Frances likes it!

Most of my paternal family gathered in Maine to celebrate my aunts' 65th and 50th birthdays which conveniently coincided in the past year. We immediately high-tailed it to Jordan's Pond, a restaurant overlooking a lake. Before eating, we romped on the yard between the restaurant and the lake.



James Cowen and Frances bonding, I suppose.


James, Frances and Zoe Weneck with their mothers.

The signature goody at Jordan's Pond is the popover, an eggy pastry, served with butter and jam, that looks like a muffin and tastes like a German pancake. De-lish. Technically, Frances isn't supposed to have egg yolks (or whites, I can never remember which) until she's a year, but she managed to sample quite a bit of popover and she more than approved. The kid's got good taste.

The restaurant is very picturesque.

Mimi and Frances enjoying a laugh, with the South Bubble mountain in the background.

More about the South Bubble shortly.