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Aug. 28th, 2012 08:24 pmSo this past weekend we had a big Maine weekend and had a blast. Friday we went up to Monmouth to drop West at my dad's house for his first grandparent overnight (which went amazingly well, kid slept until 7 am Saturday morning, that's later than I slept Saturday morning!!). Drew and I went to Portland, checked into our B&B, and walked through the Old Port. It is just such a cute, cool little city. There are multiple bookstores and actual record stores! Plural!
We stopped at The Old Port Sea Grill so Drew could get an oyster fix. I had a Pimm's Cup to kick off the night. We then moved along to The Wine Bar, which was super cute and just what I want from a wine bar. Unpretentious, generous pours, the bartender even gave me a taste of another bubbly because I was having some Domain Chandon. I could have stayed there all night, dangerously since wine really goes to my head, but we had other bars to crawl. Next it was on to The Thirsty Pig. They have a fantastic back patio, and they make tasty sausages. You can't go wrong. Finally, we headed to our ultimate goal, Novare Res, our favorite Portland bar. We snagged seats on the patio and settled in for an amazing evening of Belgian beers. Ok, I enjoyed the evening a little too much and spent most of the night in drink regret when I was trying to sleep later, but it was worth it.
Saturday we walked around a giant art festival in Portland for a while, then slowly made our way back north. Collected West to head to our friends' pig roast on the other side of Monmouth, and had a great evening hanging out with folks, eating delicious bbq foods, and getting bit by many angry mosquitos.
Finally, made it back to Salem in record time Sunday morning and had a regular old Sunday doing chores, hanging with West, the usual.
A fine, fine weekend.
We stopped at The Old Port Sea Grill so Drew could get an oyster fix. I had a Pimm's Cup to kick off the night. We then moved along to The Wine Bar, which was super cute and just what I want from a wine bar. Unpretentious, generous pours, the bartender even gave me a taste of another bubbly because I was having some Domain Chandon. I could have stayed there all night, dangerously since wine really goes to my head, but we had other bars to crawl. Next it was on to The Thirsty Pig. They have a fantastic back patio, and they make tasty sausages. You can't go wrong. Finally, we headed to our ultimate goal, Novare Res, our favorite Portland bar. We snagged seats on the patio and settled in for an amazing evening of Belgian beers. Ok, I enjoyed the evening a little too much and spent most of the night in drink regret when I was trying to sleep later, but it was worth it.
Saturday we walked around a giant art festival in Portland for a while, then slowly made our way back north. Collected West to head to our friends' pig roast on the other side of Monmouth, and had a great evening hanging out with folks, eating delicious bbq foods, and getting bit by many angry mosquitos.
Finally, made it back to Salem in record time Sunday morning and had a regular old Sunday doing chores, hanging with West, the usual.
A fine, fine weekend.
