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Monday, September 16, 2019

Bonne Maman, Maine with David Dewey

This is going to be short and sweet. Wifi is intermittent in my lovely, enormous room in Owl's Head, MAINE. I've been here a week. When I arrived my host made a fatal error. They bought 5 BONNE MAMAN blackberry jam instead of hard-to-find raspberry. I took this as a sign to paint French jam instead of Maine rocks all week. Hooray.

Meanwhile I brought them 4 boxes of divine French chocolates + some bars.

I can happily recommend Pierre Marcolini (yes, he is Belgian) if you need chocolate gifts. Perfect in every way: variety, color, flavor, number, price.

My hostess Katherine in front of The Mariner's Grill in Camden.

Where I ate a single blueberry pancake chock-a-block with Maine's tiny berries + real maple syrup.

Of course I had a lobsta roll on a bun(?) and a pile of mayonnaise with some slaw included the day before.

One cannot visit Maine without going for a whole lobster at Archer's.

Oh and those rocks.

I was attending David Dewey's Fall watercolor workshop.

But mostly I was up at 3am painting jam jars. I stayed on Paris time (and got poked during class for snoozing. Zzzz)

Per usual I made a mess in my enormous bathroom with all my painting stuff. If you're into Bonne Maman there is plenty lurking in my Etsy shop. Is Lavender a flavor? It is now. Thanks for reading and sharing Parisbreakfast. Paris letter and maps subscriptions + jam watercolors are in my Etsy shop. With love💋from Paris (back on Wednesday)🐻

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Adieu Maine

Adieu Lobster, watercolor, 9" x 11"

I'm hating to leave Maine just as much as you are

The last day of David's workshop is a half day spent close to his house so we can eat a farewell lunch together.
Crit before we eat lunch today.

Everyone side-by-side.

LUNCH and what I ate:

Watermelon Salad with Mint Leaves

1 (5-pound) watermelon
1 Vidalia or other sweet onion
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
6 whole mint sprigs

Rick said:

if you really ate all that food you posted, you must be stuffed!!!!!!

Yes, I ate:
1 Lobster Roll
1 clam roll
2 steamed lobsters
2 plates of steamed clams
1 blueberry slice pie
1 rhubarb slice pie
2 Haddock sandwichesToo much ice creamEverything tastes much better up there.
Now I'm on a mostly CARROTS regime