Tag: Book 1

King Crabber’s Pub – Damariscotta, Maine

A Place for Friends and FoodKing Crabber's Pub sits near the bridge, one block off Main in Damariscotta. I've been there a couple times, most notibly with Charles and Todd before we crossed the Portal. It's a tall brick place that you can see from the road when you come down towards the river, the windows lit, and the place is warm and inviting as it sits against the dark water under the bridge.This isn't East Bay. It's a different atmosphere. The kind of place that has fed the town long enough to know it's patrons, and for the town to know the place.Charles, Todd, and I came here one night after the Observatory Array wasn't cooperating and we needed to clear our heads. Todd suggested it, and it sounded good to me as well. That was also the night we found out that Charles was hiding a bunch of…

Dockside Salvage

A Packrat's DreamDockside Salvage is probably best described as a "packrat's dream shop," at it sits on dock 9. You get there by walking down Pier Street from the three-way split at Mel's, past the market. Our town is small enough that you can see Dockside standing at the doorway of Mel's.The place was originally one of those small boat repair places, but when most of the business went south to Boothbay, many buildings like that were abandoned. We slowly became a tourist town, and people like Ira Finch purchased the empty places and made them useful again.From the outside, Dockside looks a lot like the other small warehouses and boat repair places here. There's the area where boats can be brought in and worked on. This is where Finch now keeps his mounds of packrattish stuff. Todd and Charles often work after school there moving and organizing things for…

Mel’s Over Easy, East Bay, Maine

Mel's Over Easy It's one of those places in a small town where people gather. In the early hours of the morning, it's the fishing boat and dock workers along with the retirees that get up ridiculously early. The coffee here is always fresh no matter what time you stop in, and if you're here in the winter time, the place is where everyone goes to warm up from the cold. The door even has a little bell that jingles when customers come in. For Charles, Todd and I, it's our spot. Well, It was mine and Todd until Charles moved into the observatory. Mel sat him with us and our duo became a trio almost overnight. Mel's in her thirties. She was born in Philidelphia, and moved to East Bay with her parents when she was five. She said her dad bought the place for a good price after…