~ I Love My Sea Bag! ~Sea Bags is a company located in the heart of Portland, Maine's working waterfront. This fantastic company designs handcrafted tote bags and accessories out of recycled sails from boats. This unique company produces quality handmade products whose sails are 100% recycled, and the craftsmanship is like no other sail product. Their stores are in Portland and Freeport, Maine. You can of course order any of their wonderful … [Read more...]
Sea Bags ~ The Trendy and Earth-Friendly New England Tote
August 11, 2012 by · 136 Comments
Sea Bags: Custom House Wharf~ The Totes of New England ~ Have you seen these amazing bags? The Sea Bags totes are the latest thing in recycled high fashion. These trendy bags from New England are quality-made, fashionable, and earth-friendly. They are handmade with care and unique. Who wouldn't want one of these fabulous bags?From the Sea Bags Site:Using recycled sails collected from sailors and sailing communities around the world, Sea Bags … [Read more...]
Embassy Suites in Portland, Maine
July 29, 2012 by · 127 Comments
Want to Stay in Style in Portland?~ The Embassy Suites Is the Place to Be ~As you know, we just got home recently from our trip to New Hampshire and Maine. The northern parts of New England are gorgeous, and completely surpassed our expectations. Portland, Maine is a beautiful city with rustic brick buildings and nautical character. The downtown shopping area has a quaint little cobblestone section with eclectic shops and upscale restaurants. You … [Read more...]
Day Six ~ Final Day of Vacation
July 18, 2012 by · 12 Comments
Family Vacation ~ Children's Museum and Shopping For the last day of vacation we decided to check out the Children's Museum & Theater of Maine. We belong to the Children's Museum in Providence, RI so we just used our reciprocal passes to get in. It was such a fun place for the kids! They had four levels of activities for kids, and so many fun interactive stations. The kids loved milking the cow, catching lobsters from the lobster boat, and … [Read more...]
Day Five ~ Visited Freeport, ME
July 17, 2012 by · 20 Comments
Family Vacation ~ LL Bean, Maine Coast, Lobsters, and Whoopie PiesToday was a fun day as we headed to Freeport, Maine to visit the LL Bean Stores and Outlets. We also decided to check out a State Park for lunch to picnic on the coast. Freeport was absolutely gorgeous. The outlets actually looked quaint as they were set on a Main Street USA type setting, and the LL Bean stores were awesome! They were HUGE and had everything you could want. The … [Read more...]
Our Trip ~ Day Four “Sea Dog Day!”
July 16, 2012 by · 139 Comments
Family Vacation ~ Go Sea Dogs!Those of you that have been following our trip I appreciate it! Today we were in Maine, and we went to the Portland Sea Dogs game! It was a TON of fun! We had never been to a baseball game together before. The tickets were only $8 a piece for GREAT seats, they had games they played during the breaks, and music that kept things fun! I would definitely recommend attending a game as a fun family outing. LL Bean … [Read more...]
Our Trip ~ Day Three “Headin’ to Maine!”
July 15, 2012 by · 15 Comments
Family Vacation ~ From New Hampshire toMaine CountryBring on the Lobsters! We are headed to Maine! As you read on Day One and Day Two of our vacation, we have been hanging out in New Hampshire looking at the town and visiting Story Land. The kids had an absolute blast there and are dying to go back already. Today we started the day in quaint little North Conway, NH. It's such a gorgeous little town in the valley of the White Mountains. The … [Read more...]
Our Trip ~ Day One #NewHampshire #StoryLand
July 13, 2012 by · 18 Comments
Family Vacation ~ Day OneWe are traveling to New Hampshire and Maine for our fun family getaway! Each day I will let you know what we did and what we thought. Who knows? You may like it and want to plan out the same trip one day! We live in Rhode Island, so we are lucky that places like New Hampshire and Maine are not too far! It took us 3 1/2 hours to travel from RI to NH, and that's even including driving through Boston in some mild traffic. … [Read more...]