Making it Easy Secure Payment Speedy Checkout Making it Personal Personalize Your Order Add Custom Cards Keeping it Local Support Our Economy Local Pickup Available Learn More Shop the Island. Featured Gifts Anchorspace Gift Certificate Give the gift of productivity with a gift certificate to MDI’s first coworking space, located in downtown Bar Harbor. Buy Now Brown Family Farm Gift Certificate Offering all natural hand raised heritage pigs and USDA pork. All natural smoked USDA beef dog bones! Buy Now A Slice Of Eden Gift Certificate A family owned bakery focused on scratch baking and special orders, A Slice of Eden brings the wonders of baking to life! Buy Now Visit the Shop to View All Gifts Shop by TagAcadia National Park adventure Art Bakery bar Bar Harbor bed and breakfast beer breakfast Clothing Cocktails Coffee craft beer dinner For Her For Him gift Gifts hair Happy Hour Health Jewelry Live Music Local Art Local Beer Local Food lodging Lunch Massage membership outdoor seating Photography pizza pub Restaurant salon seafood Southwest Harbor Souvenirs sports T-Shirt Tours travel Wellness wineIn Your CartShop By TownBar Harbor Northeast Harbor Southwest Harbor Other Communities Shop By RecipientArts Enthusiast Couple Foodie For Her For Him For Kids Grandparent Health Nut Person Who Has Everything Tech Savvy Traveler Wine Lover Shop By TypeAttractions Lodging Restaurant/Cafe Retail Services From the Blog . . . Day Trip: Mariaville Falls Whether you live on MDI or just visit us a lot, it can be sometimes nice to have an adventure in the form of a day trip. Day trips mean you can keep your home base and maybe see a little something you weren’t planning on. We are going to feature regular day trip destinations… Read More Maine Advice: Non-Profit Board Blues And Friends With Businesses This semi-occasional column is written by Nicole Ouellette, a former advice columnist. Here are our local, Maine-related situations this week: Dear Gift MDI, I’m on a non-profit board with a total know it all… who doesn’t know anything. He talks at length at meetings but it’s clear he didn’t read the materials sent out before… Read More Top Five Local Hikes That Aren’t In Acadia (Part 1) Acadia National Park is awesome. But the awesomeness of Acadia has been well-documented and overshadowing some of the other cool local hiking spots that are not Acadia. As the tourists flock to Acadia, sometimes these lesser-known spots can be wide open for your enjoyment and not far from Mount Desert Island! Birdsacre Location: Ellsworth, Maine… Read More
Day Trip: Mariaville Falls Whether you live on MDI or just visit us a lot, it can be sometimes nice to have an adventure in the form of a day trip. Day trips mean you can keep your home base and maybe see a little something you weren’t planning on. We are going to feature regular day trip destinations… Read More
Maine Advice: Non-Profit Board Blues And Friends With Businesses This semi-occasional column is written by Nicole Ouellette, a former advice columnist. Here are our local, Maine-related situations this week: Dear Gift MDI, I’m on a non-profit board with a total know it all… who doesn’t know anything. He talks at length at meetings but it’s clear he didn’t read the materials sent out before… Read More
Top Five Local Hikes That Aren’t In Acadia (Part 1) Acadia National Park is awesome. But the awesomeness of Acadia has been well-documented and overshadowing some of the other cool local hiking spots that are not Acadia. As the tourists flock to Acadia, sometimes these lesser-known spots can be wide open for your enjoyment and not far from Mount Desert Island! Birdsacre Location: Ellsworth, Maine… Read More