The proposition seems impossible at worst, masochistic at best, but the RPM Challenge continues to draw in the curious, the brave, and the otherwise unoccupied. Conceived of by Portsmouth, New Hampshire’s alternative arts and culture weekly, The Wire, the premise is simple: Write, record, and produce an album of music entirely in the month of […]
New Hampshire’s Bedford Village Inn–the renovated circa-1790 Gordon family farmhouse and barn and the mid-18th-century Woodbury Cottage–is ready for you if turning on the oven isn’t part of your plans this season. In June, executive chef Peter Agostinelli was already on the phone with his “bird lady,” making sure that the 450 pounds (give or […]
Read more: Small-Town Holiday Celebrations There are layers in every town that touch and connect its residents. Ritual, communal gathering, collective memory: In the New Hampshire town where I live, those layers are almost visible in our annual town Christmas party. I think of them most strongly at the end of the party, when, by […]
Come to New Hampshire Saturday, October 10, and you’ll find many Granite State libraries participating in “Browsing Through the Leaves: The New Hampshire Statewide Library Book Sale Tour.” Enjoy the brilliant fall colors as you drive from library to library in quaint New England towns, checking out some excellent book bargains. Book it on up […]
Tony Federer has never been one to sit still–or stay indoors. In 1995 the Kearsarge, New Hampshire, resident kicked off his retirement from the U.S. Forest Service, where he’d worked for 40 years as a research scientist, by hiking the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail. His outdoor resume also includes several finishes of the grueling footrace up […]
ATTRACTIONS Best Historic Walking Tour: PORTSMOUTH HARBOR TRAIL HIGHLIGHTS TOUR, Portsmouth Delve into the city’s rich past on this hour-long walking tour of Colonial residences and historic landmarks, and hear the stories of early townspeople (merchants, politicians, and laborers) who helped build it into a four-star destination. Call for seasonal schedule. Reservations recommended. Greater Portsmouth […]
LODGING Best New Old Inn: WOODBOUND INN & RESORT, Rindge Aylmer and Cindy Given purchased this property in 2008 and immediately upgraded the interior of the circa-1893 main building to provide some unexpected urban flair at this classic New England inn. The main floor has been redesigned with a stately lobby, a sleek bar, and […]
DINING Best Ice-Cream Stand: MEMORIES, Kingston Step onto the wraparound porch to order flavors such as peanut-butter cup, chocolate-chip cookie dough, and Kahlua chip, all made on site at this farm. Then lap up the rural scene, where resident goats and a cow roam the grounds, and picnic tables under the trees offer a place […]
See Yankee‘s travel bargains in New Hampshire Yankee recommends that you call ahead to confirm dates and times. MAY 9: AMHERST, Amherst Garden Club Annual Plant Sale. Offering more than 1,300 locally grown hardy perennials at Wilkins School. Annuals, hanging baskets, heirloom vegetable plants, unique herbs, hostas, a raffle table of garden products, garden-accessory vendors, […]
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With my wife, Sally, three sons and, lately, their wives and children, I’ve spent summer weekends on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, for 38 years. So, until a surprise discovery just last summer, I assumed I knew all the fun things to do around New England’s third-largest lake–including having breakfast at The Strawberry Patch in Wolfeboro […]
Zealand Pond is at a height of land, which is not where a pond is usually found. Hikers find the trail to it by turning off U.S. Route 302 at Zealand Campground, about two miles east of the town of Twin Mountain, and driving another two miles south into Bethlehem to park at the end […]
