THE DOWNEAST DILETTANTE

Few architects  had more impact on a region's built environment than Fred Savage, who practiced 100 years ago and more on Mt. Desert Is...

The Maine State Flag, with the Great Seal adopted by the legislature in June 1820 The Downeast Dilettante's distinguished panel of...

Since the death of doyenne Brooke Astor, the longtime queen of New York Society, those who care about such things have wondered and discuss...

I rarely answer that question in the affirmative---there is just so danged much that I don't know.  For example, an ever informed friend...

Old houses that have had long family occupancy have an atmosphere and romance that cannot be easily faked. In our town, one such house is P...

Bad Dilettante.   I had intended to make short posts all summer---about things of interest, little ideas that interest me, events taking pl...