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It’s a shame we can’t take any major road trips right now (thanks to our wee one) since this week’s giveaway has us itching to head north to Kennebunkport, Maine. That’s because Spaces Kennebunkport– the shop behind today’s prize- embodies just the type of comfortable seaside home accents that Sherry and I love. Never mind that we can barely spell the name… we still want to eat up everything in their store. Have no fear if you also can’t make it out to K-town. Spaces Kennebunkport has an awesome
And not that we’re in the business of telling people how to spend their prize money, but here are some things we would totally snag for ourselves:
Wanna take home some of this beachy bliss? Here’s how to enter this week’s Fab Freebie (oh, and stay tuned for a discount code this Thursday):
- PRIZE: $150 toward anything in Spaces Kennebunkport’s shop
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “MAINE ME!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … since our giveaway sponsors reside in a fairly uniquely-named town, we’d love to know of any unique / weird / funny city names that you live in, have visited, or have noticed on a map (i.e. Love, VA; Bummerville, CA; Sweet Lips, TN)
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, June 2nd at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: Anywhere in the USA
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!
Find more freebie info on our Giveaway FAQs page. Pics courtesy of Spaces Kennebunkport.
Kate says
Maine Me!
I grew up in a town called Elbow.
Ashlee Workman says
Maine Me…
Bucksnort, TN is quite a different name for a city.
Orly Strout says
Maine me, please!
I’ve always enjoyed Intercourse, PA for being a silly name, and also Ronkonkomo, NY, for just being fun to say.
Congrats on the baby!
April B. says
MAINE ME! Me! There is a Bland in West Virginia that I made my former boyfriend stop at on the Interstate to take a picture of me with the sign. It really did look bland.
Amanda says
Maine me :)
Mer says
Maine me!
Funny names? Sure, I’ve got your funny names. We drove past Lizard Lick in North Carolina often enough to qualify. But I think where I live now (relatively near Hell, Michigan), while not lol-worthy, are seriously bizarre. I live in Saline, but it’s pronounced all fancy, like Celine Dion’s first name. But we’re ten minutes north of Milan… which is pronounced like some sort of pharmaceutical. “When your saline levels are too high, take Mylin.”
Also, while poring over Google maps to locate the cemetery where my grandparents are buried, I came across a marking for “Rainbow Bend.” I just HAD to know what that was. It was… a hayfield. No houses in sight. I have no idea how a hayfield got the Muppet-worthy name of Rainbow Bend. Michigan has a lot of lumber ghost towns, but usually there’s some remnant–a cluster of houses, a store, *something*. But not at Rainbow Bend, whatever the heck that is!
Jenna says
Maine Me!
A co-worker of mine hails from Christmas Lake, MN. It’s just too cute to believe!
kristina says
MAINE ME!
my hometown favorite is Wyoming, RI- maybe they couldn’t think of a town name, so they just picked another state’s name?
CJ says
Maine Me!!!
Love Maine…hope we can get back there this year!
Our CT town names are not so original but do span the globe…Lisbon, Scotland, Lebanon, Bethlehem…and of course, Brooklyn! :)
Lauren says
MAINE ME!
Two of my favorites are Gnaw Bone, Indiana and Slapout, Alabama
Erica Gregory says
Maine Me! I’m a Maine girl all the way! Just drove through Kennebunkport today on my way back to Boston after a gorgeous Memorial Day weekend! Couldn’t wait to catch up on my Young House Love daily check-in and was SO excited to see a Maine FAB FREEBIE!
amy d says
mAiNe mE!!!
we live 4 miles away from a town called zimmerdale…population, 2!
lesismore says
Maine me!
We have a few interesting city/town names here in Oregon but the most/least interesting is Boring, Oregon.
Nina says
MAINE ME!!
Buttzville, NJ is my favorite unexpected town name!
Shantuck says
Maine me! I’m from Illinois so I am going to go with Sandwich, Illinois.
Jan says
Maine Me!! I grew up in Maine and miss it soooooo much. Kennebunkport is part of my old stomping grounds from many moons ago. Fortunately, I’m headed there and to the Kennebunkport region in 3 wks to visit family.
We used to live near Belchertown, MA. My husband would always, always have to belch out the name as we drove through. Sorry, it’s a man thing.
Lynn says
Maine Me!
We’re not far from Celebration, FL
Devon says
Maine me!
