Cape Cod

Six hours into the eight hour trip back home, if Dave would have asked if I wanted to turn around, and if at that moment the Vet called and said our little Carolyn was no longer with us, 

I would have in half a second!

Sitting here today I want to be on the Cape moreeee than anything!

My friend Patty said as soon as we crossed that bridge we'd enter a whole different world

Boy did we!!!

Going down 6A gave me whiplash

One pretty house after antique shop after cuteee roadside stand after another!

AND

It seemed like EVERYone was HAPPY!

People on vacation just want to have funfunFUN, spend money like they have it, and the residents are happy they survived this longggg winter and are now making some $$$ :)

Thursday night we went as far as Sturbridge MA.

Which we LOVE and stayed at The Publick House

which we LOVEEEE

Exactly our style, clean, delicious food, 

noooo bedbugs!

My friend Kim went somewhere recently and Honest to God

BEDBUGS

Had Dave, Lacy and I petrified!

...wish I had a pic of Dave inspecting the mattresses while us Princesses waited in the car :)

So pretty and cozy right?

One of the restaurants in The Publick House where we had breakfast

 Sat next to this amazing hearth

The Colonel Hash and Eggs

OK, so why is "Kernel" spelled like that Lacy and I want to know

Trips us up every time!

"We'll all have the Col on el"

Thank God Dave swoops in and saves us

EVERYtime

Anyway, it was exactly what our tummies wanted!!

First stop on the Cape

Mashpee

to see BOY BOY <3

Right now he's staying at a beautiful Boat Yard with some wonderful people

It was HEAVEN to see him and hug him after a whole month

...30lbs less of him!

Workin' and playing hard that Boy Boy of mine! xox

 Brought him some syrup and his favorite brownies

We left with some fish!

Our goal was to eat as much seafood as we could in 4 days! :)

 Yay for Boy Boy

Living life and making new adventures!

Next stop

Brewster to see our Milli girl! <3 

Somehow SOMEway this girl of ours got herself this place for just a couple of hundred a month

She left home with no real place to live and plans to sleep in her car if she had to.

Then, THANK GOD, she met some friends who took her in.

Didn't get to meet them but I LOVE them!

Scooped Milli up and brought her with us to where we were staying

At our dear friend's cottage in Wellfleet

Wellfleet is where my heart is today

 So grateful to have had the privilege to stay here

Not only is it gorgeous, comfortable, and peaceful

The Energy of the family who owns it soothes your soul and makes your insides smile

xxooxx

Looking out our upstairs bedroom window!

The seafood challenge begins at

Moby Dicks

Oysters, scallops, shrimp, clams, swordfish, cod

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Saturday Morning

 Milli's second job 

Dancing Spoons

Cooking Company

love that....Cooking Company!

 Surprise!

 I'd be so having one of those coconut muffins if they were gluten free

Coconut ANYthing I LOVEEE

 They had 2 catering jobs that day!

 Love the colors they painted the walls

 And the bathroom floor!

I want to do a variation of this somewhere!

Waiting for Milli to finish up we visited some shops in Orleans

Cute Gourmet Shop

Balsamic vinegar and olive oil sold in bulk

Love!

Cases of different foods delight me

Packaging. It's the packaging!

On vacation you get to buy mustard like this

Because it's from France and you like the jar.

Packaging

Grabbed Milli again and off to "our" little town of Wellfleet

<3 <3 <3

 Us girls just liked this

 And this on the Market doors and windows!

 Hats!

I soooo miss the cute days when you could tie a dirty rag around your head and it would look GREAT

 Funny

They're looking for each other and they are both right there

:)

Stationery Shop

Another weakness. Paper

Colored glass Seals

 x o x

 Right smack in the middle of the street

 Great shop through that window

xox

A taller version of what I used to be

 Inspiration

Laxmi

313 Main Street, Wellfleet, MA

Fell in love with Laxmi

She was the Executive Pastry Chef at Sax Fifth Avenue for many years and is now doing this!
Making jewelry and selling handcrafts in such a great little, not so little really, shop!

Sweet and kind and so appreciative. Could have spent all afternoon there with her and her art!

