Summer Stock 13 - Bar Harbor

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While no one can say that downtown Bar Harbor isn't incredibly touristy you have to admit it has some great things to offer those who visit.
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There are bright lights:
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And a working harbor:
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And best of all, the chance to finally meet dear friends face to face. From left to right:
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L (Dawn and Laura's friend), Laura, Dawn, me with a disgusting double chin and weird half-closed eyes, and my husband Jay. We had a fabulous dinner, sinfully delicious dessert, and all-around terrific evening together as Dawn and Laura showed us around their little corner of the world. It's always wonderful to meet good blogfriends in person - there's little distance or awkwardness since you already know each other well, and you're able to slip right into that "old friends reunited" role in no time at all, and this time was no exception.
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My computer, and with it all my photo-editing software, is still in the shop so all of these photos are straight out of the camera (with the exception of the border around the last one, which I put in the other day after a sadly unproductive attempt to rid myself of that horrid double-chin. Gak.) I've got all my data on an external hard drive at the moment, but I'm not loading any of the newer photos until I get my laptop back and can be sure that everything is working properly. (That's also why I haven't linked to any of the other bloggers I've mentioned - I don't have the bookmarks handy, I'll add their links in after I get my own machine back.) I'm hoping that by the time this posts (on auto-scheduler, since I will hopefully be hitting the outlets with my sister at 5pm) I'll have it back, but in my experience these things always take longer than the IT guy says they will so who really knows.
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Now that Jay and his good weather karma have gone back to Israel the weather has crapped out again - rain today had me stuck in arcade hell instead of my hoped for visit with Maribeth, and it's not looking much better for the rest of the weekend either. Blech. I hope things are sunnier wherever you are this week and you've got lots of great images and stories to share for this week's Summer Stock. Don't forget to leave your permalink below and link back here to Around the Island as well so that we can all find them and share in your fun.
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