You wouldn’t know it from this blog, but I’ve been living in Maine for almost three years now and have done a surprisingly poor job at publicizing my exploits across the state. I wait to post something, then forget, then think it’s too late to do anything about it and a year goes by. Oy!
So here’s something: almost every morning, I drive through the odd little village of Wiscasset and stop at my favorite, favorite place to get coffee: Treats. It is truly heaven on earth. Croissants, coffee, and a killer view to boot!! How can you lose, really? Go if you haven’t been, return if it’s been a while. 😊 Wiscasset, ME Up until very recently, I carted my trusty Klean Kanteen around with me for coffee pit stops but that’s taken a backseat while I reacquaint myself with my freaking Mason Jar set up. By “freaking” I mean “Freaker” and by “Freaker” I mean “modified awesome sock.” (Or #awesomesock for all you #hashtaggers out there). Because I have a tendency to mutter “Good Grief” one too many times, it seems only fitting that my coffee stay snuggled in Charlie Brown attire. Good grief! Is that enough coffee?! Why am I telling you this? As I get back into my favorite topic, railing against single-use plastics (looking at you, #6 plastic coffee cup lid!), I also want to talk about funky alternatives! A jar and a sock are a pretty weird combination (let’s just admit it) but a) they work and b) all the people in whatever coffee shop you visit will remark upon how fun your #awesomesock is.
Let me start by saying that this post probably wouldn’t be happening if I wasn’t on Midway right now. Why? Well, simply put…I wouldn’t have an attachment to this place. It sounds strange, but it’s because of all the things that have happened during this last month or so that I’m able to write this…
I spend a lot of time mulling over blog posts, that eventually get forgotten, stuck in the “draft posts” folder, accumulating dust and never seeing the light of day. But the beauty of a blog is that it can be anything: off-the-cuff musings and/or fully researched articles. I like a healthy combination of both and…
At this point, nut milk has been written about on the blogosphere enough times that it’s no longer a “new” or “trendy” topic. We get it: it’s healthy, it can be a contentious topic, and yeah, it can be pretty pricey. So why am I taking up blog real estate to talk about it? Because…
While cleaning out the grounds from a recent French Press, I being my usual spastic self, somehow managed to chip and crack the glass beaker of the press. I was not happy. It wasn’t my French Press to break and now I had a fully functional lid and handle to go with a destroyed beaker….
Hello readers and welcome back to Wake-Up Wednesday Wins, this time featuring more weekend! This week, all our stories relate to the demise of single-use plastics. Something that this blogger is quite giddy about! (Yes, that’s right – you’re reading about the wins not on a Wednesday, but on the cusp of a weekend. And,…
Oppor-tuna-ty In New Ideas This started out as an ode to my sandwich: a tuna-free tuna fish sandwich (say that 5 times fast!). Its final destination was set for my dusty, not-oft-updated food blog and I did end up publishing it there. As I was typing up a short blurb for Instagram though, it hit…