Lobster, lobster and more lobster

After getting stranded in NYC, we made it to Maine the following morning without losing much time. Our first impression of Maine consisted of Jamie being flipped off by a fellow driver when leaving the airport. We immediately felt right at home.

Our weekend in Maine entailed eating, laying on the beach, reading and more eating. Exactly the things one should do on a long weekend. We ate our weight in lobster rolls and got to experience some of the craziest waves Maine has seen in a long time. The people in Maine were incredibly friendly and hospitable, especially the owners of 16 Beach Street, the bed and breakfast where we stayed.

After much discussion and an anonymous vote, we decided that the two best meals we ate were the lemon blueberry pancakes made by Linda, one of our hosts and the lobster roll at Bob's Clam Hut in Kittery. Our most fun night spontaneously occurred at Hurricane's in Kennebunkport. We stopped there on Sunday night for a drink and ended up staying the night and watching the Yankee game (amongst a room full of Red Sox fans). The bartender treated us like we were Norm and we ate some delicious oysters. The Yankees winning was just an added bonus.

Hello Kennebunkport!

Thank you Bob's for your most delicious lobster roll of the trip.

And thank you Linda for your amazing breakfasts, especially these pancakes!

The waves in Ogonquit due to the Hurricane.

Don't fall into the Ocean!

Marginal Way in Ogonquit.

16 Beach Street B & B

damn you hurricane bill

i am supposed to be flying right now. to maine. for my vacation before my new job.

but usairways had different plans for me and decided to cancel all flights out of laguardia because of "lightening" or something crazy like that. $80 in round trip cab rides later, i sat on my couch and sulked until seth forced me out of funk.

what can bring me out of such a funk?

behold:

daisy may's bbq on 46th and 11th. i think the picture speaks for itself. fred flintstone sized ribs, sweet potatoes with brown sugar and baked beans and burnt ends. not lobster in maine but at a pretty close second. i feel bad for the person sitting next to seth on the plane tomorrow after such a meal.

wait, that's me.

happy birthday seth

The picture isn't great (damn the lighting in DGBG) but this burger is called The Piggy. Rightfully so. It is a 6 oz beef patty topped with daisy mays bbq pulled pork, jalapeno mayonnaise & boston lettuce on a cheddar-cornbread bun with mustard-vinegar slaw. And don't forget the fries - even better than McDonald's. Happy Birthday to Seth!

spotted on the 7 train

a woman running through the train, banging on the conductor's door and shouting that if the train didn't move she would pee in the train. remarkably, the train actually started moving but not before everyone close to her moved quickly to the other side of the train.

a walk on the highline

still figuring out the SLR and a walk on the new highline is the perfect place to do it.

the way the old railroad tracks are integrated is quite cool.

the view from the highline onto washington.

the design of the seats is cool too.

mmmm beef

mmmm gelato. seth got me the mint chocolate chip.

lots of pretty and interesting flowers. if you ask a park employee, they can tell you the names of each one.

the entrance/exit on 20th street

view from the 20th street entrance.