How's this for a romantic travel fantasy: A weekend at the Cabot Cove cottages in Kennebunkport, Maine. You stay in a private cottage, and breakfast arrives at your door each morning. For the rest of the day, you hike to lighthouses, swim, sail, go whale-watching, drink wine in Adirondack chairs, and eat lobster for dinner. Wouldn't you love to go with your partner? :)P.S. Maine-scented perfume.
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I've never been to Maine, but I hear it's gorgeous.. it would be nice to head there in the fall!
ReplyDeleteWe stayed there last fall and it's just the most perfect little place. For anyone making the trip, stop at Federal Jack's (http://www.federaljacks.com/). Delicious food and great beer.
ReplyDeleteJoanna, I know you don't mean to be exclusive or make readers feel alienated, and I know you support gay rights...but nearly every post this week has been written exclusively for straight girls. What if I want to go there not with "my man" but with my woman? What if I want to pick out a cute date night for my crush that's a "she" and not a he as you wrote. What if it's not George Clooney I wanna date but Ellen? This week of posts is kinda bumming me out.
ReplyDeleteWow, looks gorgeous. I would love to visit for a romantic getaway!
ReplyDeleteThese cottages look amazing. I love that you can walk to the little town and go whale watching.
ReplyDeleteSounds perfect!
ReplyDeleteCabot Cove...Murder She Wrote Cabot Cove?
ReplyDeleteI would hope to run into Jessica Fletcher, but only once the murder has been committed ;-)
ugh yes sign me up! I like any place where breakfast finds me in the morning and wine waits for me in the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteI wish I would have known about your blog when I was planning our honeymoon...you have such amazing travel ideas! Ah, well--maybe I can convince the husband to take a second honeymoon on our fifth anniversary or something...
ReplyDeleteOOOOOoooohhhhh. Yes, PLEASE!
ReplyDeleteIt'll be so awesome to watch sun go down from its porch. xoxo
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Now I'm going to be day dreaming about this romantic getaway for the rest of the day :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! My husband and and I would love it!
ReplyDeleteVisiting lighthouses and eating lobster in Maine is pretty much number one on my bucket list. Sigh ...
ReplyDeleteHow lovely! And I think that Maine is the perfect place to visit in late August....
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My parents are going hiking and whale watching in Maine next month for their 30th Anniversary. Staying in a similar cabin in the woods. So romantic!
ReplyDeletesounds perfect :)
ReplyDeleteCute. Cute. CUTE!
ReplyDeleteCabot Cove reminds me of "Murder She Wrote".
CUTE!
I love Maine. We had such a nice time there two summers ago. I would love to explore it more, and this looks like the perfect little escape.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I remember that perfume post and it made me smile! I think we discussed what New York would smell like and decided it would be a mixture of smog and success? (I'm fully paraphrasing, but you get me;)
xo...have an awesome weekend, Joanna!
ps: West Village is on the evac map, did you see? Stay safe.
My husband and I were just talking about maybe going to Maine for our 10 year anniversary, it is a toss up between that or New York. Haven't been to either yet. That looks so romantice though.
ReplyDeleteI stay in a little red cottage in Boothbay Harbor every year; it's heavenly.
ReplyDeleteThis could be my FAVORITE posts simply because I am in LOVE with Maine! I have a cottage in York Beach and it is by far my favorite place in the world. Nothing beats the off season when you can cozy up in a sweatshirt and drink a coffee on your walk down to the water. And that perfume looks lovely!
ReplyDeleteI plan to get married there someday... ;-)
this looks FAN TASTIC!
ReplyDeletethis post comes right in time! we just passed a few days in NYC for the first time as a family and we went by car (From Montreal) with our baby girl. the 6 hours drive with a 8 month old was scary for us but everything went great! so we decided next road trip would be to Maine and these cottages are heavenly! thanks Joanna!
ReplyDeleteThese look so awesome! I love the idea that it's a little home for a vacation.
