Duckfat and Acadia

One of our first concerts of the season was up in Maine on Mount Desert Island (oddly enough, pronounced "Dessert" by the locals) at the aptly named Claremont Hotel ;-) We stopped en route in Portland, ME to visit one of our best friends, the fabulous composer, Hillary Zipper. Hillary was the first composer who we commissioned as a group when she wrote Cythera for us in 2002. Here's a photo of Emily and Hillary.

Portland is a charming city and Hillary introduced us to one of it's treasures: Duckfat. With a name like that, how could this cafe not be a huge success? The menu spanned everything from a roasted beet salad to Belgian fries to Poutine (a Quebecois dish of French fries with cheese curds and gravy) to the $5 milkshake which costs $4. I can still taste that yummy milkshake....


Needless to say, the next day I felt like getting some exercise before our concert so Emily and I made our way to Acadia national park and hiked for a while on Cadillac Mountain. Hopefully our touring schedule will take us back to that part of the country soon....