Rockport, MA 2010

After my time at Squam this year, I had the pleasure of spending a day in Rockport, MA with my good friend, Darlyne.  We had a ball.

Started our morning with coffee (gotta love Starbucks’ new single instants!) right here at this table in front of our hotel ~ what a great view, eh?  And the weather was gorgeous!

We watched this little guy busy at work on a Sunday morning…

Then we headed out to breakfast with a view (I didn’t photograph, duh).  I had no idea New Englanders ate baked beans with breakfast.  What a yummy discovery!

So my question is, how does every single place in one town get on board with cute & quaint?  Somehow, this place did.  Everywhere you loked…cute, cute, cute.

And the flowers everywhere!

The day went by in a blur of shopping and gorgeous views.

We stopped for a quick snap near the pirate ship.

Everywhere you looked…color & cute…..

Good thing I was flying the next day or I might have picked up too many treasures in these darling antique shops….

But I am still kicking myself for not buying this book….

Our feet tired, our wallets saying “Uncle”, we headed back to our hotel to enjoy a cocktail with the view before heading to dinner.  The very, very old graveyard next door to our hotel added a touch of ambiance….

I love the motion in this shot.  It was a nice moment.

And lastly, The One That Got Away.  When I travel, I like to pick up a mug / cup and whenever I use it, it reminds me of that trip.  I don’t always get one because I won’t just buy one for the sake of buying one.  I have to love it.  I loved this one in a shop window.  A shop that never opened that day.  We left too early the following morning to catch the shop open.  So, I will have to be satisfied with this photo  ::sigh::