-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
- January 2023
- January 2022
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- July 2018
- June 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- July 2016
- May 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- November 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
Categories
- Acadia National Park
- Bakeries
- Bar Harbor
- Baseball
- Baxter State Park
- Breakfast
- Camden
- Christmas
- Dessert
- Diners
- Dining
- Fine Dining
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Healthy Food
- Hiking
- Historic Hotels
- Hotels
- Inns/B & B's
- Las Vegas
- Maine
- Mexican Food
- Mount Desert Island
- Orlando
- Pearl Harbor
- Photography
- Restaurants
- Scotland
- Shopping
- Specialty Food Markets
- Sports
- St. Paul Minnesota
- Tampa
- Tampa Bay Treasures
- Travel Commentary
- Uncategorized
- Walt Disney World
- Washington DC
- Winter
Meta
Author Archives: J. Matlock, Director of Fantasies
And I’m Back!!!!
To my dear followers, my sincere apologies for not posting for a very long time. I do have a good reason that is actually travel related. My life has literally gone to the dogs (and cats). I started a pet … Continue reading
Taste of Tampa Bay – Gluten Free Can Be Delicious
In recent years, I have developed a sensativity to gluten. Sometimes I am able to eat an item made with wheat with little to no effect; other times there are painful consequences. I keep a mental list of what causes … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Dining, fresh, gluten free, organic, Tampa, vegan, vegetarian
Leave a comment
Traveling in the Time of COVID – All Good Things Must Come to an End
It is always hard to leave Acadia and Mount Desert Island when our time there comes to an end. Why is it that on that last day the weather is almost always gray and rainy as if the island is … Continue reading
Posted in Bakeries, Breakfast, Dining, Hotels, Maine
Tagged COVID, Hampton Inn, Marshall Point Lighthouse, Old Port, pandemic, Portland, Standard Baking Company
Leave a comment
Traveling in the Time of COVID – Afternoon on the Quiet Side of MDI
After visiting Little Long Pond, I doubled back to photograph two old churches in Seal Harbor – one on Dodge Point Road (which I have been told is now a private residence) and St. Jude’s Episcopal Church. St. Judes’ holds … Continue reading
Traveling in the Time of COVID – Little Long Pond
We got up so early that we were downstairs before other guests and before breakfast was ready to start. I went out on the back porch of the inn and settled in one of the rocking chairs to enjoy the … Continue reading
Posted in Acadia National Park, Hiking, Maine
Tagged Carriage road, dogs, Land & Garden Preserve, Little Long Pond, Seal Harbor
Leave a comment
Traveling in the Time of COVID – Another Great Day Exploring Acadia National Park, Part 2 – Duck Brook Bridge Carriage Road & Bubble Pond
After lunch at Jordan’s, I have to shop for a short sleeve shirt as the temperature had risen into the 60s; unusual for a late October day. We drive to Duck Brook Bridge wanting to walk the carriage road since … Continue reading
Posted in Acadia National Park, Hiking, Maine, Mount Desert Island
Tagged Duck Brook Bridge
Leave a comment
9/11 Memories & How That Terrible Day That Affected Travel
All of us that were alive on 9/11/2001 have memories of that day that we will never forget. Like the day John F Kennedy was assassinated, we can recall where we were and what we were doing when we heard … Continue reading →