Maine lobst w/ butter and lemon is pretty perfect
― 龜, Monday, 9 June 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
The fall is short, also
All the seasons seems short except for winter, which takes years apparently
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
yeah its the worst
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
yes
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
I like how cheap it is where I am. That's a great thing about New England. Living like a king!
I guess this wouldn't be true if I were in Boston.
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
I might go to Boston next Friday, for the first time, after living here a year.
being an actual king, the king of the northeast kingdom
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
yea the old houses are awesome, cool little towns, i like all the woods, nice combination of more densely populated areas with picturesque rural landscapes. lots of good farmers markets. i love how easily accessible everything is. liberal politics are nice too. basically everybody is liberal here. there is definitely some white conservatism and it's not the west coast or anything but it's nice to live in an overall progressive area. gay marriage in most (if not all?) states. since i work in academia it's also cool to have so many colleges and universities here, too. having the ocean nearby is nice too.
― marcos, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, June 9, 2014 12:58 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea, fall is amazing in new england but really we're talking about 4-6 weeks here. same goes for spring. summer in new england is really nice but it's also short
― marcos, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
BTW I found this dope shirt in China, almost bought it
http://i.imgur.com/VV9xsqh.jpg
― 龜, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/s403x403/996829_506113122787604_1505451356_n.png
― pplains, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
it's not the west coast or anything but it's nice to live in an overall progressive area.
― marcos, Monday, June 9, 2014 1:01 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
politically is like 1mx more progressive than the west coast! socially...
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
― 龜, Monday, June 9, 2014 1:04 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
omg why did u not
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
haha xp you totally should've bought that shirt
― marcos, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
Depends where on the West Coast you mean. I moved here from CA and I find it a little politically stuffy at times. But maybe that varies throughout the Northeast, I dunno. I too work in academia but I prefer that stuff in small does, you know...it has it's place.
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
I do like New England, btw, I just still feel like I'm finding my way & looking for an "in"
Too many colleges = not a good thing, in my opinion, that's why I live a little ways away from where I work.
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
I moved here from CA and I find it a little politically stuffy at times. But maybe that varies throughout the Northeast, I dunno. I too work in academia but I prefer that stuff in small does, you know...it has it's place.
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, June 9, 2014 1:09 PM (59 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just like actual voter preferences mass is left of california
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
lighthouses!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:11 (nine years ago) link
I like the clouds here. And I like the summers and the lushness and the swimming holes. That stuff we didn't have in LA.
xp - ok sure
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:11 (nine years ago) link
And I like the first snow a lot.
But snow in April? You've got to be fucking kidding me
dont move to northern vermont
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link
http://img1.coastalliving.timeinc.net/sites/default/files/image/2011/09/Lighthouses/owls-head-lighthouse-l.jpg
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
Oh and the other day I looked at this house and it was pretty rad. That was one of those only in New England things
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/16-Wendell-Rd-Shutesbury-MA-01072/56987202_zpid//
xp - ok!
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
Moving to New England has also helped me appreciate that I don't love NYC all that much, which is helpful. It's nice for a visit, but I prefer Montreal.
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
cool ne architectural feature, good for looking out for yr husband coming home from the sea or just chillin
http://static2.bigstockphoto.com/thumbs/5/5/5/large2/5558891.jpg
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:15 (nine years ago) link
Lighthouses are nice, sure, but what do you do with them?
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:15 (nine years ago) link
i live for this shit
http://indul.ccio.co/gU/Bd/ia/255368241340219757SqBdSfIkc.jpg
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
maybe if my mother had ever had advance warning of the aul fella coming home from the sea my older brother would've been an only child I'd say
― dn/ac (darraghmac), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
That house is AWESOME.
xp - you admire them, duh
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:44 (nine years ago) link
My dad's neighborhood has a house with a widow's perch on it. Complete disregard for city's residential zoning rules, imo.
― pplains, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
seriously, I don't think you're supposed to do this.
http://i.imgur.com/0E8UluV.png
― pplains, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:51 (nine years ago) link
nope, definitely not
― a strange man (mh), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link
I have lived very close to some body of water (usually the ocean) for all of my life with the exception of the two years I spend in England but there's a river there so that counts. When I was very small we lived in Key West and then Long Island/Fire Island. You can get to somewhere on the water within about 20 mins from most places in Boston. I feel most me by the water and would love to really live right near the ocean one day. Swimming in the ocean is one of my most favorite things. Anyway, this picture is going to be my daily calm from now on. I'm putting it here so I can come and look at it whenever I need to.
http://37.media.tumblr.com/2afe90c0ee6f32a3c59f29e2418047fd/tumblr_n0taf2KLGS1soyp8ao1_500.gif
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 16 June 2014 12:41 (nine years ago) link
awesome, beautiful gif ENBB! i agree that there are few things as wonderful as swimming in the ocean. i feel at peace and at the same time i am overwhelmed by its power, something about being immersed in this vast body of water is just really humbling? sounds kind of hippy-dippy but i am very hippy-dippy
― marcos, Monday, 16 June 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
v beautiful
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 June 2014 13:47 (nine years ago) link
i do wish though that the ocean in new england was just a little bit warmer, i love being near it but i find it hard to swim for very long b/c i get so cold. southern oceans i can spend hours in
― marcos, Monday, 16 June 2014 13:47 (nine years ago) link
http://38.media.tumblr.com/9f6b38f877e2706074eb9da4ed62af90/tumblr_n7aqjvJsXR1qd532so1_500.gif
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
And here we have a gif that combines two of my favorite things.
http://38.media.tumblr.com/46127b1032207c0804a8db44ad924df0/tumblr_msqhterKNt1ry46hlo1_500.gif
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Friday, 20 June 2014 12:22 (nine years ago) link
Where are the good beaches in New England?
And what are y'all's favorite swimming holes?
― maybe/whatever/so what/boring (admrl), Friday, 20 June 2014 12:24 (nine years ago) link
Also show me a good crab shack in Maine
― maybe/whatever/so what/boring (admrl), Friday, 20 June 2014 12:25 (nine years ago) link
http://www.watermansbeachlobster.com/
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Friday, 20 June 2014 12:29 (nine years ago) link
Thanks!
― maybe/whatever/so what/boring (admrl), Friday, 20 June 2014 12:29 (nine years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_Beach
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Friday, 20 June 2014 12:30 (nine years ago) link
I saw a nice NE beach in a movie. I think it was in Rhode Island
xp
― maybe/whatever/so what/boring (admrl), Friday, 20 June 2014 12:30 (nine years ago) link
many incredible beaches on cape cod obvs
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 20 June 2014 12:31 (nine years ago) link
yea xp crane beach is gorgeous
― marcos, Friday, 20 June 2014 13:30 (nine years ago) link
don't go nantasket beach, i'm warning everybody here
i don't know a whole lot of swimming holes, in western mass there is a very nice one that is a short 5-10 minute walk from the montague book mill. the book mill is one of my favorite places in the world, no hyperbole. admrl you probably know of it already but it's a used bookstore built into an old mill building on this creek and there's a really good cafe with sandwiches and beer and coffee, plus a small art gallery and a record shop. it rules. it's kind of a perfect summer day to go to the book mill for lunch, browse for a while, and then do the short walk to the swimming hole and hang out there for a while.
― marcos, Friday, 20 June 2014 13:33 (nine years ago) link