The Bold Coast Trail in Maine—a pristine and at times solitary trek along rugged ocean cliffs and through forests of spruce and fir—may be off the beaten path, but when you find it, you won’t soon forget it.
Ian Aldrich
Last summer, a close friend and I were sitting around talking about our favorite road races. Almost immediately he started gushing over the Covered Bridges Half Marathon, a late spring race that snakes through the picturesque Vermont towns of Woodstock, Quechee, and Pomfret. “It’s the most beautiful race I’ve ever run,” he said. But […]
Cooking Advice
How to Eat a Lobster | Expert Advice
Lobster eating is not for the dainty; you’re going to get your hands deliciously dirty. Here’s how to eat a lobster from a family of Maine lobster experts.
25 number of times a lobster sheds its shell during the first five years of life 98 estimated number of calories in a typical 3-ounce serving of lobster 61:9.5 feet and inches: length of the world’s longest lobster roll, containing 48 pounds of meat, recorded at the Old Port Festival in Portland in 2009Get Our […]
When Dan Thibeault moved into his second-floor condominium in a rehabbed 1830s-era mill building in Peterborough, New Hampshire, he didn’t let a little thing like lack of ground space get in the way of creating a garden area. Thibeault, a chef and painter, set his sights on transforming a “boring” long-and-narrow rooftop section just off […]
Massachusetts
Nantucket Daffodil Festival | One Million Daffodils
It seems that everyone’s a flower child when they celebrate the Nantucket Daffodil Festival. Learn more about this popular New England spring event!
A selection of popular New England flower shows and festivals for 2014. Make a weekend of it! Portland Flower Show March 6–9, Portland, ME A garden lecture series, Children’s Discovery Garden, and thousands of plants are just a few of the highlights you’ll find at the Portland Co. Marine Complex. 207-775-4403; portlandcompany.com Boston Flower […]
Massachusetts
Nantucket Resources | When you go to Nantucket
Use this list of Nantucket resources to plan your next trip to the island. Affordable Rentals 6 South Beach St., 508-228-3501; affrentals.com Bartlett’s Farm 33 Bartlett Farm Road, 508-228-9403; bartlettsfarm.com Brown Basket Gallery 9 Old South Wharf. 508-228-9497 Cook’s Café 6 South Beach St. 508-228-8810 Eye of the Needle 14 Federal St. 508-228-1923 Island Weaves […]
New Hampshire
Sunday at Pats Peak
For most of this winter I debated whether to introduce my three-year-old son, Calvin, to downhill skiing. I consulted with friends. Is he too young? Some said wait until next year, others said just to go for it; just make sure he’s having fun. But I was treading on personal territory. For years I’d kept […]
What are some ways to make a new house look old? We asked everyone’s favorite old house expert, Bob Vila, for his tips and tricks.
Over the past 30 years, a famous garden designer and his wife have transformed a dilapidated Vermont farmhouse into a study in harmony between indoors and out, where garden views are always in focus. Town life never suited Gordon and Mary Hayward. They found that out firsthand in 1981, when they bought an 1850s-era white […]
We ask quilt restorer Betsey Telford-Goodwin … what stories does a quilt tell us? In the late 1970s, Betsey Telford-Goodwin was introduced by a friend to the world of quilts. Her adoration for them was immediate. “They’re tactile, they’re art, they’re colorful, they’re warm—they epitomize everything I love,” Goodwin says. Today, the Boston native and […]