I am happy to tell you that the snow has melted away since these photos were taken. Spring is long in coming this year, but the sun feels warm again and that means it’s not far away!
We moved to the Bangor area from Auburn, Maine, when I was a senior in high school. It seemed large and exciting then, and I still enjoy going to the little shops, parks, and restaurants around town.
If you’re looking for an evening bite, you can get a great hamburger at Nocturnem and then walk across Main Street to Specialty Sweets for a few hand made chocolates. They’re both worth it. My husband and I found a list of Best Burgers in Downeast Magazine and we’ve been joking that we’ll go across the state just eating hamburgers! You can get your first one at Nocturnem if you’d like to aspire to this worthy goal! Ha!
Stephen King is our local celebrity, and Bangor offers special “tours” related to him. Everyone around the area knows where his house is on West Broadway, but whenever I go by there, it just seems like a normal neighborhood without any super fans hoping for a selfie…King is known to be a private person and I have a theory that that’s part of why he lives here. Mainers are pretty stand-offish and I think we do pretty well at giving him his space to breathe. Here’s fun fact about the King movie “It.” The story in that film is set in a fictional place in Maine called “Derry.” Derry is based on Bangor.
Bangor was a logging town back in the day, and its iconic statue of Paul Bunyan reminds everyone of the city’s heritage. Logs used to be floated down the Penobscot River and milled for lumber that was shipped all over the country. Summer is admittedly a better time to visit, but even “mud season” it’s pretty easy to spend a pleasant afternoon here. I hope that since spring is here, I’ll soon be featuring some more of Maine’s lovely towns. Can’t wait!
Greetings from Bangor
