1. Camp is not something that your parents send you to for the summer. It’s your family’s lake house.

2. Whoopie pie is a serious dessert and comes in many flavors.

3. It’s not weird when a stranger says hi to you on the street for no particular reason at all

4. Christmas Tree Shop is a legitimate shopping location-all year round.

5. If somebody is crossing the street against the light, you better stop and let them. It’s actually the law.

6. Lobster rolls are everywhere, and delicious

7. You can see the ocean from pretty much anywhere you’d want to be in Portland

8. 6-10 inches of snow is a “dusting” and does not stop anybody from doing anything. at all.

9. They have red hot dogs here. They are delicious

10. I quickly figured out why they call it “vacationland”

11. No traffic jam is more than 10 minutes

12. Seagulls wreak havoc on you and your car

13. If you live on Commercial Street, chances are in the warm weather you always smell fish in the air

14. There are so many different ways…to wear flannel.

15. LL Bean is super trendy

16. In the middle of winter, 1 pair of socks may not be enough

17. You can’t do anything after 1 a.m.

18. Pick up trucks never go out of style

19. neither does country music

20. and finally, I’ve learned that I really should have bought it, when I saw it, at Mardens.

Thank you Maine for being such a great home to me so far. xox