Last week, before this snow, I decided to take a bunch of photos of "downtown" Rockland, so I drove downtown, parked and walked down the street snapping photos here and there. I thought it might give people a better idea of what Rockland is like.
First, from the north end of town, a shot looking back:
A real booming metropolis, isn't it?
Next, a very important location: Loyal Biscuit, where we buy Ella's food, treats, toys, take her to give her a bath. It's one store where Ella herself is welcome to stop in any time.
Across the street from Loyal Biscuit is the Rockland Cafe. David and I had lunch or dinner there in the summer of 2012 when we came up here to look at houses. It's a real down-to-earth place. Good seafood. Good breakfast. Other dishes not necessarily recommended. (This is the place where a waiter asked a customer whose lobster order he was serving whether the customer was "comfortable approaching the lobster.")
A little further down the street, same side as Rockland Cafe, is Rockland's sushi restaurant. We haven't eaten there yet, but we hear it is very good. It is owned and run by a local woman, wife of an outspoken columnist for our weekly paper. I'm looking forward to taking my son or daughter or both there when they visit. My grandson likes sushi, too.
Back on the other side of the street, a block and a half down, is The Grasshopper Shop. This is the all-around go to shopping stop for me. I have purchased shoes there, t-shirts for my grandsons, unique/unusual kitchenware for our home (like a tortilla warmer), a couple items of clothing, and many gifts for family and friends.
Same side as The Grasshopper Shop but several blocks further (and past the Farnsworth Museum, a couple of hoity toity dress shops, several art galleries, a barber shop and a toy store) is Rock City Cafe, in the back of which is Hello Hello Books. Rock City is the go-to hang-out place. Wi-fi. Lattes. Pastries. Soups and sandwiches. Almost always people there, talking, working on lap tops, reading. In the back of the cafe is Hello Hello Books - a tiny but very wonderful independent bookstore. New and used books. A very cool place.
More or less across the street from Rock City is our landmark theatre, The Strand. Independent films, concerns, comedians, speakers, film festivals and more.
If you take a left at the next corner of Main Street and Park, turning down towards Harbor Park, there is the Lighthouse Museum on the right. David and I made a quick visit here the summer we came to look at houses. I am waiting for my older grandson to get just a little older - and then I'll take him. Neat photographs, actual lights and other pieces of equipment from lighthouses, and more.
Across from the museum is the world's largest lobster (sculpture) - which happens to be in front of the Trade Winds, which is the motel in which the gym that we just joined is located.
Just a taste of some of the scenes in our little town. You all come visit us, hear? Until then...
Peace be upon you all.
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