Let's Pretend
Parents and their 2 girls are at the Schooner Head Overlook this morning ...Mom, trying to take a pic of the "tweenager," says, "Just sit down and make believe you're having a good time!"
View ArticleNo Room at the Inn
A family was at Schooner Head earlier today (Thursday). The Dad says to the Mom, "I better confirm our reservation," and dials his cell phone. Overheard:"I'm calling to confirm our reservation. ... Um,...
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Just Cruise On In
Sitting on the Bar Harbor Inn lawn yesterday, two guys are watching with great intent the tenders shuttling back and forth between the Maasdam and the pier. One asks the other what the little orange...
View ArticleThanks for Telling Me NOW
Couple walking across the Bar Harbor town pier. She, clearly aggravated, says to him: "Had I known THAT, we could have had a GOOD lunch!"
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Well, There WERE a Lot of Drugs on Campus Back Then ...
While walking on the boardwalk along the western side of Jordan Pond, my husband sees a couple and their dog coming toward him. As they are getting closer, he hears her say, "You know, we're at sea...
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Snippets from the Summit
It was like an "All You Can Hear" Buffet at the Cadillac summit yesterday. Here are a few of the tastiest nuggets overheard in just an hour's time ...Woman with camera to camera-less friend: "I just...
View ArticleAnd STILL He's Paying ...
Gossipy women walking along the Shore Path the other day:Older woman: "So ... where does HER money come from?"Younger woman, pushing a baby stroller: "Husband. [pause] He's dead."
View ArticleJust Following the Law, Sir
I don't think the tourist couple walking by saw me sitting in my vehicle in the Little Notch Bakery parking lot when the man said to the woman, "I think Bar Harbor must have the highest Subaru per...
View ArticleCruise Ship Courtesy
We're out kayaking on a recent Sunday in Frenchman Bay.Sister-in-law from CT: "Is the tide still going out?"Me: "No, I think it's coming in now. See that cruise ship? It'spointing the other way"She:...
View ArticleDid You Blink?
My son and daughter-in-law and their two kids were staying with us in Southwest Harbor near the Claremont. The mother said she had never seen downtown Southwest Harbor. My son drove his family through...
View ArticleOh, Waiter ...
Couple at a nearby table order drinks and dinner and are talking normally. She orders a second glass of wine and becomes increasingly animated. The waiter comes by and asks about dessert. She asks...
View ArticleNot the Fake Kind
Woman, to young boy at her table in a local pub restaurant: "You know, your Aunt Teresa was a wrestler. Not the fake kind. She did it for real."Other woman at the table chimes in, "Yeah, and she was...
View ArticleIrritant
Group of seniors settling themselves around a large table in a local fine dining establishment. On one side of the table a man and woman seem to be having more trouble than the others. She says,...
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Do You Deliver?
Employees at a local place of business overheard talking about getting some dinner ..."Does anyone deliver?""They all say they do, but then you call and nobody ever does."
View ArticleOutlaw Town
One waitress to another: "The town doesn't have police anymore because they voted them out. Yeah, it's an outlaw town now. It's awesome The people are raw there."
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Not Elton John
Overheard in a local bar: "I hated playing piano. But I could have been good. Not Elton John, but good. Plus I probably would have had better looking girlfriends."
View ArticleLooking the Part is Half the Battle
Guy at one end of the bar: "You a guitar player?"Non-Guitar-Playing Guy at the other end: "No."First Guy: "You look like a guitar player."Response: "I could probably play if I tried."
View ArticleThey put it there just for us
Two older couples get out of a vehicle with NY plates at the Cadillac summit parking lot. As they get closer to the edge, one of the men says, "Oh look. They even have a town down there."The other...
View ArticleBeen there, seen that
Two older couples are at the Cadillac summit parking area. Three of them are contentedly looking out over the town of Bar Harbor, the exposed bar in Frenchman Bay, and the Porcupine Islands and talking...
View ArticleThey probably have their own pier
Sitting on the wall at the Cadillac summit, and a woman, her husband and their dog sit down a few feet away.Looking out over Frenchman Bay, she asks her husband, "Where do you think the whales come...
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