Don't you just love this "heavenly" blue brick building in beautiful Portsmouth, NH, with its crisp white shutters? This photo was taken back in January when it was still c-o-l-d and snowy...
(Amanda & Court in Portsmouth)
But this photo was taken Sunday (thankfully the snow is long gone!)... Since Court had to come home from college late last week for another orthopedic appointment for her broken fingers, the family decided to take advantage of the nice weather on Sunday and pop up to Portsmouth as we had some errands to run in that neck of the woods.
We ate breakfast at The Friendly Toast and since I'm trying to stay on track with making healthier food choices (check out Joanne's [My Little Cottage in the Making] "A Better Me" diet and exercise blog posts every Wednesday!), I got an egg white omelette with spinach and mushrooms, TFT's signature homemade bread/toast, and sliced tomatoes as a substitute for the home fries. It was all delicious!
The entire restaurant is decorated with vintage items; many (probably most) from the fifties, so you know I was in 7th heaven! That gigantic white reindeer hanging from the ceiling is identical to the little ones I put out at Christmastime...
And this wall was covered with vintage/fifties era paintings and prints...
I was especially drawn to this original nun painting (having been heavily influenced by nuns during my childhood!)
Each table sported a little lamp; ours featured horses. This lamp looked just like something my Nana or Mom would have had in their homes back in the fifties.
Here's Court, totally focused on changing her camera setting in order to take artsy b&w/one accent color photos...
She chose red as the accent color and this is the end result, Amanda and I with red highlights... A pretty neat effect!
Tomorrow I'm going to have a quick one-day guessing game contest with a little prize for the winner!
Donna