Tag: rockport maine
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Transitions
Lucky girl that I am, half of my year is spent in Houston and half in Rockport, Maine. As you might guess, the two environments are very different. Houston is a big city with lots of people and traffic, terrific restaurants, great shopping, professional sports and incredible visual and performing arts. Rockport, on the other…
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98 to 49
The hubby says when the temperature is three days above 90 in Houston, it’s time to go to Rockport, Maine, where we are lucky to spend several months. That happened very quickly after Memorial Day, and on a day the thermometer reached 98 in Houston we arrived in Rockport to a very chilly 49. Whereas…
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Buttermilk + Oysters
Before we were frozen out of Maine a few days ago, we had dinner at one of our favorite Rockport restaurants, Nina June, in the heart of the village. It is the brainchild of Sara Jenkins who combines her love of Mediterranean food with her Maine roots. She is also a cookbook author, the most…
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Reentry
I am very lucky to live in two places: Houston, Texas and Rockport, Maine. We have just returned to Houston and, oh, what a difference. Many of those differences make reentry something of a challenge. Houston is big and with that comes lots of traffic. Right now I drive the freeways with my heart…
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A Winter Fix
For most of the 14 years we’ve had our house in Maine, I’ve come up for a few days by myself in winter. A few days are enough as it is cold and night comes early. I love when it snows turning Rockport into a charming winter wonderland. This year, thanks to warmer temperatures, snow…
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Vegas Comes to Rockport
When you see the big tents going up in Rockport, you know that Pop the Cork is just around the corner. Sponsored by Cellar Door Winery, it’s a happening that attracts 1,000 party goers from all over and leaves people talking for days. The 2013 theme: Las Vegas with lots of glitz, gambling and glamor.…
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Here’s the Story
In the three years I have been writing about Maine, many of you have asked how we got from Texas to Maine. Well, here’s the story and it’s my own fairy tale. Before we married, the hubby captained a yawl that raced the Southern Ocean Racing Circuit. Following a race that ended in Bermuda, a…
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Camden……#1
According to a survey of Down East readers, Camden is the prettiest village in Maine, and there aren’t many who would argue that. Twenty years ago we drove into Camden for the first time, and the minute we saw the white steeple standing above the trees we were in love. Like most Maine villages, Camden’s…
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In Rockport….Really?
What you have to know is that Rockport, Maine is a small town, like fewer than 3,000 people, on Maine’s midcoast, so what is it that brings an Elvis impersonator from Vegas, finalists from the Sing Off, bands from New York and Austin and Boyz II Men to this place? The answer is simple: Pop the…
Lulu’s Musings…. 