When I was a kid my dad's best friend (who lives in Boston) would send us a box of lobsters for New Year's Eve. We'd cook them up, dunk 'em in butter and ring in the new year totally sated. As I've gotten older (and moved to the East Coast) the novelty of lobster has worn off for me… but not for my mom. If she could eat lobster every week, I think she would.

So last year for her birthday I decided I'd send her lobsters. I shopped around and found a good deal (especially considering the overnight shipping), and I came across this site. It's called Catch a Piece of Maine, and for $2995 you get to own your own Maine lobster trap for a year. Yes, yes, it's insanely expensive (I'll get this for my mom when I earn a six figure salary, lol), but it's also incredibly cool. For the entire year you get all the lobsters that are caught in your trap, your own personal lobsterman, the ability to watch your trap online AND every time you get a shipment, they throw in a ton of other stuff, including mussels, steamers and dessert!

Not only are you directly supporting a Maine lobsterman, you're also supporting the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, as 10% of the proceeds go to them.

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 8th, 2008 at 9:35 am and is filed under gifts. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.