Naturally, we had to catch the Dambo Trolls while we were at the botanical garden. I had seen the three closest to the visitor’s center on a previous visit that the BF wasn’t able to make. So we caught the two I hadn’t seen, and he got to see all five. The Seeds did elude […]
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Here’s the reason for our seemingly random traverse of Rhode Island – we decided to do the Rhode Island Troll Trail and track down some of Thomas Dambo’s New England trolls. Weirdly, even though my mother was born in Rhode Island, and I went to collage right next door, I haven’t done a lot there.
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We’ve been meaning to get to a concert at the Stone Mountain Arts Center for ages now. One of my coworkers lives in the area and raves about it. We finally bit the bullet and got tickets to the Altan concert last night. They’ve been on my radar since I got a Celtic music compilation
Thomas Dambo first came to my attention when he installed six trolls at the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden. Once I knew we were going to Denmark, I started marking the nearby trolls to see what we’d be able to find. There are three trolls currently in Copenhagen. The first troll turned out to be in
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We’re back from a week and couple days in Denmark. We planned the trip around Han Zimmer’s current tour, which is why we chose March. And I will say, the concert was amazing. He was clearly just so pleased to be there playing music with his musical family, and sharing that with us in the
Saw a note about this really cool art installation at the Jewell Fall trails on Instagram. (I follow Portland Trails.) They’re there for a week, and next Saturday, when it’s over, you can “forage”, and take one home. I have other plans that day, but am really tempted to see if I can make a
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We were in VT last weekend, visiting my in laws. They live Bennington, which is in the corner of the state that borders Massachusetts and New York. The town right over the border in MA is Williamstown, home of Williams College. It also happens to have one of my favorite coffee shops (Tunnel City), so
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Our next day (still rainy), consisted of the British Museum, which I have already taken enough pictures of I won’t bore anyone with my newest ones, and making our way over to the theatre district for a production of Peter Pan Goes Bad. I have not laughed that much in ages – those guys do
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We spent the day (one of the two rainiest) around Regent and Oxford Streets, doing the Christmas shopping thing. We’d never made it to Fortnum and Mason before, so pretty much had to do that to see their windows (I came out with tea and jam, and BF got an ornament). We then back tracked to
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We went to a local concert for the first time in forever last night – Loreena McKennit was back at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. This is our third time seeing her there, and it was another great night. The tour is officially for the 30th anniversary of The Visit, but she also played some
