Exeter Farmer's Market pt 2

Today was an unusual market. They came in twos and threes at first, and I wasn't sure I'd seen them. But then it became obvious, the women portraying Colonists in Exeter's upcoming American Independence Festival had come out to stroll the market.

Exeter Farmer's Market pt 1

You can see what the basic fashion trends are. You need a big floppy sun hat, and a shoulder bag.

I really have to get back into this and spend a little more time spiffing it up and being like, professional. I'm not going to start any other blogs, they all seem to turn into angry ranting anyway.

New construction in Hampton Beach

A building is going up where Mrs. Mitchell's used to be. I wonder if she's coming back?



There are flags lining the beach now. I kinda like it.



Rebuilding the band shell.



The condos which have been advertised for like three years, are finally going up. I was begining to wonder if they
ever were.



A bike race...or ride, I'm not sure. They're not wearing numbers or going very fast.

Photos from the Made in New Hampshire expo

The annual Made in New Hampshire Expo was held at the Center of New Hampshire hotel in Manchester. Unfortunately, in spite of having an entire hotel to spread out in, they crammed everything into one room. If you have disabilities, or anxiety or sensory issues or even if you're just carrying a rather large purse, this is a little unpleasant.

There were things I wanted to see that I never got to, because I simply couldn't get through (I didn't appreciate being told to "stop blabbing and get the F out of the way" by some lady who was upset that I'd paused to sample a gourmet marshmallow).



And I would have preferred it if they'd offered more in the way of actual food, but of course, there weren't enough tables to eat at anyway.



In spite of that, there were plenty of interesting products available to view and sample.



And the ticket takers were really, really, nice. I had arrived with someone else (my sister) who had gone to park the car. I hadn't realized that we got hand stamps instead of paper tickets, so I had mine but she didn't have hers. And you know what? The ticket people were willing to stamp my sister's hand when she arrived, they even remembered me from before!









I wish I could talk more about the products but this post is going up so late because I have no internet access at home right now. I've forgotten a lot of the specific products I saw and sampled.

Regal Cinemas in Newington

I thought I might go over to Regal Cinemas in Newington to see Voyage of the Dawntreader or perhaps Deathly Hallows. I had a little cash and a lot of spare time. But here's the thing...

Regal Cinemas in Newington is the only theater around for miles now that the theater on Lafayette is closed, so is the one in Hampton (we totally needed another chain drugstore) and the promised Epping one has not yet materialized. The Ioka, of course, no longer shows first run movies or basically, any movies at all. There's a Cinemagic in Amesbury but then you have sales tax. There's one in Barrington...

Regal Cinemas knows they're the only choice. It's why their matinee prices are two dollars more than the agreed upon norm. Seriously, the last time I went to a matinee there, I was disappointed that they didn't have matinee prices. Oh, apparently they do, their discount comes out to what all other theaters call "the normal price".

In the Manchester/Derry area, there are like four or five theaters and they all have an average matinee price of $5 and an evening price of $7.50.

I'm not going to make it to Derry in time for the movie and be other places I have to be today.

I can pay the Newington price, but do I want to?

So, I had a Traveling Doll visiting in the last two weeks. Her name is Hannah and she's from Georgia.

Basically, a Traveling Doll is like a Flat Stanley. She's sent around to different people, who photograph her doing interesting stuff and write about her adventures. There is a bit of a security risk, but the
forum mods have everyone's name and address, so if you try to use it as an opportunity to get a free doll, they can call the police on you.

part one: Newburyport and Hampton
American Girl store Natick, Barrington, Portsmouth, Thanksgiving
Odiorne Point
Keene


I badly need to fix this blog's layout, I will need to work on that soon.