In no particular order, we:
Walked through some real estate
Met Sylvie's daughter, Julie (beautiful AND talented), SIL Dave (amazing father), the kidlings (Henry, Eli, Zuzu, and Ramona - all bright, fun and gorgeous)
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| Eli (left) and Henry (right) |
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| Flying Ramona and Zuzu modeling her Halloween costume. |
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| Sylvie reading to Zuzu (who has BLUE eyes, not red, darn it) |
Visited Bug Light
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| Sylvie on our walk to Bug Light |
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| Bug Light. |
Wandered around an architectural salvage warehouse
Squeezed through the amazing Picnic Maine Holiday Craft Fair at the beautiful Maine Irish Heritage Center
Ate Thai food
Walked some more
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| View from the walking path around the bay |
Found a) the greatest Goodwill ever
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| My $13 Jones of NY coat! (with a glass of Two-Buck-Chuck) |
b) the country's largest Trader Joe's
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| It brings me to tears just thinking about it. |
Walked even more
Read
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| Inside Sylvie's little pied-`a-terre. |
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| View off the deck of same. |
One thing that really impressed me was the friendliness of every single person we met. That included people walking their dogs, toll booth workers, store clerks, gas station attendants, people in line. Every. Single. One. You would have to live in New York to understand the sheer magnitude of this!
Everything at the farm was great - with the exception of dog antics (a peanut butter eating event, followed by the emptying of the compost pail). Everyone was happy to see me and the feeling was very mutual. We managed to pull up my driveway just when the snow started, so our timing was perfect. Thank you, Sylvie, for the best long weekend ever; thank you, Julie, for your warm hospitality; and thank you, Ellen, for making it possible for me to go!
8 comments:
Great photos! Glad that you had just the right mix of everything and helllooo, the largest Trader Joes? Cool!
What a perfect mini-vacation! (Ya know, they don't always turn out that way.) I think you should do that once a month!
Photos make it all come back again, don't they? Thanks for sharing.
P.S. Our nearest Trader Joe's is about 350 miles away. I'd take even a teeny-tiny one near us!
Your post just brings back all the things I love about Maine. We were to busy on the farm this years to make our annual trip. Now I feel like a was there a little.
APG - I took more but they mysteriously disappeared! SoPo is a lovely place - neat neighborhoods, lovely views, great shops.
Mama Pea - I would be afraid that I would start reading real estate ads if I went back that often...our closest TJ's is a two hour drive. It just is not fair! If we can have a chicken in every pot, why can't we have a Trader Joe's in every city??
Jane - I will be a return visitor myself. Having a farm makes it very difficult to get away; even a tiny farmlet like mine.
I'm lucky, I have a TJ's a mile away, just opened last year - I do love the 2 (now 3) buck Chuck LOL! Thanks for sharing those photos, and great find on the coat, I love thrift shopping, especially when I don't have kids tagging along, they suck the fun right out of that activity :)
Ok, time to be honest. I have never been to a Trader Joes... we've driven by one that is 6 hours away that I can see from the freeway when we go past it. I love the goodies I've sampled from friends. Maybe some day?
Erin - you lucky girl!!!! The 2 buck chuck is really 2-and-a-half buck chuck. And, yes, it is a definite plus to thrift shop with adults only!
HJ&F - If you ever have the chance, you should visit a TJ. They have an amazing array of organic and healthy stuff at low prices. The staff is friendly and helpful, too!
Susan, we had such a fun time with you! It was SO great to finally have you here. Trader Joe's is calling you, can you hear it??
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