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Penobscot Bay, Estate of the Day

Filed under: Estates


This home in Rockport, Maine defies the quaint shingled Maine cottage stereotype. Set on a bluff overlooking Penobscot Bay this home has a style somewhere between contemporary and just plain bizarre. This three-bedroom home was clearly designed for someone with unique tastes and by unique I mean slightly crazy. Key features include 24K leaf trim, an Italian marble fireplace and a very suffocating use of wood paneling. The most striking detail is the use of skylights, they seem to be almost haphazardly cut into the walls and ceiling. The effect is vaguely childlike and oddly disturbing. The 6.44 acre property also includes an uncompleted guest house and a steel and redwood pier. It is listed at $4.5 million. After the jump, the strangest of the strange, a clover-shaped bathtub facing three porthole windows.

Preservation Package At Emerson By The Sea

Filed under: Journeys

As a former Boston girl I am definitely biased but there's nothing like Spring in New England when the weather is good. To celebrate National Preservation Month next month, the classically charming Emerson Inn by the Sea, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s former vacation retreat in Rockport, Massachusetts has a special Preservation Package. If you find museums and history boring this is not for you but for those interested in learning the history of this classic New England seaside town, the three-night package includes tickets to the Essex Shipbuilding Museum, the Gloucester Maritime Museum, the Cape Ann Historical Society, the Paper House and the Rockport Art Association gallery. After all that museum touring you are going to need a good meal. The package also includes a $50 gift to Woodman's of Essex home to the first fried clams and a $50 gift certificate for dinner in the Grand Cafe, the hotel's restaurant.  The package costs $515-1115 per couple and there are 36 guest rooms  Of course it is New England so no guarantees on the weather.


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