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| Nubble Light House |
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| Lunch at The Beach Plum |
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| Brilliant Coffee Shop in Downtown Portsmouth |
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| Downtown Portsmouth |
Live Free or Die…New Hampshire might have this right with
the State’s Motto. For a liquid sunshine type of a day, I did decide to get up
early & do a few things before meeting a dear old friend for lunch. I
decided to take off & drive while listing to
“lunch on the River”, 92.5 The River Boston’s own Independent radio
station, for a wee bit of exploration down US Route 1 or the Coastal Route of
Southern Maine. I took a few wrong turns in York before I actually found
Nubble Light House
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Nubble Light is one of Maine’s
oldest lighthouses & one of the last eight lights in Maine to still have
its Fresnel lens. It’s been a couple of years since I actually have been there
to photograph. I didn’t have that much time cos I was meeting an old friend in
Portsmouth of lunch. I ended up having lunch at
The Beach Plum located on
US Route 1 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Word to the wise if your looking for a
very clean place to get fried clams & seafood, then this is place to go.
It actually reminded me of being back at
Shake Shack in Brooklyn or
Kelly's Roast Beef on US Route 1 in Saugus, MA for some
reason. The restaurant has won some awards with the Best of
New Hampshire 2013,
NECN’s “TV Dinner”,
The
Phantom Gourmet &
Best Taste of
the Seacoast 2013.
When your
having fun with friends, some times the restaurant of choice doesn’t matter one
bit, it’s more about the adventure & catching up with a friend. I will
admit that the seafood lover that I am, I was able to get grilled items, a grilled
scallop roll rather than the fried one they offer. They do accommodate special request
& they were happy to do it.
After
lunch, I ended up taking US Route 1 back to Portsmouth to take a stroll &
to walk around the charming city.
It’s quite the small charming colonial New England city with so much
soul. There are great galleries, shops & restaurants.
One really has to spend some time to
soak it all up. There’s a great free spirit liberal artsy vibe to the city, I
was at home for sure. I did find a lovely stone/shell shop on one of the corner
streets near the post office. I love the fact that the old buildings have so
much charm to them. Portsmouth is famous for
Strawbery Banke.
I opted not to go check out the
colonial houses that is a National Historical Landmark from the early settlers
time, the last time I went was for a field trip in Primary School. There’s so
much heart to this city. I did find a sweet find, for all of you
Trader Joe’s fans, there is now one on
Gosling Road in Portsmouth, right in the
Crossing
at Fox Run.
Overall, I had a
little adventure for sure escaping Maine for a bit. Just a travel note when your
coming north or south threw the Kittery Toll Booth the toll for passenger cars
is now $3.00USD. Wells let's say that I went from live free or die to the way life should be today...
