odds and ends of vt

it's almost the end of my internship and i'm feeling pretty sad about it. unfortunately, the drama of the office politics and the participants this week are making it much easier to say goodbye. but here's probably one of my last updates from this beautiful state i got to spend a summer in...

wish i had found their bread earlier- at the mt.  holly farmer's market and picked up a loaf of their rosemary olive (not pictured) and ate it with baked brie (i love love love baked brie. probably not as much as cabot sharp cheddar cheese but pretty high on the list). 

i never knew how nice sitting by a bonfire at the end of the day could be. margaritas and bonfires will always make me think of vermont.

as annoying as it is to drive a minimum of 30 minutes to get anywhere, the vermont countryside is gorgeous. i want to get more pictures of new england houses before i leave but this still makes me think of maryland. two more days of work and it's all over. i'll try and get some more pictures before i leave!

oh, and went to fireworks restaurant in brattleboro today (linda's son works there). it was super tasty!

i got the hearth baked bread with a tomato, onion and olive feta cheese dip (omg, so delicious!)

i didn't get a shot of lisa's or linda's food very well but betsy's verdura pizza was soooooo good (we finished off both and a tiramisu and death by chocolate cakes).

strolling of the heifers

woke up to pouring rain, but i was on a mission to check out this cow parade that one of the sort of locals talked up. there were cows...

and llamas, horses, donkeys 

and people in funny vehicles, but it sort of felt less than i was expecting. it was highly entertaining though and PA and i felt like we were in a foreign land.

the town of brattleboro (about an hour south of ludlow) is pretty cool. it has an eclectic mix of stores (everything from a mystery book store to vinyls and interesting art pieces).

this bathtub of beads was in beadniks off of main street. the sign just made me want to climb in, i'm thinking the beads would have been kind of like a massage? it was partially a specialty beads store (think beadazzled) but it also had knick knacks like gumby and old school candies (like razzles). 


we ate at amy's bakery arts cafe (also off of main street) and it was packed at lunch time. my feet were soaked through and it was cold so all i could picture was a hot sandwich= tuna melt w/ avocado. eum eum eum. i highly recommend. PA got this hot turkey sandwich that had avocado and pesto on it that she liked. the baked goods also looked tasty.


it's been challenging thinking of things to do in the evening after lunch as everything is either too far away and everything closes so early so tonight was another movie night w/ some of the ladies. PA and i are going to rutland airport to pick up some new participants so we'll check out that area while we're there. have a good night and hopefully you stay dry!