Christmas in Maine - what's not to love? From the moment my brother picked us up at the Portland bus station to the time he dropped us back off 10 days later, we had a wonderful time. Goldfish DID notice her stocking - hung by the chimney with care at my brother's house - seemed a bit, shall we say, sparse . . . .
Being nothing if not proactive, she quickly remedied the situation . . . .
My Dad and brother playing one of many cribbage games we enjoyed during our visit.
My nephew and his lovely wife invited us over to dinner at their "starter home" they purchased in 2009.
Their "starter kitchen" . . . . .
Wii golf in the living room . . . .
We had a lobster feed - exercising great self control, I only ate four . . . .
That is one perky backseat passenger as we drive to Bar Harbor to Geddy's, one of our favorite spots to eat on the coast.
I had lobster pizza and a blueberry beer . . . .
This antique store was HUGE, with three floors packed with all sorts of treasures - we found some very cool old cookbooks . . . .
We dragged poor Goldfish to three Christmas parties on three consecutive nights, culminating with Christmas Eve at my Uncle's house. This is his nutcracker tree, one of three Christmas trees on display (there used to be five) . . . .
Three of my very favorite gals - my aunt, my niece and my baby sister - performing the 12 Days of Christmas (they are up to five). You really had to be there to witness this as the 30 folks watching belted out the song along with the performers . . . .
Christmas dinner at my brother's house in his beautiful remodeled kitchen. Ham, turkey and crab, with all the fixings, what a great time!
We are a competitive bunch . . . .
Big family breakfast before Goldfish and I head back down to Portland.
My brother and wife surprised us with tickets to comedian Bob Marly in Portland on our last night in Maine. I couldn't stop laughing!
To kill time before the show we walked along the old waterfront, checking out all the little shops and eating at Flatbread - hand tossed pizza cooked in a huge clay wood-fired oven. I topped mine with lobster . . . .
We spent our last night at the Eastland Park Hotel, courtesy of my brother and family. After the comedy show we headed up to the Top of the East, the nightclub at the top of the hotel with great views of the whole city.
Being nothing if not proactive, she quickly remedied the situation . . . . 
My Dad and brother playing one of many cribbage games we enjoyed during our visit.
My nephew and his lovely wife invited us over to dinner at their "starter home" they purchased in 2009.
Their "starter kitchen" . . . . . 
Wii golf in the living room . . . . 
We had a lobster feed - exercising great self control, I only ate four . . . . 
That is one perky backseat passenger as we drive to Bar Harbor to Geddy's, one of our favorite spots to eat on the coast.
I had lobster pizza and a blueberry beer . . . .
This antique store was HUGE, with three floors packed with all sorts of treasures - we found some very cool old cookbooks . . . .
We dragged poor Goldfish to three Christmas parties on three consecutive nights, culminating with Christmas Eve at my Uncle's house. This is his nutcracker tree, one of three Christmas trees on display (there used to be five) . . . . 
Three of my very favorite gals - my aunt, my niece and my baby sister - performing the 12 Days of Christmas (they are up to five). You really had to be there to witness this as the 30 folks watching belted out the song along with the performers . . . . 
Christmas dinner at my brother's house in his beautiful remodeled kitchen. Ham, turkey and crab, with all the fixings, what a great time!
We are a competitive bunch . . . .
Big family breakfast before Goldfish and I head back down to Portland.
My brother and wife surprised us with tickets to comedian Bob Marly in Portland on our last night in Maine. I couldn't stop laughing! 
To kill time before the show we walked along the old waterfront, checking out all the little shops and eating at Flatbread - hand tossed pizza cooked in a huge clay wood-fired oven. I topped mine with lobster . . . . 
We spent our last night at the Eastland Park Hotel, courtesy of my brother and family. After the comedy show we headed up to the Top of the East, the nightclub at the top of the hotel with great views of the whole city.I also posted the pictures from the rest of our Boston visit below . . .
5 comments:
It looks absolutely wonderful! I am so glad they spoiled you. You deserve it. Love you little bro. And thanks, big bro
Love Maine! I was under the impression that Bar Harbor rolled up the sidewalks after October for the winter. Lobster looks good.
Holy crap! "STARTER" house??? My house is about the size of their garage!
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