ReplyDeletei've never considered a vacation to the east cost -- this looks incredible!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love Kennebunkport... in fact I got married at the Colony Hotel right down the road from Cabot Cove! The Maine Coast is my version of heaven. I could go there for every vacation for the rest of my life! Thanks so much for the post, it brought a smile to my face!
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In addition to Federal Jack's (try the Pumpkin Ale!), be sure to check out Daytrip Society, the most incredible store I have ever been to. You will not be sorry!
I agree with anonymous #1. I'm straight and have found your language this week exclusive. Why not use words like "honey" or "sweetheart" which are gender neutral but still convey the same relationship excitement?
ReplyDeleteLooks amazing. Would definitely take a vaca there!
ReplyDeleteNice! Reminds me of Seabrook, WA - a beach community in my neck of the woods.
ReplyDeletethis is by far in my top five dream vacations, or retirement fantasies! i've never been to maine and as a california girl i've always dreamed of it, and prince edward island. one day!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like the epitomy of bliss.
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http://allykayler.blogspot.com
Yes please!
ReplyDeleteI've stayed at those cottages twice and they're lovely! Each one is decorated differently, so of course we had to walk around and try to peak into the windows of all the others. The breakfasts are fabulous and they have croquet sets to play and kayaks to take out onto their lake!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like the epitomy of bliss.
ReplyDeletexo
http://allykayler.blogspot.com
looks like a wonderful place to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to go sailing or whale watching!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely place! I wish I could visit right now!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah. Maine is TOTALLY one of my future travel destinations!! Can't wait!!
ReplyDeleteNot this weekend! Goodnight Irene.
ReplyDeleteI DEFINITELY want to go to Maine. It's on my top 10 for trips within the next year. Going with a date would make it even more perfect :)
ReplyDeleteoh gosh, i'd love to be there right now :) i've been meaning to go up to maine from nyc, and this looks like a great first-time place to stay!
ReplyDeletethis is EXACTLY where I want to spend the end of my summer. Sounds incredible!
ReplyDeleteThis was my honeymoon! We stayed at another cottage in Kennebunkport, where they delivered breakfast in the morning. We swam, went whale watching, ate good food, saw lighthouses, had lobster, etc. It was a wonderful and relaxing trip! So yes, I'd love to go (again)!
ReplyDeleteMy cousins live in Cape Elizabeth, we were there last 4th of July for fresh lobsters, its a magical place tucked away in country!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so relaxing and romantic, and despite the fact that I grew up in New England I've never really spent time in Maine. I think my husband would die and go to lobster heaven if I surprised him with a trip like this. Time to start saving up. :)
ReplyDeleteHeck, I'd love to go by myself, or with a good gal pal. Even those of us who are not in romantic relationships would like a little romantic getaway now and then.
ReplyDeleteI love this post but agree with the comments about exclusive language- please keep it open to everyone!
ReplyDeleteoh, i'd love to go there. Never been to maine, but all the photos make it look so relaxing and peaceful!
ReplyDeleteah you're going to make me cry! we had to move from portland, maine after only two glorious years in the seaside town... and I miss it so- we have plans to move back once the husbo is done with grad-school etc.
ReplyDeleteI adore kennebunkport! This sounds like the ultimate vacation. I'll "pin" it to save for the future! thanks for sharing!
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my hubby and i just got back from here on tuesday! it was an amazing place. i even made a little video of the cottage because i didn't want to forget for a minute what a great time we had - you can see it here: http://littlebittyhouse.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/vacation-tour/
ReplyDeleteit was truly a travel fantasy! i got all teary eyed when we pulled in because it is THAT gorgeous.
Love Maine! It's a magical place.
ReplyDeleteUsing...for your man or woman... sounds better.
As for tailoring your blog to one group or more groups, I feel that is your choice, and I respect that.
I've never read you as being not including everyone, even when you say... with your man.
That would be divine!
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Maine is my fave place in the US...my Dad lived there so I spent wonderful summers there when I was younger. And I'm dying to take my husband, this would be the perfect spot!
