Yesterday we made a long-overdue journey to the Outer Cape to visit my "virtual" friend, the lovely Lady Trout of
Trout Towers and
Opera Betty. She has been entertaining me for over a year now with her endlessly amusing, clever and poignant writing, and it was so nice to meet her gracious self in person. I brought Dan along with me, since he's never been to this neck o' the woods, and we had a relaxing lunch on a park bench on Main Street before meeting up with Ms. Trout at
The Left Bank Gallery on Commercial Street. What a great space and collection of artists, including (take note, Nantucketers) the amazingly talented Katie Trinkle Legge.
We ambled around Wellfleet for a bit before driving the rest of the sandy spit to Provincetown. As it turns out, a Monday afternoon in early June is an excellent time to visit Ptown. I think this is the first time I've been on Commercial Street and not had to navigate through mobs of people, bicycles, dogs, marching bands, etc. It turns out I love Provincetown in June! (Although I'll take a good marching band any day.)
Did u get a lobster roll? I am obsessed w/ them this year. I am going this weekend and know just where I am going to get 1! (Jonah)
ReplyDeletethat place is so nice and beautiful... looks like a great place for a summer escape!
ReplyDeleteJonah, we got there late in the day (but not late enough for dinner), so we didn't eat. No lobstah rolls. Which place do you recommend? The Lobster Pot? (I'm a sucker for neon).
ReplyDeletePunctuation Mark, it's lovely. You should plan a trip.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Love the pictures of Ptown without the hordes.
ReplyDeleteGreat meeting you in person after all this time. And the boulangerie was closed so you didn't miss a thing!
No, I hate the Lobstah Pot...I go to this place on the corner of Commercial Street and the street where you go to MacMillan Wharf I think its called the Red Shack. Just a take out stand. They have a "Connecticut" that is served warm with melted butter on the most perfect toasted Portuguese roll. The entire thing is perfection and if I could figure out how to post a picture of the sandy, I would, because you know I have it on my iPhone and look at it whenev I am nostalgic for the homoland!
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