Just spent the past week in Kennebunk, Maine, where Melanie’s brother Geoff and his wife Vivian recently bought a nice house not too far from the beautiful coast of the Atlantic. Mel, Wook, and I stayed there for five nights while extensive work was being done to the house. The three of us made the most of the two rooms available upstairs and had a great time relaxing, eating, and goofing around. I ate enough lobsters to last me a year, and I also think I’ve exceeded my big breakfast quota for at least the next month.

Maine, by the way, is a very white place. My minority paranoia, some of it in half-mocking tones, was in full effect, and I always seemed to catch the little white kids staring at me with fascination. Anyways, the Bushes, including our unpopular President, came into town on Thursday and we drove by Walker’s Point, their posh summer digs.

I thoroughly enjoyed Maine and would probably recommend it to people who like non-exotic weather (it was breezy and cool), down-to-earth attractions (very New England), and a desire to associate with wealthy white folk. I’ve put up some photos from the trip too – almost all of them taken by Wook.