http://pescadoo.com Life and travel on and around the water. Get your dream beach house and enjoy the water until you do. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:36:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you're passing anywhere near Rockland, Maine before the end of this month, be sure to visit the Farnsworth Art Museum. They have an excellent collection and lots of location-appropriate coastal landscapes for you to view. But right now, they're also showing an interesting series of pictures by Jamie Wyeth ... http://pescadoo.com/travel_destinations/jamie-wyeths-seven-deadly-sins The fog! The rain! The chill in the air! Ah, it must be summer in Maine. Not fair you say? Well, clouds over the rocky coast drenched us utterly during the entire week we spent there around the 4th of July. We ventured up as far north as Camden. Great town. Skip ... http://pescadoo.com/travel_destinations/soggy-maine-adventures Quiet and balmy. That about sums up our recent trip to Sanibel Island. Bring a good book and hit the beach. There's not much else to do here. We felt downright retired! (Too bad the old retirement savings account didn't feel the same way.) Of course we enjoyed the walks on ... http://pescadoo.com/travel_destinations/kicking-back-in-sanibel-and-captiva-islands Can't afford that home on the water? How about building a place out of water? Er, that is, a form of water. Check out this extraordinary video that's part of Dan Cruickshank's fascinating Adventures in Architecture series.  http://pescadoo.com/homes_on_the_water/how-to-build-an-igloo Visiting Hearst Castle soon? We recommend staying at the Cavalier Oceanfront Resort. The hotel itself is simple, clean and dependable. What makes it special, is its location directly on the water can’t be beat. The hotels on moonstone down the road in Cambria are very nice, but the road cuts between ... http://pescadoo.com/travel_destinations/where-to-stay-in-san-simeon Ipswich, MA - Little Neck, in Ipswich Mass, is one of the most charming seaside communities ever. The neck shoots off larger Great Neck and forms small hill that rises up behind Plum Island. Though a peninsula, it feels like an island and is surrounded by peaceful waters and sweeping ocean views. ... http://pescadoo.com/waterside_communities/trouble-in-paradise-little-neck-summer-rental-dispute Lake Placid, NY - Do you love a beautiful lake view with a few pine trees thrown in for color? I know, the Adirondacks sound so promising, but when you start your research, all those buildings, chairs and porches made out of twigs can put you off. I'm not the type ... http://pescadoo.com/travel_destinations/mirror-lake-inn-review Gloucester, MA - Probably this site's Homes on the Water category should be titled Houses We Covet. Here's one I’ve admired for years: [caption id="attachment_7" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Mansion McDreamy: The Birdcage House on Sherman Point"][/caption] Perched on a rocky point overlooking Gloucester's magnificent Good Harbor Beach, this house was built by ... http://pescadoo.com/homes_on_the_water/a-special-seaside-house-in-gloucester