Getting Away From It All

We changed our plans and extended the vacation another day so we could go out on the water


That proved to be a great idea


Because wherever we looked


To the right or the left


Up or down


It seemed the wildlife was out enjoying the sun, too

Camden Harbor Inn, a traditional waterside house with views across the harbor and Penobscot Bay


The surprise is inside; modern furnishings mix with historic architectural details to create a signature style


The elegant and extremely comfortable rooms are named after trading ports of the Dutch East India Company. We stayed in Deshima - Audrey kept an eye on us


After a hard day's sightseeing, water sporting or menu-tasting in the gastronomical paradise that is Natalie's restaurant, it's so relaxing to find slippers laid out and gourmet chocolates on the pillow


This inn is going to be hard to beat, it sets the standard for all future hotels -luxury all the way.

Whatever

The weather didn't necessarily cooperate every day but there was always something interesting to do in while recharging our batteries and regaining our sense of fun


Build-a-boat in Portland. ME


Spotting exotic animals


experiencing the town art


or admiring the town architecture - Belfast, ME

Warhols!

Jenni over at ThirteenEleven commented recently that I get to go to wonderful exhibitions, and she's right I do. Wherever I'm traveling I try to build in time to see something special and, hopefully, spectacular. Sometimes, though, it just doesn't work out. For example I flew out of Montreal one day before the Warhol Live: Music and dance in Andy Warhol’s work exhibition opened at the Musee des Beaux Arts.
I would have loved to see the portraits of Aretha Franklin, Liza Minelli and Debbie Harry and all the pop art but even more, something that hasn't been shown before, a private collection of album covers Warhol designed, including the iconic Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers.



Other rarities on show will be this video for The Cars as well as films and art installations. It runs through January 18 2009, and during that time, over at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal there will be another music inspired exhibition, Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967.
Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be finding myself back in Montreal that soon. Dommage!

The only way to travel...

Graceland
Originally uploaded by modernemama

I'm never ever getting on another airplane again, even if it's my own personal plane. Memphis to La Guardia took 20 hours, including two terminal changes at Atlanta, two sessions of more than an hour waiting for clearance to leave the gate, after having waited three hours to board the plane and no food or water, I had seriously had enough. All this because of thunderstorms and the fact that they cram too many flights together, so when things get delayed there's a chain reaction.
Yep, and the music and bbq vacation in Tennessee? I think we had fun in Nashville and Memphis, but I need to get some distance from the journey home to be sure.