Funny name of a town I drive through on road trips — Dumas, Texas. Of course, it’s properly pronounced “Doom-os,” but saying it the other way just never gets old….
April Bryan says
MAINE ME!!
Chrissy says
Maine Me!
I live in New Mexico, home to Truth or Consequences. And the town I live in always gets pronounced wrong by people from other states. It’s spanish and the J in the name is pronounced with an H sound, which many people don’t do.
Kendra says
Maine me!
The only one I can think of is What Cheer, IA!
Katy says
MAINE ME!
My hometown of Glendive, MT, affectionately referred to as “The Dive”.
Megan says
MAINE ME (please please please)
A lot of my towns were taken- but I grew up on Peepytown Rd (and took a lot of flack for it on “”what’s your address” day in elementary school)
Meredith says
MAINE ME!
I’m from Menomonee Falls, WI which is quite a mouthful…
Stephanie says
Maine Me!
The most curious town names I’ve ever heard of were New York (which is in the state of Florida) and Florida (which is, guess where? New York!)
I live in Florida the state, and my cousin lives in Florida the city :P
Renee says
MAINE ME! We live near Loveland, CO. You can send your Valentine’s Day cards there for a special stamp on your envelope before it goes to your sweetheart.
Carmen says
Maine me! I live in a town named Cloquet which no one can ever pronounce correctly. (It’s pronounced Klo Kay)
Michelle Kersey says
MAINE ME!
Hmm, places I’ve lived (to name a few)- Kittery, Maine… Mt Pleasant, South Carolina… Groton, Connecticut. (Nicknamed Rotten Groton) Hubby was Navy :) Not that crazy, but that’s what I have.
Rachel says
Maine me!!!
Have you ever been to Peculiar, Missouri?
Corley says
Maine me!!
I had relatives move to French Kiss, In
Lindsay says
Maine Me!
I’m drawing a blank on weird city names near me, but I promise to come up with one if I win!! :)
Erin Nichols says
MAINE ME!
How about Climax Michigan? I always have a little giggle when I drive through.
Erinn says
Maine me!
Egg Harbor, WI is a funny name, but beautiful town on the “thumb” of Wisconsin.
Erica B says
Maine Me!
Marisa H says
Maine Me!! I passed Friendship, MD on my road trip to Cumberland, MD this past weekend!
Melinda says
MAINE ME!
I would have to say driving from CT back to VA we saw a pretty odd one, but it’s fun to say! Shamokin, PA
Terry K. says
Maine Me, please. We haven’t been to Maine in two years…we need to get back there, soooooon.
Melinda says
Maine Me! I grew up a short drive from Kennebunkport, ME, in NH…love that town! My husband and I drove through a town in Missouri called “Tight Wad”.
Larissa says
MAINE ME!
I think Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico is pretty funny!
Jenna says
MAINE ME!
I haven’t lived in any towns with unique names, but definitely some unique street names.
Ruby says
Maine Me!
Boring, Oregon. Sounds interesting doesn’t it? :-)
Autumn says
Maine Me! please! :)
jennnifer b says
Maine me!
I live near a town called “Boredom”….and it lives up to it’s name!
Margaret Marie says
Maine Me!!
So you read the post about Pumpkin Center, La. (that’s near me) The sign when your driving down the interstate reads:
Baptist
Pumpkin Center
It makes me laugh every time I drive past it.
Kandace says
MAINE ME!
I always thought Texas City, which isn’t in Texas, was really funny. Thats about all I can think of LOL!
Melissa says
MAINE ME!
halida says
Maine ME!!!….we got married on an island off the coast of Portland, me. oh how I heart Maine! as for funny town names, floyds knobs, IN always makes me chuckle.
Jennifer B. says
MAINE ME!
I can’t think of any weird city names, but my husband is from Cleveland, Ohio and then he went to (and we met) at a college in Cleveland, TN. [Older] people always think it is the funniest thing that he went from living in one Cleveland to another. We don’t really think it is funny but we laugh and humor them and talk about what a coincidence it is!
paula says
Maine Me!
oh, the names up north in WI that we’ve driven through are too hard to pronounce, much less spell :)
Amber says
MAINE ME!
While making a few road trips this past year I’ve traveled around these two very strange cities in Ohio; Hicksville & Tobasco. –Why and who would name a place such? Beyond me! Boredom? To be different? Joke? Either way? I had to chuckle.