sweet sweet summertime

          Summer after senior year was the sweetest of them all, and I wished it would never end. Although I worked 20+ dreary hours every week at Market Basket, I spent a lot of time with friends and enjoyed the freedom, late nights, and later mornings. Summertime was filled with graduation and birthday parties, walks through Maudslay, trips to Little Neck, Salisbury, and Hampton beaches (and of course my beach, Plum Islans), adventures to Boston, and lots of ridiculously good food from Las Olas, Abe’s, and Riverview. I also feel like we spent a lot of time at Friendly’s, solely because it’s open until midnight.

          More than anything, this summer made me realize how much I love and appreciate my friends, and I have no idea how I’m functioning without them. We spread out across the U.S. and the globe, and I can’t wait to see most of them at Thanksgiving. 

Danielle with Becca at her graduation party

Klaudia and Gretchen on Plum Island for Gretch's birthday party

Gretchen's graduation party

Becca and I

boston adventures  

Keane concert at the House of Blues, Boston

Klaudia, Old Town Hill, Newbury, MA

Kennebunkport, ME

car rides to nowhere in particular

my beautiful sister

nora and klaudia

L.L. Bean flagship store in Freeport, ME

sunset at the artichoke

freeport

Over the weekend, Diana, Klaudia, and I drove up to Freeport, Maine to see Amos Lee, one of my favorite singers. The concert was one of the free L.L. Bean summer concerts that are happening throughout the season at their flagship store. Freeport is a bit of a drive from Newburyport, about an hour and a half without traffic, but it’s an adorable town filled with outlet stores and cafes. After a quick dinner, we grabbed some ice cream before heading over to the stage, where the concert had already started.

The area reserved for the concert was packed with people, mostly families and couples, so instead of trying to push our way to the front we settled in towards the back and found seats on the curb.

Freeport is a charming vacation spot, overridden with tourists but still pleasant, and the town is a great representation of the Maine I love in the summertime. There are restaurants on every block offering fresh lobster, ice cream stands every 500 feet, and every time I go there it seems to be bustling with people.