There are two little islands posted off the tip of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park in Maine. On our recent glamping trip we stepped back in time and spent a day ferrying with our bicycles between Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford Island). It was pure magic and invokes memories of Anne of … More Glamping is… a day cycling the Cranberry Islands, Maine
Talbot was sure he packed the Irish Tea. He muttered this several times while tearing Tilly apart the first morning of glamping in Maine, trying not to wake the kids. He searched the pantry, every cupboard, the boot of the van … no tea. I searched the pantry, every cupboard, the boot of the van … … More Irish tea and the glamping holy grail of a hot cuppa
What do you prefer: a ‘shedder’ or a hard-shelled? Or do you know the difference? We didn’t, before our recent glamping trip to Maine. It’s lobsters we’re referring too. We learnt from the best, while many restaurants serve the larger, harder lobster, they’re bigger and require the crackers, it’s really the younger, smaller, softer-shelled lobsters, often … More Shedders vs. hard-shelled and the Portland-style of eating lobster
Looking for fabulous artisan cheeses and local wine just outside Bar Harbor, Maine? On Eden Street in Hull Cove there’s a little garage that opens it’s doors by day to offer patrons fabulous wine, pungent cheese and all you need for a glampy picnic. Wind and Wine By The Sea is in it’s second summer … More Artisan wine store packs perfect picnics
We found a fabulous barbecue hut on Mount Desert Island that’s nestled down a little lane off Crooked Road. If you didn’t know better you would think you were pulling into someone’s driveway and not Mainely Meats, what we think is one of the best down east brew houses and grill restaurants outside Bar Harbor. … More Mainely Meats serves smoking hot grub and home brew
Sometimes when life offers a time out, we just need to listen. Some of us panic, some retreat. And some of us decide to watch the birds. An old neighbour of ours in Dublin and a very good friend, once offered my husband and I some sound advice during a very pivotal time in our … More Bird watching
