his shop. It is said a sloop was launched every two or three months. Because of Wilbur’s mass production and his shop being in Friendship, this great sloop acquired the name of the town he was building in.”

Today, many of the sloops are privately owned, primarily along the East Coast, but some as far as the Pacific (that make the annual trek to Rockland!). A few operate daily sails for passengers on the coast of Maine in the towns of Boothbay Harbor, Belfast, Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and a few others.