In Annmarie’s World | Annmarie Kelly

Tilley Tuesday

I finally bought a Tilley Hat. I’ve resisted getting one for years, even though I’ve liked how Joseph looks in his. Until now, it just wasn’t for me. A baseball cap was all I wanted while hiking. OK, […]

Blueberries, Books and Binge-Watching

It’s a lazy morning…typical first day at Windward Cottages. Joseph and I are watching Sunday morning as we let go of work and slide into vacation mode. This vacation Joseph and I are binge-watching the first season of […]

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Portland Head Light

What a good first night of vacation! I had fun, got to visit with friends, started de-stressing and got good rest. This morning I had some cereal at the hotel (raisin bran with yogurt and froot loops – […]

Maine Diaries 2015

We left West Chester around 8:30 this morning. Joseph has a GPS in his car and we still get triptiks from AAA. But more and more we use WAZE when we travel – even if it’s just for […]

J. Randy Taraborrelli at Book Expo America

J. Randy Taraborrelli. You might not know the name but you would recognize Randy from shows like Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight. He’s considered the foremost authority on Michael Jackson. A journalist and biographer, Randy has also written biographies […]

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Victorious Woman Month

May is International Victorious Woman Month!! This is our 9th year of celebrating women and victories! It all started with an idea I got one morning as I woke up. The idea was for the book Victorious Woman! […]

Wahlberg at Wahlburgers

OK, I’m resigned to the fact that vacation is over. But I really wanted to squeeze one more thing into it before I head home. One last little adventure. For those of you who haven’t seen Wahlburgers: it’s […]

Heading Home

I’m going to miss looking out the living room window and seeing this view – the trees, the sunlight dancing on the water, sunset on the cover. Joseph and I are having a tough time saying goodbye to […]

Joseph’s Big “Test”

In our almost twenty years of coming to Acadia, we’ve hiked Cadillac twice and its almost-as-high companion, Dorr Mountain, once. It’s been a couple years since the last time we did Cadillac, but we decided to do it […]

Seen Me on YouTube?

I thought this morning’s wet, rocky and steep climb up Day Mountain was a challenge. It was nothing compared to what happened this afternoon. We were invited to join a couple we know (I’ll call them Cathy and […]