ReplyDeleteThis place has been on my bucket list for years. I hope to cross it off in the near future! We just drove by it in July when we were in Maine and it is just as perfectly perfect as I pictured. Swoon!
ReplyDeleteSounds like pure heaven to me!
ReplyDeleteI stayed on Vinalhaven with friends last month. It was incredible -- now I want to live there.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I went to Kennebunkport for our honeymoon, and it was PERFECT. We stayed in a little cottage that was part of a bed & breakfast, and they delivered our breakfast to our front porch every morning in a wicker basket.
ReplyDeleteJust got back from a month long Maine Cottage Stay. Ours was in the Camden area and in my opinion the better place to stay. It is a beautiful place in this world!
ReplyDeleteThis is her blog so she doesn't have to dance around every single word just to please every person. If you don't like it then go find a gay blog
ReplyDeleteI was just in Kennebunkport this past weekend! beautiful there
ReplyDeleteI live about 15 minutes for kennebunkport!! it's a very cute little town, probably one of my favorites in the area along with downtown portsmouth (nh)
ReplyDeleteSigh. How lovely. A Maine lake house is one of my ideal retreats. I love all things Maine--lobster, ice cream, blueberries, rocky coasts, my alma mater, my perfume (Maine--which I found through you Joanna, thank you) and most of all my man.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Anonymous at 1pm - this raised a strange flag for me, too. Not all of your readers have or want men. Why use such exclusive language?
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I'm planning a honeymoon to Maine with my partner, so keep these ideas coming please!
Joanna's language isn't necessarily exclusive, it's just her writing a blog about her life!
ReplyDeleteI love the post, I love the photo and I LOVE your blog! Keep up the amazing posts Joanna!
-meesch
http://aperfectkindofday.blogspot.com
"This is her blog so she doesn't have to dance around every single word just to please every person."
ReplyDeleteYup, agreed. You really aren't going to please everyone all the time and Joanna has proven her support of any type of relationship many times so I think we all need to respect her choice of words even if it's not what we would have written.
Agreed, Anonymous and Jennie. This weeks' postings have been shallow and alienating.
ReplyDeleteNo mention of a potentially devastating hurricane, but you are asking if I sleep naked?
I guess you are trying to capture a different reader demographic after all the gay marriage flack?
Wow, really? I hate when people pick on other people for the way they've chosen to write their own blog. If you don't like it, don't read it. But no need to call it shallow and alienating. Joanna said she was going to do relationship posts all this week...and she has...and I think hundreds of readers have probably loved it. If I want to read about the hurricane, I'll check the news. A Cup of Jo regularly posts about world events but it's nice to have an escape from the devastation every once and a while. I think she's posting to the same demographic as always.
ReplyDeletei would do anything to teleport to Maine with my guy right now! That sounds so amazing.
ReplyDeleteI have no problem with the so-called "shallow" posts. This stuff is fun, and this is a website geared toward lighter topics. That's cool.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course anyone can write their blog in the way they want, but it's nice to think about everyone. It's not much different than if a blogger ended every post for a week by saying, "What do you think, White People?" Or, "So, Catholics,what's your opinion?" It makes a huge chunk of us say, "Huh...I guess I don't belong here." And I hope we all want to be better people than that. (I'm trying and failing all the time.)
That's why I raised the issue initially, just so Joanna (and all of us) would think about stuff like this. It's these little things that are a huge part in shifting our consciousness toward inclusiveness and civil rights.
I am in love with Maine and Vermont. Can't wait to stay here. What a great find!
ReplyDeleteI'm in a Maine cottage right now! Headed back to Portland, OR tomorrow and have to say this was delightful. Boothbay Harbor = super quaint.
ReplyDeleteNever been to Maine but its on my bucket list. It looks liek fairy tale. And ALSO makes me think, why do I live in AZ? It was 118 today and I am melting and grumpy! Thanks for the amazing dream pic!
