Travel sketchbook: Portland, Maine edition

Over Memorial Day weekend I visited Portland, Maine for a short two and a half day stay. I had some flight travel credits to burn and Portland was a close destination. Plus, the last and only time I’d visited was when I got in a bad car accident! This time, my partner and I flew the short one hour flight and walked 20,000 steps a day.

Maine is known as “Vacationland” and Portland, its biggest city, has an incredible food scene compared to its size. Eating was a big priority during the trip, and documenting what I ate via drawing, of course:

Food recommendations:

• The Shop by Island Creek Oysters for $2 oysters (all day! every day!) and a delightful bloody mary

• Belleville, Standard Baking Co, and Tandem Coffee and Bakery for pastry delights, like my favorite cardamom bun

• Highroller Lobster Co for an incredibly loaded lobster roll with customizable sauce

• Eventide Oyster Co for the best kombu clam chowder

• Onggi for the world’s best salted sourdough chocolate chip cookies