Two years ago, we kicked off the new year by heading south in our first virtual road trip, enjoying the sea breeze, balmy weather and a tiger or two down in York.
None of that soft living this year.
In a display of 2014 hardiness and sheer shopping will, Bag Lady is going north.
Like, all the way.
Aroostook County, here I come.
I make this trip knowing only a few basic things about The County: It’s very far away. There are potatoes and broccoli. It’s home to a once-active Air Force base that now may be a cover for an underground bunker with mysterious happenings.
And that’s it.
To recap: Far away. Vegetable lovin’. Mysterious.
Adventure awaits!
* Crochet Baby Sandals, Works of Heart, Caribou, $6
Baby booties are everywhere. But sweet-little crocheted sandals? Pretty novel. Only fits up to age 6 months, so it’s guaranteed these are no walking shoes.
* Baby moose yard art silhouette, Works of Heart, $60
Advertised as life-size at 4 feet by 4 feet. He’s got a good rack on him, so the “baby” part is a bit deceptive. More like a wee elfin moose.
* Pure Made Maine Maple Whiskey Bottled Syrup, Works of Heart, $60
Syrup you know and love packaged in a glass whiskey bottle. Pour a nip or two on your pancakes. Eat responsibly.
* Pure Maple Sugar, 4 oz., Spring Break Maple and Honey, Smyrna Mills, $3.75
Hard to believe I’ve gone ‘lo these many decades and never seen maple sugar as, well, actual, granular sugar. Can be used in any recipe to replace brown sugar or as a sugar substitute in coffee. Sweet.
* Maine Potato Festival, Fort Fairfield, July 12-20
To be enjoyed during sunnier days. There’s a potato-picking contest, pet show, human chess game, tractor pull, town-wide yard sale, pageants, parades and the thing is nine days long.
That, my friends, is a festival.
* Simply Naked Liquid Deodorant, 2 oz., Knott II Bragg Farm, Wade, $10
The online description says this mixed-on-the-farm concoction has no color or scent and kills body odor. It does not claim that this is maybe the best name for a farm ever, but I’m happy to do that for them.
Contains a secret ingredient to “help neutralize the bacteria on feet” and is just one of many things in the farm’s Old Log Drivers line — which is also a freakin’ fantastic name.
Think twice: About having Bag Lady over for fiddlehead cake or beaver barbecue.
Ployes? Mmm. We can talk.
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- Pure Made Maine Maple Whiskey Bottled Syrup found at Works of Heart up in Caribou.
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