last car to pass. here i go.

Aug 20, 2009 08:11

Yesterday, I essayed the three-hourish roadtrip up to southern Maine with marykaykare (who is couch-surfing here for a few days on her whirlwind tour of the Northeast). We stopped along the way for (an enormous) brunch at The (infamous) Friendly Toast in Portsmouth New Hampshire, then visited Portland where (after some explorations prompted by missing the ( Read more... )

maine, peregrinations, new hampshire, signage: an occasional series, (new) england, you can't get there from here

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jhetley August 20 2009, 12:37:40 UTC
And we didn't even fire on you from that coastal-defense installation. You *do* realize that photographing and publishing Homeland Security sites is giving information to the enemy, yes?

The knock on the door will come when you least expect it.

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matociquala August 20 2009, 13:12:45 UTC
Those civil war era installations?

I think Homeland Security is going to be a lot more concerned about the shots of the oil tankers.

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jhetley August 20 2009, 13:17:14 UTC
You saw just a Seeming. That Death Star is fully operational . . .

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batwrangler August 20 2009, 12:54:06 UTC
And I bet it was cooler there than it was inland. :)

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pentane August 20 2009, 12:54:49 UTC
The news man sings his same song.

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pabba August 20 2009, 13:07:10 UTC
Condom Sense is next to the candy shop? Huh, how 'bout that.

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mrtact August 24 2009, 19:28:46 UTC
Whew! Glad I wasn't the only one to notice that!

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aitchellsee August 20 2009, 13:33:19 UTC
Sounds like a beneficent Heaven has preserved the two of you from the temptations of the Best Yarn Shop on Earth which is/used to be in Portsmouth, NH, only I forget its name. Also a damn tempting fabric, notions 'n sewing shop, which was a danger even to those who couldn't recall how to sew buttons onto things :-)

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matociquala August 20 2009, 13:40:20 UTC
Well, I find yarn shops boring. We did walk past it, though. (Not a textile artist, me.)

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