 Again.

Longing

 Bought one of these vases as a present and I want to keep it!

 Where Laxmi's heart is

xox

 Laxmi life energy

 I want to be right here right now gathering dinner

How cute are those umbrellas!

The Cape was right there with Organic

but not so much Gluten Free

 Favorite place of these two

Growing up on LI Rich misses the local fresh fish markets

Cooker girl Lacy dreams of her very own Fish Monger where she can shop daily

 9lbs

Approximately 50 years old

:(

Choosing dinner

 Secret Mac's Father's Day T-shirts

 Lacy and her Monger

Waiting for our lobsters we went next door for a drink

It's what you do on VACATION 

Such cool lights

To vacations and SEAFOOD

 Makes my heart sing

Growing up 10 years apart was like two different worlds when they were young

Now one big happyyyy world

 Always so stressful for me

Sad and delicious

Try not to think about it.

Always do.

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Lots of lobster wonderings during that meal
What's the red stuff?...(girl eggs we later found out)
Green stuff?...(boy lobster)
How do they mate? And do the girls have a time of month??
...need another trip back to Lacy's Fish Monger!

Father's Day morning 4 of them went out for a bike ride

20 miles!

I went exploring

Saw this the night before on our way to get ice cream and HAD to find it again!

A JELLY STAND!

I love discovering stands. I've had stands. Want more stands. And want to make a book of stands.

LOVE EM!

Briar Lane  Jams and Jellies

Same family since 1932!

BEST fudge ever!

Like jewels sparkling in the sun

After the bike ride the girls wanted to take their Dad to the beach and for Lobster Rolls

Drove up and down Rt 6 and landed here

The cheapest but were they going to be any good?

OMGosh

Soooo GOOD

On the way home from the Cape we decided THESE were our favorite meal!

 I used to be a surfer girl

Well, dated a surfer boy. Friends with surfer boys

Memories of early mornings carrying wet suits and baskets of food

Holding up towels trying not to peek when they undressed 

Trying.              

HAPPY Father's Day

 <3 

So love the way you love them and the way they love you

x o x

Sad that Milli had to go to her waitress job later Sunday afternoon

(The girl is actually thinking of a 3rd job!)

After Milli left Lacy and I went to town for the makings of Father's Day dinner

Back to the Wellfleet Market

The gathering dance

 We want to live where they sell

Chef Potatoes!

And have things in cute packaging!

AND sell books and wine!!

Mail Love Letters too!!!

ALL we could ever want in a market

PB Boulangerie

Right around the corner from the cottage

Father's Day desert

 Dreamy

 It was late in the day so the case was empty

Dying to see it first thing in the morning

 How special does this make you feel!

French Bakery on one side and Bistro on the other

Home to cook

I actually just sat and stared

My favorite thing to do when she does her cooking dance

 Potato Salad with asparagus, tomatoes, and pesto dressing

Lemon Wine Striped Bass

Boat yard visit gift!

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8 seafoods total...there were Blue fish cakes made too!

Dinner guests Alexandre and Carlos

:)

<3

 Worth every single cent and calorie!

My favorite was the Passion Fruit tart in the center

Tasted like Brasil <3 

Leaving our hearts on the Cape Monday morning 

we stopped at just a few more places

before saying good bye to Milli

Between the surfers and this

I was transported back to the time I so long for

Hippie Dippie things everywhere!

So wanna be her

Cute caboose chicken coop

Hello

Flew past and had to turn around

My girls call me Mew Mew

Mew for short

AND 

I love antiques!!

Great Primitives at very fair prices

Just like this Mew would have it

:)

Across the street from Mew's

THIS is what my eyes are aching for today

Last stop on the Cape Cod train

The Ocean Edge Resort

where Milli waitresses

Fancy schmancy for us country folk

A wonderful place to spend the summer when you're 19!

It's hard for Dave to really take any vacations

The only two in forever were to see Milli in Brasil last year and now on the Cape this year

Hopping onto her adventures

Smiling all the way

Thank you Milli Girl!

Where to next year?!

Thank you for sharing your life, your love, and your wonderful cottage with us

We felt you there

xoxoxo