Lobster Traps in Boothbay Harbor
Picture of Barn in Maine
Picture of Room in Portland
We woke early … again and decided to hit the road for a leisurely drive to Portland. We stopped in Freeport again to go to the Coach store. A girl can not resist a peek at a Coach outlet. No big purchases, but did pick up a cool pill case holder which comes in very handy. Also stopped off at Crabtree and Evelyn and picked up the makings of some cool Christmas gifts!
We stopped off in Boothbay Harbor Maine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boothbay,_Maine . Very picturesque town! The only downfall is that many businesses in “beach towns” don’t open until the Friday before Memorial Day since Memorial Day kicks of the summer season. So the Lobster Dock --- we I wanted to have lunch --- was closed L We had lunch at this other spot and, again, Maine portions are unreal! We had nachos and lobster quesadillas and we could not finish. Mike had order a bowl of soup which never came and we were both happy the waitress forgot since we actually left about half of the food on the table (except I did pick out every piece of lobster out of the quesadillas J
We arrived to Pomegranate Inn around 4.00pm. Our room is gorgeous. The inn is decorated in an eclectic Victorian style. No stuffiness here and the character jumps out at you --- in a good way.
Prior to having dinner at Street & Co. we decided to take a walk around the neighborhood and find the downtown area. Portland right now is in Spring time mode. Lilacs are in full bloom, crabapple trees, tulips and hyacinth are blooming. It is so cool to experience a second spring. We walked for about a half an hour and noticed the neighborhoods taking on a different dynamic (okay I told Mike --- ah --- this looks sketchy and then we walked some more and Mike saw a heroin spoon). We realized that Portland like many cities is a block by block type of town, so no different than DC … just that we know DC and don’t know Portland. We hopped in the car and drove around. Found our dinner spot for tonight and lunch spot for tomorrow. Dinner at Street & Co was great (especially due to discovering mignonette sauce for eating with oysters). We are a bit tired, so we went to bed early. Being Wednesday, there is not much to do and the few bars we passed were pretty empty.
We stopped off in Boothbay Harbor Maine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boothbay,_Maine . Very picturesque town! The only downfall is that many businesses in “beach towns” don’t open until the Friday before Memorial Day since Memorial Day kicks of the summer season. So the Lobster Dock --- we I wanted to have lunch --- was closed L We had lunch at this other spot and, again, Maine portions are unreal! We had nachos and lobster quesadillas and we could not finish. Mike had order a bowl of soup which never came and we were both happy the waitress forgot since we actually left about half of the food on the table (except I did pick out every piece of lobster out of the quesadillas J
We arrived to Pomegranate Inn around 4.00pm. Our room is gorgeous. The inn is decorated in an eclectic Victorian style. No stuffiness here and the character jumps out at you --- in a good way.
Prior to having dinner at Street & Co. we decided to take a walk around the neighborhood and find the downtown area. Portland right now is in Spring time mode. Lilacs are in full bloom, crabapple trees, tulips and hyacinth are blooming. It is so cool to experience a second spring. We walked for about a half an hour and noticed the neighborhoods taking on a different dynamic (okay I told Mike --- ah --- this looks sketchy and then we walked some more and Mike saw a heroin spoon). We realized that Portland like many cities is a block by block type of town, so no different than DC … just that we know DC and don’t know Portland. We hopped in the car and drove around. Found our dinner spot for tonight and lunch spot for tomorrow. Dinner at Street & Co was great (especially due to discovering mignonette sauce for eating with oysters). We are a bit tired, so we went to bed early. Being Wednesday, there is not much to do and the few bars we passed were pretty empty.
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