The reason for heading to Maine was a trip to York Beach where my Dad was vacationing. I have not been on vacation with my Dad and brother since I was in high school and my Dad was married to my first stepmom. So a very long time indeed. Though my Dad goes to York Beach every year, he would normally go with my current stepmom. Given she has wanted nothing to do with either my brother or myself for over a year, we got a chance to have some time with just our Dad. It was fun and the weather was great. Being at the beach of course I had to get some salt water taffy and have been eating it non stop since then. Also being the beach, I had a great lobster roll with some homemade potato chips. You can't go wrong with a lobster roll in Maine!
While Maine was fun, I had plans further south so back in the car I was. Luckily I just love driving my new car and it's so much fun! NYC is my adopted hometown and I always like going back, even for a day. I had lunch and hit the Union Square Greenmarket for more produce than I planned, like the Seckel pears in the above photo. One of the best things they have is cat grass. While grass is easy to grow, I can't keep up with the kitten who loves it and can wipe out a pot in no time. So I came home with three pots of grass for her and she has been grazing and thrilled all weekend! After all that driving, I was saving Sunday and Monday as days to just relax. It was nice to turn on the oven again and do some baking. I had a lot of produce so I made potato salad, roasted Romano beans, bacon (for a BLT), chocolate chip cookies and slow roasted cherry tomatoes that took a couple of hours and are heaven. I always figure if I am making a mess in the kitchen I may as well do everything at once. With all of that, I am ready to start the work week!
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