Is it the weekend yet? So close we're so close! For Memorial Day Weekend we're going to Ogunquit ME, and my sweet Kitty and her boyfriend will be joining us from NYC.Do you know how huge this is? Do you know how many vacations Kitty and I have planned together over the years that ultimately never happened? How many tears I've wept? And do you know how many times it was her fault? (All of them.) I should really start calling her Kitty McFlakesters.
I had put money down that she would back out of this trip (like she did with our most recently defunct plans for Napa Valley this past spring), but to my amazement she has done the complete opposite and already purchased train tickets to Boston. But that's not even the best part! The best part is she put together a Powerpoint presentation of things we'll do. Powerpoint! There were all sorts of matrices and grids and charts. Clearly the girl needs more free time on her hands like I need more sock yarn.
To kick things off, we're having dinner at Arrows the first night. The 2001 issue of Gourmet mag rates it #25 on its list of best restaurants in America. La! But after that we'll be cooking in - the place we're staying has a full kitchen - trying some things we've never cooked before...
Kitty: We will COOK like little MONKEYS.Me: Maybe I'll bring a big big pot in case. To put live LOBSTERS in.Kitty: I've never cooked a lobster Cat. I'm scared.Me: Neither have I!! So we need to look up how before we go. Mm...I may not be able to do it. So cruel. My mom boiled live crabs while I was home and it was sad. Delicious, but sad.Kitty: I was at the fish store last sunday and there was a girl who worked there who was laughing about a lobster that she poked in the back of the head the way you're supposed to to kill it and it kept MOVING for like HALF an HOUR. She was like, Ha ha ha what a crazy lobster.Me: Maybe we'll just do clams.Kitty: Mussels and shimp and clams.Me: If we can't cook the lobsters though, I'm having trouble picturing the guys being able to. We're all wussies.Kitty: I think Tomcat would do it. I'll ask him.Me: I picture us dropping the lobsters and screaming.Kitty: And them grabbing our faces with their claws (bring the OLD BAY). Latching onto our arms and lips. Me: ooo la this is going to be GREAT.Kitty: By the way I can't eat really big shrimp. Me: Hahah what?Kitty: Because they're too BUG like. Me: Hahaha WTF. Kitty: The BIG ONES.Me: You're an idiot. Kitty: You bite into their BIG BUGGY flesh. Me: BUGGY FLESH you are so stupid.
Please don't rain.
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