{"id":9055,"date":"2019-04-30T20:36:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T01:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=9055"},"modified":"2025-06-21T07:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T12:50:37","slug":"travelogue-portland-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=9055","title":{"rendered":"Travelogue: Portland, ME"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 2019<\/em><\/strong>
\nWhere I Stayed: With Friends<\/em><\/p>\n

Maine! Bethany and Dan! It had been FOUR AND A HALF YEARS since I saw one of my best friends. How does this happen? Life gets busy, I know. But we have vowed to not go\u00a0that<\/em> long without seeing each other again. I went to Portland for a weekend visit. I was only there about 48 hours, but we packed a lot in!<\/p>\n

I arrived on Friday around noon and it was cold and rainy. (What a surprise, more sad “spring” weather!) We dropped my bag off at Bethany and Dan’s apartment and then headed out for downtown.\u00a0 I was\u00a0starving<\/em> so we stopped at Duck Fat<\/a> for some very tasty french fries. We walked around and visited a few shops.\u00a0 Took some photos in the cold and rain (I look like a wet, wind-swept dog in most!).\u00a0 Picked up some donuts at the Holy Donut<\/a> cause, you know, we’d need snacks later. Fun fact: the secret ingredient used in these donuts is MASHED POTATOES. Two of my favorite foods literally collided. What a dream.<\/p>\n

We spent the early afternoon and evening at Bethany and Dan’s adorable apartment, where I was reunited with a great love of my life: Hattie.\u00a0 Their dog, Hattie, is such a sweetheart and I love her so much. Bethany and I watched the Golden Girls, talked, and ordered pizza from Slab<\/a>.\u00a0 Dan went to his whiskey club.\u00a0 I went to bed at 8pm because I had been up since 3:30am.<\/p>\n

The next day, Saturday, we took the ferry to Peaks Island, which is 3 miles away from Portland.\u00a0 It reminded me a little bit of Washington Island in Door County — small, quiet, cute.\u00a0 We rented a golf cart and scooted around the island for about an hour.\u00a0 It was beautiful, but we wished it wasn’t so wet — as that prevented us from seeing a lot (though I still managed to act like a baby and whine when forced to hike up and down a hill! Bless Dan for being so chill)<\/p>\n

Upon returning to Portland, we put our names in for a table at Eventide<\/a> and got some lobster rolls and oysters!\u00a0 Afterward, we went to meet Andrea + Matt and then headed home for some stretchy pants, warm blankets, and Hattie snuggles.\u00a0 We cooked dinner at home that night and then Bethany’s bff, Stephen, and his husband came over — we played trivia games and laughed our asses off until midnight.<\/p>\n

Sunday we woke up to SUNSHINE!\u00a0 SUN. SHINE! Glorious. We dropped Dan off at the bus station (he was leaving for Boston to catch a flight to Toronto).\u00a0 Bethany and I grabbed delicious bagels at Scratch Baking Co.<\/a> — where I encountered to only two RUDE New Englanders of the trip.\u00a0 Sometimes I really cherish and miss “Midwest nice.”<\/p>\n

The last activity of the trip was visiting the Portland Head Light — which is rumored to be the most photographed lighthouse ever.\u00a0 And for good reason, as it’s gorgeous! Bethany then drove me to the airport and I headed home.\u00a0 It was a lovely weekend and I can’t wait to go back!<\/p>\n

Other stray observations:<\/p>\n