Cardigan Innovations

In case you and I are ever hanging out, and you're not sure how much I've had to drink, if I'm acting like this: then yes, I'm drunk.

Darcy took this video a couple of years ago when we were on an all-girl camping trip. If I remember correctly, we decided to make margaritas the first night, which was fine, but the second day we were all out of margarita mix, and had a bunch of tequila leftover. Because I'm a genius, I decided to just get some Stewart's Key Lime soda to mix with the tequila, and drink that instead of the beer. One thing led to another, and well, here it is.



Note: I can totally admit when I'm wrong, and yeah, I was wrong. Please, everyone, don't let me button my cardigan like that ever again. Mandy, sorry for the dis.

Mount Dessert Island

We were talking about the pronunciation of that island that is home to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. Mount Dessert Island. All my years living in this state, I've only ever heard it pronounced "desert," like the Sahara. Then I'm informed that the correct pronunciation is actually "dessert," like ice cream. Although a mountain of ice cream does sound a lot less ridiculous than a mountain of dry, barren sand. The desert pronunciation evolved over time, bastardised from the French-Canadian (ahem, Acadian) dessert. Now you all know. To be on the safe side, if you're there, it's safe to refer to it as "The Island" or "MDI."

Last weekend was another long road trip, but instead of heading southeast to Boston, we headed Down East, to Ellsworth and Bar Harbor. I found a lot of similarities between Portland as a tourist destination, and Bar Harbor as a tourist destination. I will henceforth compare:

	Portland, ME	Bar Harbor, ME
	Booze Cruise with the Awesome	Whale and Puffin watch cruises
	Cool as a Moose store	Cool as a Moose store
	That guy in a lobster suit	Lobster Pounds, where you can hand-pick your live, thrashing lobster, and get terrific meal deals!
	Bars with decks	Bars with decks
	Lots of affordable housing	Lots of affordable Motels
	More bars than anyone could ever go to	More T-shirts and Ice Cream than anyone could ever want
	Serious art in Museums and Galleries	Not so serious art- priced so people like me can afford (including sweet frames!)
	The Space Gallery, The Soundpost	Timber Tina's Great Maine Lumberjack Show, Dr. Wilson's Memory Elixir Medicine Show
	WABI, TV5	WGME 13
	The Portland Press Herald	The Bar Harbor Times
	Scenic Cityscape	Scenic Landscape
	The Downtown Lounge	Geddy's Pub (has a "Jeter Drinks Wine Coolers" T-shirt in the shop downstairs.)
	$53 Average dollar amount spent on a Josh and Amanda seafood dinner at J's Oyster Bar	$78 Average dollar amount spent on a Josh and Amanda seafood dinner at some place we picked from a tour guide
	Maine Narrow Gauge Museum	Whale Museum
	Maine College of Art	College of the Atlantic