Tee Eye Are E Dee
Oh what fun! Provincetown is so quaint, so beautiful. Summer’s last flowers were still abloom while a hint of fall could be smelled in the air.
We whale watched (saw a whale or two, saw a whale poop…wow impressive! Saw 900 dolphins with baby calves leaping into the air and surfing the ship’s wake.)
Saw a pet parade led by the local police force in a car with flashing lights and bursts of siren…the parade lasted 4 minutes but it sure had an impressive start! (Proceeds of the donation cans went to the local animal shelter.)
Saw the Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus perform a hilarious show; saw Poppy a new comedian who’s appeared on TV (she was very, very funny). Ate the best meals I’ve had ever and tons of seafood.
Walked the beach and Commercial Street, which has a shop for every need, and tried Provincetown fudge which is as addictive as oxycontin.
Saw a Provincetown cat – one of the super big, white with black splotches cats that have inhabited Provincetown for generations.
Met wonderful people, drank tons of lattes and cappuccinos because the inn where we stayed (The Brass Key) had a 24 hour huge coffee machine that could make coffee so good I managed to have way more coffee than I normally do.
Swam in the heated pool, sat outside and read peacefully in such beautiful surroundings I want to immediately create a patio with bricks and stones and lattice and creeping hydrangeas and weeping yews and find some beautiful iron tables and gates to dress up this patio I’ve created in my mind.
The bed – oh that bed has changed me for ever. It was the most comfortable and best dressed bed I ever slept in. Fluffy down pillows and coverlet – sheets so soft they felt like silk…French doors that we could leave open to allow the crisp night air to flow into our room…as we snuggled down into this heavenly bed…(insert big sigh of remembering….)
We met lots of couples vacationing; mostly gay as our inn was probably about 70/30 gay to straight guests. One gay couple had been together for 31 years and were getting married on the beach when we left. Another gay couple had been together for 28 years and a younger lesbian couple together for nine years. They were great company and very interesting people – we hope to see them again, maybe next year.
It was so quiet and peaceful it was hard to believe – and so beautiful. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres were a nightly perk of the inn at 5 PM– we never missed a night – and a continental breakfast that crossed the continent in content and taste was another perk of the inn.
You could skip lunch and dinner and just eat the wonderful fare supplied by the inn if you wanted to – but we managed to eat out every night, one restaurant better than the other – but if you are going to Provincetown, I recommend Front Street and the Red Inn as the best of the best.
Now I’m up to my ears in laundry and getting back to the real world…darn it all! But I won’t forget this vacation – ever.
Oh what fun! Provincetown is so quaint, so beautiful. Summer’s last flowers were still abloom while a hint of fall could be smelled in the air.
We whale watched (saw a whale or two, saw a whale poop…wow impressive! Saw 900 dolphins with baby calves leaping into the air and surfing the ship’s wake.)
Saw a pet parade led by the local police force in a car with flashing lights and bursts of siren…the parade lasted 4 minutes but it sure had an impressive start! (Proceeds of the donation cans went to the local animal shelter.)
Saw the Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus perform a hilarious show; saw Poppy a new comedian who’s appeared on TV (she was very, very funny). Ate the best meals I’ve had ever and tons of seafood.
Walked the beach and Commercial Street, which has a shop for every need, and tried Provincetown fudge which is as addictive as oxycontin.
Saw a Provincetown cat – one of the super big, white with black splotches cats that have inhabited Provincetown for generations.
Met wonderful people, drank tons of lattes and cappuccinos because the inn where we stayed (The Brass Key) had a 24 hour huge coffee machine that could make coffee so good I managed to have way more coffee than I normally do.
Swam in the heated pool, sat outside and read peacefully in such beautiful surroundings I want to immediately create a patio with bricks and stones and lattice and creeping hydrangeas and weeping yews and find some beautiful iron tables and gates to dress up this patio I’ve created in my mind.
The bed – oh that bed has changed me for ever. It was the most comfortable and best dressed bed I ever slept in. Fluffy down pillows and coverlet – sheets so soft they felt like silk…French doors that we could leave open to allow the crisp night air to flow into our room…as we snuggled down into this heavenly bed…(insert big sigh of remembering….)
We met lots of couples vacationing; mostly gay as our inn was probably about 70/30 gay to straight guests. One gay couple had been together for 31 years and were getting married on the beach when we left. Another gay couple had been together for 28 years and a younger lesbian couple together for nine years. They were great company and very interesting people – we hope to see them again, maybe next year.
It was so quiet and peaceful it was hard to believe – and so beautiful. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres were a nightly perk of the inn at 5 PM– we never missed a night – and a continental breakfast that crossed the continent in content and taste was another perk of the inn.
You could skip lunch and dinner and just eat the wonderful fare supplied by the inn if you wanted to – but we managed to eat out every night, one restaurant better than the other – but if you are going to Provincetown, I recommend Front Street and the Red Inn as the best of the best.
Now I’m up to my ears in laundry and getting back to the real world…darn it all! But I won’t forget this vacation – ever.
posted by mary bishop | 11:40 AM
12 Comments:
Oh that sounds positively DIVINE! I'm glad you're home because I missed you, but I'm also glad you had such a splendiferous time. :)
Hey Echrai! I missed you too - missed be able to blog daily and share experiences...I keep thinking of more to say but I am supposed to be getting things done here...I came up to write a short piece and now have been here over two hours! Okay, I'm going to get the laundry before the dryer's buzzer comes up here and drags me downstairs to finish the laundry.
Welcome home! I've missed reading you, glad to see your back.
Sounds like a wonderful, wonderful vacation and very relaxing. It's probably the best time of year (ever) to be up there, glad to hear it was amazing!
HI Acumamakiki! Surprisingly, this is my first fall vacation but I won't be afraid to do a late September vacation again. Plenty warm enough during the day and with a nice chill at night.
Welcome back! Sounds like you had a great time! (your description of food makes me hungry!)
So glad you are back. I will ahve to plan a vacation there sometime in the future. Sounds wonderful! I like spring/fall vacations the best. Not too hot. The ocean may be too cold, btu it's nice on the beach.
Mary your vacation sounds amazing. You know, I don't even know where provincetown is! It sounds a lot like Key West though - lots of quaint inns, seafood, and instead of fudge, they have (of course) the best key lime pie ever.
Now i'm wishing *I* was on vacation again!
paintergirl, you would love it I'm sure...wonderful local artists are on display everywhere and it is common to see someone creating art out on the street, on the beaches, dunes or down by the docks.
Hanni - It is a lot like Key West they tell me...I've never been there, but it is located in Mass. and the pilgrims landed in P-town before Plymouth rock, something I didn't know...
I am so jealous!! Here I am stuck at work buried with assignments up to my armpits, then I go and read your wonderful holiday post.
Sounds absolutely divine!!! So glad you had a great time. No pictures?
HI Along...sorry you're so busy in work - just start planning your next holiday in your mind...might help you get through the long work days!
No, I never take pictures because I used to carry a camera and then spent most of my time experiencing my vacations through the view finder. Now I just soak it all in with my eyes, ears, nose, etc. and try to remember it through journal writing later...
The Brass Key Inn does have a website which shows how pretty the place was.http://www.brasskey.com
Your vacation sounds wonderful and I was going to ask you for the name of the hotel...but you have put it there for me to find! :)
I want to go now!!
Hi Weetzie, it was a great place, but I've been told it's pretty desolate in the dead of winter - few restaurants or stores are open and it hibernates until spring.
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