tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170071399663025717.post8675164706516003845..comments2012-08-17T06:26:36.770-07:00Comments on the Reign in Maine: Moved inDan Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13968222408053468347noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170071399663025717.post-74694017212686263362012-03-22T10:02:41.278-07:002012-03-22T10:02:41.278-07:00The Fat Cat deli used to be right next to the gas ...The Fat Cat deli used to be right next to the gas station by the falls and bridge. (Not sure if anyone has moved in that space yet.) I think they said they moved because of the lack of parking. Not sure if they still do deliveries, but I know they did when they were downtown. <br /><br />Food at the galley on campus is really good. I used to go there all the time before I dropped out. The Chinese place in town tastes good but might make you sick. Blue Bird and Helen's are very good, though I prefer the Blue Bird. <br /><br />As for smokers (and the general culture up here), it's pretty common. You'll also note that a lot of people drink and/or smoke pot. I've been in Maine for about 5 years now, and I still pretty much feel like an outsider, but in a good way. (I live a few towns west of Machias.) I think the highlight of the Machias community and culture is the Blueberry Festival in August. You'll be lucky since you live downtown; it's centered in that area, and parking is a pain.<br /><br />I just found your blog via someone else's blog (http://www.pennyromance.com/) on the sidebar, so I haven't read through your archives. Hope you're enjoying UMM by now. Spring will be really amazing. The grass is incredibly green, like Technicolor.Elizabeth Plaidhttp://elizabethplaid.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170071399663025717.post-19228379237566965022011-11-09T14:53:53.026-08:002011-11-09T14:53:53.026-08:00Hi, You Mom's strange friend here.
I know fo...Hi, You Mom's strange friend here. <br /><br />I know for a fact that Chilli Relleños are available in Brunswick at El Camino Restaurant, but it is more Tex Mex than Bayliss's Oaxacan. Portland now has several good places. Points north, yeah it's going to be slim pickings: http://www.urbanspoon.com/f/207/21824/Maine/Mexican-Restaurants<br />We do have a taqueria now! in South Portland. It is fair with factory made tortillas. <br /><br />Why aren't you studying to be a chef? If I had your interest in food and despair at the lack, I would be at the CIA in Poughkeepsie NY and not anywhere near Machias. <br /><br />I am sorry you are so unhappy in Maine. I feel partly at fault since gave info to your MOm about it. I hope you will give it a chance if for no other reason than to assuage my guilt. You are in a small, remote and rural place but I hope you will find something about the state that is pleasant. Eventually. <br /><br />But if you are that displeased it is going to be a long winter. Shit, it will be a long winter anyway. There aren't many of us who love short days, shoveling, or being really cold. <br />In spring, which we call the mud season, you're going to have black flies, horse flies, ticks galore, and the state bird: mosquitoes. Then we have summer or as it is referred to, Road Construction, and the added biting insect, no-see-ums. That comes with a hefty dose of "people from away," or tourists, also known as Canadians. <br /><br /><br />What's good about Maine? Well, people can let their children play outside without worrying too much that they will be kidnapped. That has changed some, but, in general most violence is domestic or addiction related. <br /><br />There are only two restaurants I know of where you have to get dressed up. Even then, jeans and a sports jacket are considered passable. It is an unassuming state even in the well off places. <br /><br />As your mom said via email it is like Montana. I prefer Maine to Montana. However poverty is huge and we rank way up there in children in poverty. We also have a large smoking population and a lot of obesity. <br /><br />I generally find that people driving too slow is more of an issue than speeders. <br /><br />Glad your furniture came. <br /><br />You can drink the water, walk on the beach, and be among the first people in the country to see the sun come up each day. If you email the governor, chances are s/he will email you back(although I don't know about LePage, Baldacci was cool). There are few other places I would want to live, where I could afford to live as we do, happily. <br /><br />If you need anything you know where I am.Steph from fangswandsandfairydust.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00265501682911526600noreply@blogger.com