Some of these are just images, and some I'll discuss a bit more.
To start off with, one of the reasons I love Maine is because I love love LOVE my mother's style. Just look at her living room:
How could you not love that living room? The rest of it is just as beautiful. My mother has some of the most fabulous taste I have ever come across. I'd love to post some more, but she also values her privacy, so I have a feeling I should get her permission before I do that. :)
We got to head to another of my absolute favorites on this trip, Stone's Cafe. We have always just called it Stone's, and it is one of my favorite diners ever. I had the eggs benedict, which were totally tasty. Everyone was very happy with their order, as is always the case when I go there. I am getting so hungry just thinking of it that I have to move on...
A quick example of why I love Mainers, spotted in the Trader Joe's parking lot:
We got some tasty treats from Rosemont, which is a fantastic market with several locations in Southern Maine. Everything they carry seems to be pretty excellent, and my particular weaknesses are their cheeses, cured meats and breads. Admittedly, those are my particular weaknesses in most places, but few can satisfy like Rosemont.
We even got to check out some old pictures on the slide projector - including my absolute favorite baby picture of me, making a ghastly little face:
It's funnier in person - somehow, the photo of the projection is not the finest quality image (who knew?? haha)
And of course, I have to include some love for La Petite Jacqueline, my favorite restaurant in Portland. Their onion soup, their steak frites, their roasted chicken, even their basic green salad - everything I have tasted there is marvelous. So many French restaurants get pretentious and awful. It drives me nuts, because I've lived in France, and outside of the snootier Paris establishments, French restaurants are just, well, restaurants. No need for putting on airs. La Petite Jacqueline seems to have captured the most wonderful things about French restaurants and cooking, and so this restaurant is really like a love note to France. With mouth-wateringly good food. Of which I took some truly awful photos:
I console myself with the knowledge that even the most gorgeous of photos would not do this food justice.
Ooooh, and I almost forgot - the cocktails. Oh, the cocktails. I need to figure out when I can get back there...
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