Cupcakes and Lobster

Before I show you where we ate lunch, I thought I would show you closeups of the cupcakes from the world's best cupcake store....Rockin' Cupcakes. Check out this piece of decadence.


Perhaps you would like a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting?


Or a Boston cream pie cupcake which, besides all of the glory you can see here, has cream in the middle too.


A chocolate berry cupcake maybe?


Or an apple spice one?


Why not try one of each?


If you have never been to New England then perhaps you have never seen the most desirable type of place to eat.
When you see a place like this you just know you are about to have a great meal.


Forget the fancy Boston restaurants with linens and crystal.


And their fancy ladies and men's rooms.


You are in Maine.....eat like you are from 'downeast'!!!


Often the people that own these places live right next door.


This is where your food is served and the condiments are help yourself to the left of the window.


Be careful that you don't run over any of your food when you are driving in.


It's hard to make a choice.


Place your order here.


Your dinner was caught using one of these traps.

Oops...no food pictures. Buuuurp....we were too hungry to let the food pose for you.




After we ate we were on our way to Freeport, Maine. The outlet shopping mecca of the Northeast. You know you are almost there when you spy it in the distance.......



The FBI....locally known as the 'fucking big Indian'!!!!!



Tomorrow I am off to Salem very early to hopefully snap millions of tourist free photos! I will post late afternoon when I return.

It's All About The Food

The best little lobster shack around.


I just love these places.


The owner brings the lobsters in from the cove just behind this place.


His shack is located on Bear's Neck.



Crabs in the tank.


And always plenty of lobsters.


You know it's good when it is frequented by all the local firemen and police. They always know the best places to eat.


Never grab a lobster unless it is banded.


A painting of the red lobster shack Rockport is famous for hangs on the wall.


Oh no....a crab is making a break for it. Smart crab!


Roy stirs the lobsters in the boiling water.


Then tosses them on the counter to drain. He has all the butter containers lined up.


Lobster has to be cooked perfectly or it will be mushy or gummy. Roy knows exactly when to pull them out.


The chowder guy. I have eaten chowder for lunch and dinner every day since we arrived. Everyone has a different recipe, each claiming theirs to be the best. Some chowders are very thick while others are more liquid. And god forbid you mention Manhattan clam chowder in this neck of the woods!!! You will be run out of town.




Roy will crack the lobster for you too. At this time of year the lobsters have molted, shed their shells. The new shells aren't very thick and you can actually get the meat out easily without using a cracker.


I am sure the only thing that has changed on this sign in years has been the price.