Mid-vacation

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Having a good time toodling around Maine with classicaljunkie. Keeping at it through Wednesday. We're in Portland now; yell if there's anything you think we should see. (Plans are to go gape at the Shipyard brewery and run around the downtown shoppy places.)

I was offline from Friday night on because of a lengthy power outage in my neighborhood followed by two days visiting places where there was hardly cellphone coverage, let alone wifi to leech off. During this dark period I diligently updated an enormous entry about what we did, mostly about the food we ate. I sympathize that you cannot wait to know whether we went for the pumkpin pie or the blueberry at Dysart's, but I must beg your patience, dear reader.

The multi-pronged hunt for work continues unabated. As soon as I regained Internet access in Waterville today, I had a meeting regarding one possible job and juggled three email conversations about others. It's good to make account of this, because knowing that I still have no active work during this trip has been quite stressful.

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[xach.livejournal.com]

For great beer and hearty if slightly pricy food, the Great Lost Bear on Forest Ave. is nice. Norm's in the Old Port has good stuff. Becky's on Commercial Street has decent breakfast, though it's a bit of a tourist trap. Bintliff's is classier and less crowded. Fore Street is the best place I've ever eaten, but it's priced accordingly and I can only afford to eat there once a year. If you like real BBQ, Beale Street in South Portland is ok, but Buck's Naked BBQ on Route 1 in Freeport the best local place I know.

Evergreen Cemetery on Stevens Ave. is neat. It's the biggest cemetery in Maine at something close to 200 acres, and has the tombs of senators, congressmen, governors, bishops, captains of industry, etc. Good for wandering.

The Eastern Promenade is pretty.

[xach.livejournal.com]

Sebago Brewing Company by the mall also has pretty good chow and fresh local beer on draft.

[jaq.livejournal.com]

+1

[jaq.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested to hear about the Shipyard brewery - I have gazed at it in passing but we haven't had time to visit yet.

I enjoyed the Gritty McDuff's in Freeport because they had some proper hand-pumps so I got some beer just like home. I'm not sure if their Portland pub has them though.