Portland, Maine

So I liked Maine a lot. Shockingly, it's only 4 degrees colder than here. My friend has an apartment in a Victorian house, and we were able to walk everywhere. The food in Portland is delicious. Apparently, the city has won all kinds of accolades - for livability, food, etc. We saw A Single Man with Colin Firth in it (one of my idols). I wouldn't recommend it to everyone, but it was artsy and interesting. Lots of naked men floating underwater. A little random.

For breakfast on Sunday I had pancakes that tasted of cinnamon and their texture was a combination of muffin and doughnut. When I got them, I said, "These are beautiful!" The waitress smiled.

For dinner on Saturday I had a bit too much wine (a sweet Cabernet Sauvignon) and heavenly pizza - gorgonzola, squash and caramelized onions. All good ingredients, but somehow the whole was more than the sum of its parts. I would definitely like to go back. The only drawback is, they only have 2 weeks of summer - in July. On the upside, no need for air conditioning.

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This suzy said…
Glad you had a good time! I'm surprised that they only have 2 weeks of summer, although I guess that might depend on the exact definition of "summer." I'd say up here we get around 2 months of summer, and within those 2 months we'll have maybe 14 days spread out over that where the temp gets above 90.
8:00 PM
Jack said…
ive heard of this place. my friend used to live there... nice blog.
10:19 PM
Perplexio said…
I've been to Maine but never Portland. I can believe the bit about only having 2 weeks of summer weather. When I grew up in Northern NY (just north of the Adirondack State Park) we'd usually only get about 6-8 weeks of summer weather-- some years it was less than that.
9:11 AM
Bearette said…
Thanks, Jack.

Perplexio - yeah, i realized even here (NYC, further south) there are about 5 months of winter. snowing as i type.
10:51 AM
Anonymous said…
Portland is paradise.
10:22 PM
Dan in Portland said…
I exaggerated a bit about the 2 week summer. Why muck up a good story with facts?

A more realistic take is that there are only 2 weeks in summer that you would want to have an air conditioned apartment.
11:58 AM
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