Friends arrive, DuckFat

Wednesday marked the day of the first arrivals of wedding guests and official readiness for final preparations. We the first guest in town and lots and lots of rain and wind in Portland we headed to Duck Fat. A lovely little restaurant in Portland, Maine. Ever since the first taste of duck fat french fries there is no denying that they are simply the best. When I heard of this little cafe in Portland I knew I wanted try it out. It has been over a year and now I have finally been able to taste it. Duck Fat serves a handful of paninis, some salads, soup, and desserts.
We lacked a camera cause the down pouring of rain was a bit of distraction. This was Jordan's meal of Poutine. A Canadian French dish of French fries, gravy and cheese. Basically its a heart attack in a bowl. The place is tiny though and the wait staff don't have a clear organization of who gets what. The food is great though so its definitely worth a visit. Just don't be in a rush.

As the week wore on more people came and joined the fun. Here are us the night before with our cute LL Bean lobster shorts. What fun!

We were never without food. Here Laura is preparing the fruit tart for our beauty salon festivities. It was delicious as it was pretty.

I'm back...

I meant to write a post about 10 days ago announcing my little hiatus from blogging. During this time was of course the wedding and the honeymoon. Both wonderful but more on that too come. Today I am back in Connecticut. The first time in the apartment since August 23rd, that's 18 days ago. Now is time for groceries and cooking. I am glad to be finally back to reality and trying out married life but it will be tough. We were basically waited on for the last 8 days.

Urg! More to come later with lots of pictures!

Day of Errands

Yesterday was a day of running around collecting wedding things, and picking up people from the airport. My best friend is finally here. I cannot begin to say how exciting this is...she is in Germany so not only do I rarely get to see her, but it is also hard just to squeeze in a phone conversation.

For weeks now I have been wanting to try something I have read about...Coconut water. I have heard it is the perfect hangover cure, the best post-workout refresher, and over all healthy antioxidant packed drink. So far I have only seen variations of coconut water with fruit flavors. For the first time I was determined to have just plain ole 100% coconut water. It is always when you are least expecting something that it finds you. This was the case with this coconut water. I just happened to be in this little store and low and behold they had 6 different flavors including plain. I couldn't help but buy it up right away.

The bonus was that as busy as I was, I thought I could really reap the benefits of this supposed miracle drink. There are only 60 calories per box so it is not even bad for you. It was tasted like semi sweet water with a hint of coconut. I don't think I could have one say at every meal but it was a nice change from just regular water which is my stable drink. I cannot say that I have extra energy, better skin, or sharper brain powers but it was a nice treat. I hope to have more soon if I can ever find it again.

Tomorrow brings one more work trip before the wedding and a nice long vacation. I am seriously counting down the hours. Being in Maine means wedding mode has finally become reality.