Late December Around Town

It's been unusually clear for a December this year - which means a walk around town to see the lights and sights. Here we have the bandstand (about half a block from Banana Books), which is, in warmer times, the site of many a concert. 

The sea monster - with wagging tail (caught here mid-wag) lives in a pocket park right next to Marsh's Museum. (Jake the Alligator Man is inside, being a warm-weather creature.)

Another pocket park has an orca, a giant razor clam, and a suitably-sized frying pan. 

It's a good place to walk around. Not pictured, because you really  have to see it yourself, is the amazing village set up in the back room of the Hungry Harbor, where they also make a very smooth espresso. 

Around town in December

Starting out  from downtown where I was visiting the wooden fisherman- walking along clean sidewalks to the Cottage Bakery on my way back to the hotel.

It is possible to be too close to something, maybe. I suppose an argument could be made, however, that if you have to be too close to anything, the Cottage Bakery's not such a bad thing.

A lot of the cranberry growers in the area are part of the Ocean Spray collective. The eyes of a couple of people on this mural on the side of the Dennis Company will follow you. Somehow it's not creepy, but reassuring. "Would you like some fresh cranberry sauce, ma'am? We can help."

Yes, and when I got home I was forced to share these florentines - what you should know about the Cottage Bakery is that the more subtle "grown up" pastries are kept on the bottom two shelves in the case by the spinning cakes. All of it about 7 minutes from the hotel.