Georgia invades Maine

J and I are blessed to have many amazing friends in the photography community but sadly, most of them live very far away. So we were extra excited last week when Mark, Erin, Rachel and Andrew of LaCour, and new friends Katie and Chris of 6 of Four Creations from Georgia came to visit Eric Laurits at his parents' cottage in Wells.

We toasted the local brew at Federal Jack's in Kennebunkport, dined on mussels and red wine (on a weekday afternoon!) at David Murray's house on Goose Rocks Beach, played with our dogs at our house, chowed at Flatbread Pizza and sang with J Biddy at RiRa, took a midnight run to LL Bean, experienced Becky's Diner and Portland Head Light in the rain. It was a busy, fun-filled few days and we already miss you all (Dakota especially misses Eric, whom she snuggled with all night).

Eric did a fantastic job documenting the week. Below are some of his pictures. More can be found on his blog.

Mark and Erin

Rachel and Andrew

Chris and Katie

This is Eric who took (mostly all) of these images.

Baby girl Dakota

Destin

Flatbread magic

Me

Walking into LL late night

They have a great new fish tank!



J

Chris and Rachel

Awww. Morning email w/ Destin

The institution that is Becky's

Many thanks for the time, laughter, wine, creativity and friendship. We adore you all and can't wait to see you again!

Planning a trip to Portland?

Be sure and check out the suggestions by National Geographic Traveler Magazine here if you have 48 hours to spend in Portland and want to see all the right things!

local favor flavor at the Oscars

Simply Divine Brownies, based in Brunswick, Maine, provided gift bag goodies for an Oscar after-party, Children Uniting Nations, an LA based mentoring program for foster children.

These are yummy wedding favors, too!

Angela Adams

Did you catch the rugs of Portland's own Angela Adams on "The Apprentice" LA tonight? Her patterns are clearly recognizable underfoot in the contestant's mansion. Cool!

Angela Adams website.

#12 Portland

Frommer's ranked Portland, Maine, as one of its top travel destinations for 2007 (other cities include Tokyo, Japan and Krakow, Poland). Really. USA Today assigned me to photograph two folks who will appear in an upcoming article profiling the city.

Dawn Clemens, General Manager at Fore Street Restaurant (ironically, I know Dawn! I worked with her at Pottery Barn last winter for that fab employee discount!).

Bob Witkowski, graphic design director for Portland Magazine.

spring is here...

The tulips have bloomed (yes, some of my bulbs actually came up!). Baseball has started again in the park behind my house. The neighborhood children have taken over the street for nightly basketball games. The ice cream truck has returned to making its rounds. And, with the right wind, you can catch the sea breeze in the air. Ahhh, I love it. Welcome spring. Welcome wedding season! It's going to be a great one!