Rainy Beach Day

Fort Window
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The weather managed to thwart my friend Lil and my Maine summer beach plans, so instead we explored Fort Popham, a fort that has been on the Kennebeck river since the time of the Civil War. I am modeling my Brooklyn hoodie and king of the mountains Tour de France hat in the fort's window. Much to Lil's friend Ben's disapointment, the fort did not feature any moveable walls or secret passageways.

Bastille Day Sparklers

Sparklers
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A little different from Bastille Day last year where I watched fireworks from the banks of the Seine, this one was spent in Maine, chilling in the backyard of the house I grew up in, where my sister now lives. Here I rediscovered sparklers, which were actually more fun when I was younger, but here is Guillome, a young visitor from France, helping me desk the time delay function on my camera.

Pownal Sunset

Pownal Sunset
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Nature in Maine makes photography easy...

Fresh Local Maine Greens

Fresh Greens
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A few weeks ago I went home to Maine to visit my family, including my sister who was home from France. I had just finished reading "Aninal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver and while I was home I read "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. The benefits of eating locally and organically were fresh on my mind and this was certainly helped by my Mom's garden. In Maine it was still cool enough to have fresh lettuce. I also made up a cocktail with fresh mint and lime concentrate- 'mohito style' you might call it. But certainly reading both of those books (though I recomend Pollan's over Kingsolvers) has made me much more aware of where my food comes from even if I can't just walk out to the garden and pick it myself.

Birthday Present

Ida and Fuzzy Cats
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Forgive me for blogging about my cat. LJ found this amazing piece of kitch culture on the street by our apartment and presented it to me for my birthday (the cat clock behind Ida, not Ida herself, though she was also found on the street some years ago). I could not resist posing the real cat infront of these two creepy, 3-D fuzzy felines. If anyone wants this, get in touch. Though I've recently decided my apartment is "thrift store chique" (or a clutter magnet, if you look at it differently), this doesn't fully fit the decor. Or so I'd like to believe. Even I have my limits.

July 4 Water Fight

July 4 Water Fight
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July 4 was cloudy and rainy in Brooklyn, squelching plans for a beach trip and a rooftop barbeque. Instead, I went to Prospect Park with my neighbors, where we witnessed this strange hipster ritual. We were sitting drinking our watermelon juice on a grassy knoll when a herd of hips kids showed up with buckets full of water baloons. Soon they were launching them at each other with makeshift slingshots or going for the jugular with water guns. We soon made out that there were four teams- the British (union jack apparel, such as tank tops and boxer shorts), the colonists (or Americans, blue, which became evident when one yelled "No taxation without representation!") and two other teams: Red (French??) and Green (Native Americans??). Yes, it was the American Revolution, re-enacted as a water fight. That combined with fireworks exploding right above our heads later that night thanks for local pyrotechnicians definetly made me feel like this is a great country we live in. For sure.