Signage near Bar Harbor

There seemed to be a theme to this one block in the downtown.

Love the photo of the example "manly men".

And around the corner:


The funniest part about this place was the slightly put-out looking teenage girl running the cashier at the MAN store.

There were dozens of places to get lobster, of course.

Live lobsters, packed for travel. Hmmm ...

But this one really took the prize.

It's a bargain!

Saw this storefront downtown today.

Really striking -- you see this huge window, with a big grid of shelves in front of it.


That whole grid is made up of old sewing machines.

At least a hundred of them!

It's an unusually long storefront, and the effect is very dramatic.


Very cool (and more interesting than the merchandise sold inside!).

Well, that was an unexpected reaction

There's a cupcake shop that has special "autumn flavors" that we really like -- especially ginger molasses! We buy a small assortment and then split each one so we can both have a taste.

They have a flavor called "salted chocolate" that for some reason they consider an autumn treat. I really like it -- it's like a brownie with a sprinkling of salt crystals on top.

Tom never seemed to like this flavor as much as I did. Last night he told me why:

"Salt together with chocolate tastes like mustard."

I have no explanation.

However, I can understand why a mustard-flavored cupcake might not make one's personal top-ten list. He probably won't be wanting to split the salted chocolate cupcakes with me anymore -- so if we ever get another, I will have to eat it all myself. Tragic ...