Since I have that early morning meeting, I'm going to get to bed. Sleep tight!!!! Or good morning/afternoon/evening, depending on your time zone!

It'll be significantly harder for me to post a lot this week because I'm working so much. As I was coming in, two guys were leaving. One is coming back in two weeks, but I still need to pick up a lot of his hours until he does. That might work out though, since it seems a considerate amount of people actually look at my blog during the times when I'm never posting.

Tomorrow I have my first staff meeting at work. I'm sure it'll be boring, but hey, I'm getting paid to sit around for four hours so I'm not gonna complain! I'll also be getting my first paycheck from this job, and really my first paycheck ever. When I worked at Starbucks it was a direct-deposit system so I never actually got a physical check before. I'm excited! And also super duper broke so thank goodness!!!!

The Black Friar Inn at Bar Harbor, Maine

I know I'm getting ahead of myself on the details of my vacation, but I just HAD to say something about this absolutely fantastic eatery/bed and breakfast where I dined in Bar Harbor, Maine on the journey back to Ohio. From start to finish the experience was phenomenal. The bar maid, Michelle, was very helpful to us when it came to picking out what to eat, and beers to drink for my aunt and uncle. She knew a great deal about the food and the work put into making it, and never hesitated to find the right answer to a question. The restaurant had absolutely fantastic dinner rolls, baked fresh and super doughy, that they served with a to-die-for maple and blueberry butter. It tasted like a blueberry pancake or muffin in the end! For dinner, my sister ordered their "beer-soaked burger" which is exactly as it sounds- a burger patty marinated in beer before it gets thrown on the grill. It was juicy and phenomenal, from the taste I had. My uncle had a steak, which was cooked perfectly pink on the inside and could be cut easily with a butter pallet or even the side of one's fork. It was served with delicate thinly-sliced scalloped potatoes and blanched and buttered green beans. I had lobster thermidor and it was SPECTACULAR!!!!!  The chef was kind enough to make a special one just for me to accommodate my aversion to onions, shallots, and the like. It was beautifully plated, and the flavors were spectacular. The best dish of the night, however, was my aunt's salmon. The salmon at The Black Friar was divine!!!! It was cooked perfectly, melting in one's mouth. It was coated in a thin and delicate spinach and dill sauce which brought out all the natural flavors and enhanced them. I don't think I'll ever have such perfect salmon anywhere else!!!!

I'm no food critic, but if I was I would give The Black Friar 10/5 stars for their above-and beyond service, atmosphere, and food!

The Lobster Thermidor

7/6/14

Today I just got back from one of my dad's campaign parades. My official parade job is passing out dog biscuits to all  the dogs at the parades. I love it! Everybody else loves it too; there's always comments like "awww how thoughtful of the Judge to pass out dog treats!" Plus it's great to see all the happy and adorable dogs. Before doing this, I was never a fan of walking parades. There was too much walking for my taste, and they were always loud and miserably hot. This time around, my dad's campaign's parade game is strong. His opponent brings his candy in WAL-MART BAGS and they've never had more than 10 (with five of them being his family) people show up to walk with him (whereas we have between 20-30 every time). I firmly believe that my dad has this in the bag.