Like a kid in a candy store...

We had an action packed weekend which included art, rednecks, pasta e fagioli, and microbrews. Friday evening after battling the Massholes and Connectishits to get home from Old York, we went out with Sarah Numero Dos (to be referred to as Dos from here out) to the Portland Museum of Art for their free Friday evening. We saw a really, really good temporary exhibit on Rockwell Kent. Of course, Dos was like a kid in a candy store and insisted on pushing elevator buttons and looking behind closed doors that were obviously not meant to be open. I told her that there is no way in hell I am ever bringing her to Old York :-) After we dropped Dos off at home, we went back into the city and enjoyed a few microbrews at Sebago Brewing Company.

On Saturday, despite the oppressive heat and high gas prices, we drove out to Oxford, Maine, which is about 45 minutes or so north of Portland. I had seen an ad for a flea market up there, plus Dos had told me about a flea market store up there called the Undercover Flea Market that she thought we'd enjoy. Well, the flea market ended up being really, really small, although they had some good things, and we bought a small glass bottle that we thought was cute. We also picked up another glass bottle at the Undercover Flea Market and a small print which we guess is technically a trading card from back in the day (see pic). After taking our time driving back to Portland (gorgeous, gorgeous countryside on the way to Oxford and back), we hung out at home for a bit, in the sweltering heat (ugh), then headed into the city for the St. Peter's Festival that they have every year. You pretty much just go there for the food, although we have to say, watching some poor fool trying to climb up a greased pole is definitely the main attraction ;-) We both got pasta e fagioli, and we could have sworn the sauce was homemade, it was that good. Then we walked around a bit and ended up at Three Dollar Dewey's for more microbrews. Boy did we meet a lot of people that night! We seemed to have attracted all of the tourists in the place. We met a really nice couple from Los Angeles and talked to them for the majority of the evening. They had never been to Portland before, so we gave them ideas of places to go and what not. And it's always great to find other people who like to make fun of the slutty girls who always seem to show up at beer places, and then order a Mike's Lemonade or a gin and tonic ;-) After they left, we started talking to some people from CT who were visiting their cousin who lives in Saco.

And that brings us to Sunday. Our big plans? Doing nothing but housework, fun, fun, fun!