Five Best Sandwiches in Portland

1. Pork Fried Bahn Mi, Saigon Restaurant: pork, pickled carrots and cucumbers, cilantro, and chili peppers on a Vietnamese baguette
2. Oyster Po'Boy, Po'Boy and Pickles: fried oysters, lettuce, tomato, praline bacon (for $1.50 extra), and red pepper mayo on a hoagie
3. Fresh Mozzarella, West End Deli: fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes, cucumber, and garlic aioli on a baguette
4. Roasted Vegetable, Aurora Provisions: roasted mushrooms, peppers, onions, zucchini, goat cheese spread, and spinach on fresh focaccia
5. Reuben, Full Belly Deli: corned beef or pastrami, swiss, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing on rye
 
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Best Place to Feel Good About Yourself:
Mount Desert Island Marathon

7,980: Runners who responded to a year-long Runner's World survey ranking 316 marathons in the U.S.. 1: Ranking of MDI Marathon in "most scenic" category. 2: Ranking of MDI Marathon in "best overall" category. 17: Date in October 2010 when this year's MDI Marathon will be held between Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor. 26: Number of pages in MDI Marathon's handbook (with tips for more than just runners!). 243: Peak elevation in MDI course, at a heart- and lung-breaking Mile 25. 2,978:Number of calories a 150-pound runner burns in the MDI Marathon. 27,000:Number of strides needed to complete the 26.2-mile course.
 
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Best Heels with a Soul:  JMS Magazine Street Design

What do your shoes reveal about you? Express yourself with a pair of stylish high heels custom collaged by Samantha Montano. Here’s how it works: You fill out a personality-revealing questionnaire, and Montano, working from her South Portland home or New Orleans dorm room, finds the appropriate headlines and images to jazz up your favorite shoes. That’s what we call speaking on your feet.
 
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Mainers love to disagree - our independent-minded senators are proof enough of that - and so this year we wanted to let you, our loyal readers, weigh in on our choices for the best of Maine. We won't claim to agree with every one of your picks, but by and large we are pleased that we're all seeing pretty much eye-to-eye in the Pine Tree State.
 
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