Crikey - could it possibly rain any more? After a very pretty coating of snow earlier in the week, Portland's infamous rains have returned. We are awash in sogginess - ugh! I hope you've had a pleasant weekend - ours has been quite productive but equally relaxing. The perfect weekend combination really. Here's to everyone having a jolly good week ahead (and fingers crossed it stops raining sometime soon).
Love this image, and love the look on her face - withering or nonchalant?
...with a bit of Vermont + New Hampshire thrown in. Vermont was pretty (even with very little snow). And the historic inn we stayed in was hilarious in a Fawlty Towerskind of way! The one day it did snow the roads were chaos and driving was pretty hairy - our one hour drive took five hours! Boston was wonderful - we stayed in the Back Bay area, and took in galleries, parks and lots of history. A day trip up the coast to Portsmouth proved worthwhile with a wintery quiet and serene views from the coastal road. Here's a few things we discovered along the way...
Tucked away in Middlebury, Vermont, is Clementine, a wonderful little shop selling lovely letterpress, antiques, art and handmade goodies.
We dined here on New Years eve and it was one of the best Italian meals I've had outside of Italy.
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts was really impressive - I could have spent days here. Their exhibition of embroideries of colonial Boston was exquisite. Another highlight was the Mapparium, an extraordinary three-story glass globe constructed in 1935.
Boston Architectural College's beautifully illustrated posters.
If you find yourself in Portsmouth, NH, and in need of coffee and cake call into Cafe Vonsolln. Yummy cakes, delicious soup + great coffee.
And after visiting Cafe Vonsolln, pop along to Gus & Ruby where you'll find all sorts of letterpress and stationery goodies.
From Boston we caught the train to New York - a great way to travel and take in the scenery. The Connecticut coast was lovely. We emerged from the chaos of Penn Station, hopped in a cab and headed off to our hotel. A quick lunch at Lucky Strike then it was off to explore one of my favourite cities. It was jolly cold with a bone-chilling wind, but we toured about taking in museums, the High Line, shopping, and lots of eating. Yummy meals were had here, here and here.
Located in Brooklyn is Greenhouse a beautifully curated shop full of eco-friendly home goods.
The freezing temperatures were a perfect excuse to stock up on chunky woollens from Rag & Bone.
