June 24, 2005

Well, one of our fans wrote in to tell us not to write so much about the food of Bar Harbor but the mystique.

Well, Bar Harbor has mists for sure but mystique? For that you’ll have to come to the Greenville Arms.

Just to make sure that we know what we are talking about here:

mystique

An aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding something, arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or mystery to it: the cowboy mystique; the mystique of existentialism.

OK. That’s what we are going about here. Greenville Arms used to be the home of William Vanderbilt who the rest of the family pushed up the Hudson River until he landed here. That’s mystique for you. Check out our history page.

And dear readers, please use the powers of comments rather than email us directly. That way other people can flame you. 😉 I mean write back. And we do get an email as a result of the comment, by the way.

Have fun.