Lobster Rolls: Maine Crack

I have spent over $30 on lobster rolls this past weekend.
On Jan. 17th 2008, my friend Rich Barton and I ate the last 2 lobster rolls that Damons (an old sandwich shop) would serve for months. Before we could even sit down they took the "lobster roll" sign off the menu.
After seeing lobsters for sale in an Augusta Maine parking lot Friday afternoon I phoned Damons to see if they had lobster roll yet, this season. They said "Not yet." So, I called the Senator Inn and ordered a lobster club.
Not the same.


Saturday, when I called Damons, I was extremely happy to learn they had lobstah rolls! I ordered a lobster platter and ate it on my desk at work.


/Hobo sign for lobster/ On the way to work I couldn't help but to order another lobster roll. I mean, I don't really have the money to be eating lobster rolls, but they are awesome! People become economically trapped in Maine this way.

Vend-o-Mat Burger

I am an American, and when I get hungry I want to eat something American.


I walk down a hall in the American building I work in, to the vend-o-mat machine. (What war was this magnificent technology a product of?)


Only $1.75 and a 1-minute microwave ride.


Viola! America on a paper plate! A beautiful bacon cheeseburger, don't forget the ketchup packets.

Spring Planting

Planting sunflowers for an unofficial beautify your neighborhood project. My neighbor Donna plants some sunflowers with a shovel borrowed from my neighbor Pete.

Java Joe's

Java Joe's is a coffee shop on Water Street in Augusta Maine. They have decent food and good coffee. They close at 3 p.m.
I often overhear people say that it is one of their favorite spots in Augusta Maine, too.

Me as Towel

My self-portrait as a towel.


My negligent self-portrait.

To Dysart's Truckstop

Matt Stone checking the menu at Dysart's Truckstop.


Feed an Army? Dysart's is so good people from different eras come to sit at the tables and eat homemade corned beef hash and Maine blueberry pancakes. "Dave's Favorite" is my favorite.


Sorting out the regimental seating. Today the 20th Maine has an easier time feeding and seating the regiment, easier at Dysart's than a barn or a family farmhouse.


20th ME Co B The men and women of a Civil War reenactment company stop into Dysart's Truckstop to get a good meal after a funeral ceremony for a reenactor who spent her life portraying Chamberlain's mother, said Malta Lee Phelps of Joshua's Angels, the women's side of these hyper-real historians.

To Bangor

Bangor Wheels


Bangor Church


Bangor Greyhound


Matt Stone at Stephen King's House.


Me at Stephen King's house.


Bangor Helicopter


Osprey nest (with osprey) between the lanes of I-95, South of Exit 157.

)%)@)* Driving Maine

Street Sweeper


Water Truck


Bicyclist


One of Many


By a Bridge


Cemetery


Church

Possible Economic Sign of the Times

Out of business gas station, Augusta Maine.


Out of business gas station, Bangor Maine.

GOP Convention, Augusta Maine

Politics is all about the messages and signs. Lots of signs.


Manchester Maine Delegate


District Markers


Political Arrangement


Corporate Media


Waiting


Mitt Romney signing autographs.


Mingling