Wow! Maine families get really excited about a new restaurant, as evidenced by the tremendous response to our Elevation Burger Giveaway. A big thank you to everyone who entered! Congratulations goes to… … Lori Watson. Lori and her family have won a meal for 4 people to Elevation Burger in South Portland. All of this [...]
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Elevation Burger Winner & A Valentine’s Day Shake
Posted in Food, giveaways, tagged elevation burger, family-friendly restaurants maine, festive straws, homemade milkshake, ideas for valentine's day party, paper straws, south portland maine, strawberry milkshake, sweet paul, the bakers confections scarborough, valentine's day milkshake on February 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Burgers on the Rise and a Delicious Giveaway
Posted in Food, giveaways, Restaurants, tagged alternative to fast food chains, brooksville maine, chris dimillo, cute potato giveaway, decadent shakes, elevation burger, free-range, grass-fed, kid-friendly restaurants in Maine, maine goat cheese, Maine Root, mark caron, organic burgers, south portland maine, sunset acres farm and dairy on February 9, 2012 | 69 Comments »
MP doesn’t usually take the kids to fast food restaurants (with the exception of an occasional soft serve or juice box on the road) but she’s not opposed to a good hamburger. That’s why South Portland’s newest restaurant, Elevation Burger, caught her eye. Local dads and business partners Mark Caron and Chris DiMillo decided to open the [...]
Family Photo Giveaway Winner
Posted in giveaways, tagged cathy clicks, cute potato giveaway winner, jess soucy, the rock, the tooth fairy movie on October 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Congrats to Jess Soucy, whose answer to: “Ever had a family day that didn’t turn out like you planned?” had MP in stitches. Jess has won a photo session with Cathy Clicks, plus a $50 credit towards prints. Jess’ story begins with a Saturday morning rush to her daughter’s soccer game without snacks for her [...]
Family Photo Giveaway
Posted in giveaways, tagged cathy clicks, cathy davis photographer, cute potato giveaway, eastern promenade portland maine, family photos, otto pizza portand on October 20, 2011 | 20 Comments »
MP’s parents visited not long ago, and she thought getting some professional photos of the family would be a good idea. Enter our wonderful sponsor—photographer Cathy Davis of Cathy Clicks. Cathy kindly agreed to meet us on the Eastern Prom in Portland after 5 p.m. The weather cooperated, but the Cute Potato kids were running [...]
Last Minute School Shopping (plus a Giveaway)
Posted in giveaways, Shopping, tagged baby bjorn, cute potato giveaway, last minute school shopping, maine, PO.P sale, polarn o. pyret, polarn o. pyret sample and warehouse sale, Portland, quality kids clothes, signature stripes, simply scandinavian, stokke, swedish children's clothing, swedish maternity clothing on September 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
MP is a bit of a procrastinator when it comes to shopping for the kids’ fall and winter clothes. She’s the mom who shops for coats when the thermometer drops below 40º. Sometimes waiting to the last minute pays off in form of a sale. Par exemple: this Friday and Saturday’s Polarn O. Pyret Sample [...]
Giveaway Winner & Beautiful Fairy Wings
Posted in Events, giveaways, Shopping, tagged amber harrington, cute potato giveaway winner, fairy costume, fairy house tour portsmouth, fairy wing costume, fairy wings for children, fairy wings made in maine, megan emery, nh, pitter patter tutus, sabattus maine on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you to everyone who entered our giveaway for tickets to the Fairy House Tour in Portsmouth, NH. Congratulations to Amber Harrington! Amber wins a free family pass to this weekend’s event. We hope Amber and her family have fun! As you know, costumes are encouraged at the Fairy House Tour. MP came across these [...]
Portsmouth Fairy House Tour Giveaway
Posted in Events, giveaways, tagged cute potato giveaway, fairy house tour, portsmouth new hampshire, tracy kane, fairy house series, peirce island new hampshire, southern new hampshire dance theatre, south end portsmouth nh on September 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
CP#1 and her friend, R., have a few things in common: the girls like to sing and dance; they love dress up; and they’re always game for adventure. So you can imagine the level of excitement at our house when R. invited us to this weekend’s 7th Annual Fairy House Tour in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [...]
Book Giveaway Winner/York Area Food Faves
Posted in Food, giveaways, tagged ben cohen ben and jerry's, ben cohen favorite ice cream, best fruit pies, brown's ice cream, cape neddick, cute potato winner, flo's hot dogs, goldenrod, nubble light, pie in the sky bakery, sandy's purple palace, sweet josie's, york animal kingdom, york beach food favorites, York Maine on June 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
We’re so fortunate to have readers like you. All of your suggestions for favorite local getaways were wonderful. Thank you! Congratulations goes to Sandy Abbott, who returns to York with her loved ones every year: My family goes to York Beach every summer for a long weekend. My grandparents lived there, and when they died, [...]




