Papa Bear was joyous to receive his Father's Day gift from Baby Bear and Boo Boo: the perfect mug!! Finding this mug was a quest (of course.) The requirements for the mug were: must hold at least 12 - 16 ounces, must be insulated so that contents do not cool too quickly, must have handle that does not fall off, must be cool (on outside) to touch. And they found it!!! So - to accompany DA Car, and DA Watch, we now have DA Mug!
Last night we celebrated our wedding anniversary by going to the Town Hill Bistro. It was truly a wonderful experience. For an appetizer, Papa Bear had a risotto with pulled duck (an amazing concoction that I will order for myself should it be on the menu when we visit again) and I had a potato leek soup that had fennel and bacon in it (light and delicate and oh so delicious!) For our main course, Papa Bear had a cioppino and I had gnocchi - again, both out-of-this-world (though Papa Bear confessed that arugula is not his favorite garnish, but, fortunately, I love it, so we shared and all was well!) Dessert was a bittersweet pudding for Papa Bear and a chocolate ginger cake with sea salt caramel sauce for me. And, to top the meal, as is customary for the Bistro, we each received a piece of their sea salt caramel candy. I do not know when my taste buds have been so happy!!! It was simply an exquisite meal - portion sizes were just right so that you felt full but not stuffed (even when you ate every morsel!) and the service was excellent. (Reservations recommended.)
Our dinner conversation centered on whether or not we should commit to celebrating our anniversary at the Bistro each year and, if we did that, what would happen to the thought of experiencing the Summer Soltice at Stonehenge at some future date? Which led Mama Bear to thinking that perhaps we need to discover a Henge right here in this country, but then she was told we have one - it is in North Salem, New Hampshire and is called Mystery Hill. Note that there appear to be more than one Mystery Hill in the United Statees, so please be certain you find the correct one in your web searches for more information on the place. Papa Bear also shared that there is a Wood Henge near Stonehenge so the post-meal evening was spent in part exploring these various locales via the Internet. Mama Bear is not convinced that the New Hampshire Mystery Hill is quite the same as Stonehenge in England, and could find no reports of cheers, drums and tambourines there yesterday at the sun rise, so perhaps we still need to explore this Acadia Henge idea ... Papa Bear, being a rocket scientist, should be able to do the calculations for how the stones should be placed. We just need to find a location, and get some large stones (there seem to be tons of stones around here!), figure out how to move and place the stones and get the stones organized properly ... then there would be a local place to experience the Summer Soltice sunrise ... and we could then both do some cheering, drumming and tambourining and still eat dinner at Town Hill Bistro!! There might even be a way to make some money selling drums and tambourines!! A win-win all the way around.
We slept soundly with one window open. This morning is cool and calm. We may do a hike today instead of going shopping, but will need some type of black-fly-discouraging device before we venture out - 'tis the season for these critters and they bite!
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