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ReplyDeletewhoa, this looks amazing. i have actually been to Maine many times, and love it there. But i have gone with family and as a teenager in the past. Never like "on my own" as a married adult. My husband and I actually did not take a honeymoon right after we got married (Not enough time or money!) so we are postponing ours, and are talking about taking it this coming 2012 summer. We are torn between Alaska, Maine, Hawaii, and Nova Scotia (all different , i know!) If we end up going to Maine, this looks like THE perfect place!! Thanks for posting! :D
ReplyDeleteYes, it sounds great but what do you do about the mosquitos in summer?
ReplyDeleteI love this place, I want to go here, for real!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a perfect weekend getaway!
ReplyDeleteOh Jo stop it, it sounds too perfect! Maine has always been a fantasy of mine and I can't wait to go there someday. It seem wonderful.
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my lovelies, thank you so much for the reminder about language. it's a GREAT reminder. as you know, i definitely want to be very inclusive and certainly support everyone and vocally support gay marriage and gay relationships. my blog is about my life, as well as light, breezy things that offer an escape from the everyday, and i definitely want everyone to feel included. thank you for reading!! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteps going back to change language now! thank you again xo
ReplyDeleteI love these cottages and the beachy decoration. It would be great to just relax watching the water, walk into town to get ice cream and, especially, go on a schooner!
ReplyDeleteThank you Joanna! I have so much respect for you.
ReplyDeleteI actually spent my honeymoon there last year (we celebrate our first anniversary in just a few weeks).
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely spot; the cottage was tiny and sweet (the owners are a bit crabby, but not enough to effect newlyweds), there were kayaks you could take up the Kennebunk River or close to the sea, and it was only a short walk into Kennebunkport.
I highly recommend a early autumn visit to Kennebunkport.
As a Mainer, I get right upset when people from away try to capture the essence of my homeland. I have never been told that my skin smells musky, sensual, or coupled with sun-dried grass. However, I do smell quite nectar like salted herring, sweat, and occasionally sun block and mulch.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
GG - Captain of the F/V Sureshot
LOVE this!
ReplyDeleteI'm completely in love with Kennebunkport and love having this new, fun idea of a place to stay! Have you been to St. Anne's church (just down the road from these cottages)? It's one of the most beautiful places... a little stone church with old wooden pews... very dark with light coming in through small stained glass windows. It's romantic (is it weird to call a church romantic??). And make sure to go to Bartley's for some blueberry pie.. it's out of this world and you'll fall in love with Mrs. Bartley if you get a chance to meet her! :)
ReplyDeleteAs I'm reading Maine, I'm getting hankerings to go back! Love that this post coincides with this.
I was caught by the comments on this post because I was JUST thinking that this is my favorite blog.
ReplyDeleteI personally think you do a great job of showing who you are and what you stand for without revolving around a political or social agenda. While I can understand not excluding people, I think your posts are lovely and a reflection of who you are and what your own life entails (and not at all intentionally alienating). I'm not wanting to start a debate, but I'd love to request that you keep being you, while obviously being sensitive to your readers as I believe you are!
I gravitate toward your blog because I find much that relates to my life at this time, being a married mother who shares similar interests. I know you can't please everyone, but I wanted to let you know that I thoroughly enjoy your posts!
Cabot Cove Cottages were called "Sleepy Hollow Motor Court" when I stayed there in the 1960s and 70s. Then I saw that the units had "gone condo" and were selling for something like $500,000 each. That's what having a couple of former Presidents in town will do to property values.
ReplyDeleteor you can apartment swap with a portland, maine resident that lives not 2 blocks from the water in an old victorian mansion. *hint, hint*
ReplyDeleteI just moved to Maine a couple of weeks ago (see longdistancelobsters.com) and feel like I am regularly living this vacation. It has been amazing so far!
ReplyDeleteWow i love your blog its awesome nice pictures and fantastic cottages information you must have did hard work on your blog!
ReplyDeleteThis can't work in reality, that's what I think.
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ReplyDeleteI am commenting on this post now because my husband and I just got back Saturday from staying here for our honeymoon! The cottages are every bit of beautiful they possibly can be! I found the cottages through this blog post, so thank you!
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