Whenever I’m itching to get off campus for a little retail therapy, I escape to the Brunswick Flea Market for a Saturday morning and lose myself in its maze of maximalist antiques and carefully made crafts. This happens more than …
Morning Moose Coffee began with three sisters, a pink trailer and a dream. The business that started as a mobile coffee truck in Richmond, Maine now operates across four locations, including their new brick-and-mortar. On February 28, Morning Moose officially …
I feel oddly still. Permanently going somewhere. Always alienated from somewhere else. I sit here on a large red cushion, whose tone casts itself boldly onto this scene. I have to get a rabies vaccine in 12 minutes. I don’t …
This past weekend, I fled Bowdoin’s blizzard conditions for the warm embrace of my sister and the city of Los Angeles. What began as a desperate attempt to outrun the isolation of Brunswick quickly became an escape from the winter …
I’ll admit I was slightly skeptical when I first sat down with Jack Fletcher ’26, one of the two leaders of Bowdoin Consulting Group. The goal of this column is to spotlight different clubs around campus, but I assumed a …
This week, as the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving geared up for its biggest fundraising day of the year, another group on campus put out a call for donations. After over a year of dormancy, Polar Bear Mutual …
Honey walnut, sourdough and country rye—the smell of fresh bread is a stark contrast to the snow that raged outside Brunswick’s newest bakery, Porteur Breads, this week.
Porteur Breads opened its doors to the public for the first time on …
Since 1871, The Bowdoin Orient has been a staple at the College, covering and chronicling events on and around campus. From April 1899 onward, our coverage has been weekly. Looking back at Orient issues from the month of February, we …
April 30, 2025 was the day that Lisa Tran McKee closed on Brunswick’s home decor store Nest. It was also the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon—the same week her family escaped from Vietnam and eventually settled in Orange …