Maine

A Snowy Nubble Light

With a wind-biten nose, knuckles white with the cold, and snowflakes encrusted eyelashes I snap the button and capture this classic, unforgettable, shot of The Nubble Lighthouse.

New England

Best Diners in New England

New England is the birthplace of the American diner. It’s also where diners and diner cuisine have developed most fully over the years. From the lunch wagons of 1870s Providence, Rhode Island, to the gleaming steel-and-glass palaces of today, New England diners have long served as community gathering places, offering comfort food at affordable prices […]

New Hampshire

Portsmouth, NH: A Timeless Christmas

Christmases past and present blend seamlessly in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Walking along the brick sidewalks recently dusted with snow, it’s easy to picture the streets filled with horse-drawn buggies and carolers carrying lanterns.I love to walk along the Piscataqua River, past tugboats strung with Christmas lights. Prescott Park features views of the rushing river […]

Rhode Island

Providence Arcade, Providence, RI

The arcade is the country’s oldest indoor shopping mall. A National Historic Landmark, the three-story Greek Revival building, with its lacy iron railings and massive skylight, is a treasure. Never mind that there are fewer shops these days; the architecture, designed by Russell Warren and James Bucklin in 1828, is worth the visit alone. When […]

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