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The Captain Lord Mansion Bed & Breakfast Inn Asks: “What is the Kennebunkport Festival? And When Is It Scheduled?”

Posted on April 12, 2011 by captainlord

The Kennebunkport Festival began six years ago as a modest event called "Arts in the Inns".  It was held the first weekend in June and featured local artists personally showing their work in the various area bed and breakfast inns.  The last several years the event grew into the Kennebunkport Fine Living Festival with an additional [...]

Have You Seen Portland Maine’s Victoria Mansion Decorated for Christmas 2010?

Posted on November 30, 2010 by captainlord

  Christmas at Victoria MansionNovember 27, 2010 throughJanuary 8, 2011.Daily 11-5.Closed Christmas Day and New Years Day.Victoria Mansion is lavishly decorated for the holidays by professional designers, decorators, and florists, making this a festive time of year to plan a tour. Visitors go through the house at their own pace, on self-guided tours using a printed [...]

October Food Festivals are Near Kennebunkport, Maine!

Posted on October 17, 2010 by captainlord

October is Maine Lobster Month: Maine lobster (is any other kind half as good?) is the starring item on menus at sophisticated restaurants throughout the state, as well as at rough-hewn shanties with picnic tables set along the coast. To many people, it just isn’t summer without a trip to a lobster shack and a [...]

Do You Know The Artist Dennis Perrin & His Relationship to Kennebunkport?

Posted on October 10, 2010 by captainlord

Dennis Perrin has become a good friend of ours here at the Captain Lord Mansion.  We love his paintings so much that we have three of them displayed in our reception office. One of them we call "Treasured Memories".  We commissioned Dennis to paint "Treasured Memories' in 2002 to celebrate our 25th Anniversary in 2003 as innkeepers of the [...]

When Will The Foliage Peak in Kennebunkport?

Posted on October 3, 2010 by captainlord

            This is a photo of the Kennebunk River at peak foliage time which is now through the middle of October.  Also, we've included a photo of The Captain Lord Mansion Carriage House surrounded by color and the River Green framed with color!  We thought that if you are unable [...]

Are You Interested in Coming to Kennebunkport by Boat?

Posted on September 26, 2010 by captainlord

Focus on: Kennebunkport Harbor By Ken Textoron July 26th, 2010 – updated on September 9th, 2010   Ken Textor has written an excellent article in Boatinglocal.com about Kennebunkport's harbor and its many attractions.  We became aware of it through the local Chamber of Commerce and felt we should share it with our readers.  Even though our [...]

Kennebunkport Residents Recently Honored Bush 41 With “An Anchor to Windward”!

Posted on August 24, 2010 by captainlord

From Wikianswers.com comes this definition of "An Anchor to Windward"; "During a storm, if a ship is being blown toward a hazard, the crew can drop the anchors on the windward side of the ship (the side facing the wind) in order to stop the ship from running aground or wrecking. Such an "anchor to [...]

What is “The Kennebunkport River Green” and Who Owns It?

Posted on August 17, 2010 by captainlord

The "River Green" sits directly in front of the Captain Lord Mansion and stretches between Pleasant Street and Ocean Avenue.  Today, the sloping lawn is well manicured and is home to various summer events such as art shows, craft fairs and band concerts.  There is quite an interesting story of how the green came to be [...]

Wow! The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Harbor are Superb!

Posted on August 3, 2010 by captainlord

Although we have been very busy maintaining the gardens at the Captain Lord Mansion and the Captain's Garden House, we took time last weekend to visit the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens with our daughter and grandson.  We traveled early in the day and missed most of the traffic going north.  The weather was sunny and warm, with [...]

Where Can You Find The Books in Kennebunkport?

Posted on July 20, 2010 by captainlord

Bev and I are pleased to announce the arrival of Kennebooks, a brand new bookstore which is located on Route 35 on the approach to Kennebunkport.  It was not delivered by the seagull sitting on the roof, but rather by a swarm of construction workers who transformed the building which formerly housed Greg Alexander Gifts.  After Greg closed [...]