I love Lobster

Lobster dinner #1:



Lobster dinner #2:


And lobster dinner #3:





I love lobster :-)

Michigan woman killed by lightning in Maine

I have received a few e-mails asking if I'm still alive so I thought I'd ease the mind of everyone. I'm OK! This is a really sad story though....

STANDISH, Maine (AP) -- Authorities in Maine say one of two people killed by lightning late last week was a wife and mother of three from mid-Michigan.

Detective Sgt. James Estabrook of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office says the victims have been identified as 28-year-old Krysta Bearor of Clare, Mich., and 22-year-old Anthony Clarke of Standish.

Estabrook says Bearor, her husband and their children were visiting her parents in Vassalboro and were at a home in Standish, 80 miles north of Boston, when powerful bands of thunderstorms were sweeping across Maine on Friday evening.

He says Bearor and Clarke had gone outside to retrieve a pair of eyeglasses the family dog had taken from one of the children when they were struck.

Fort Knox and Penobscot Narrows Observatory

We did a little site seeing on Sunday and decided to go to Fort Knox. Fort Knox is located on the west bank of the Penobscot River in Prospect, ME. It was established in 1844 to protect the Penobscot River valley against possible future British naval incursion. Here is us being the typical dorks we are outside the entrance....




After visiting Fort Knox I convinced my father to go to the top of the Observatory with me. The observation tower is 420' above sea level! Both being afraid of heights, we were a bit nervous after we got off the 50 second elevator ride to the top. The view was amazing though.

Pictures of the Coast

Here are some pictures from our time in Camden, ME this week. More to come soon!

Idea for Wine Nite...

I had the most amazing dinner tonight and believe it or not, it was not lobster.

We went to a resturant right on the ocean that had a Sunday Night Pizza buffet. As we sit at our table facing the ocean, ordering bottles of wine, servers would come around with different gourmet pizzas. They had everything from clam chowder pizza, to nacho pizza, macaroni pizza, loaded stuffed potatoe pizza, blonde porsciutto pizza with fontina cheese, and much more. It was such a fun dinner and so delicious. I thought something like this would be perfect for our Wine Night resturant!

Unfortunately the cord for to upload pictures from the camera onto the laptop is about 250 miles away. You will have to wait and see pictures from tonight, along with other events from the past few days, on Tuesday.

Wish you could all be here!!!

Off to Maine

I leave for Maine tomorrow and I promise this blog will become much more exciting then. I can't wait to share pictures of the coast, lobstermen, and my adventures with you.

Here is the resort that I will be staying at Friday - Wednesday: www.samosetresort.com

I wish I could take everyone with me so you could all experience the beauty of Maine. It's truly gorgeous. I can't wait for my first sniff of the ocean...

You know you're old when....

I remember the days where I could spend a night out enjoying some cocktails with friends and then actually be productive the next day. Friday some old co-workers threw a little going away party for me at The Woods. We started there, moved on to Rockwells and then HopCat. When everyone went home I went back to Rockwells to meet up with some other friends and went to bed around 3:30am. After sleeping until 5:00 yesterday afternoon, I went over to Becky and Liz's. This is when I realized exactly how old I have become...

We stayed in on a Saturday night, pounded Advil, watched a Primetime special about Bears, another about Child Brides, and then I was back home fast asleep by 11:00 at night. (while taking some more Advil before I went to sleep)

I still feel hung over today and my body still feels like it was hit by a bus.

So, I didn't discover anything new or facinating about Grand Rapids this weekend to blog about. I plan on getting back on track Monday and will hopefully have some more exciting news to report on then.:-)