Massachusetts

Day Trip to Martha’s Vineyard in Photographs

A short ferry ride from Woods Hole brings you to a summer escape on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. Explore the beaches and landscape of the island through the eyes of photographer Jesse Burke in the following slideshow.  Jesse is an accomplished Rhode Island based photographer and adjunct professor at RISD in the photography department. […]

Vermont

Vermont’s Champlain Islands | Freshwater Pearls

The Champlain Islands in Vermont float under the vacation radar, making it the perfect destination for those folks looking for a laid-back vacation getaway with plenty to do.

Maine

Lubec Bay Cottage

An Autumn sunrise over Lubec Bay Cottage in Downeast Maine

Rhode Island

Rochambeau Monument

Rochambeau Monument at Kings Park in Newport RI

Massachusetts

Best Bargains in Greater Boston | 2013 Editors’ Choice Awards

Pinching pennies never felt so good! Check out our picks for the best bargains in Boston for 2013. Your wallet will thank you. BEST BAR WITH FOOD LIZZY’S, Cambridge This East Cambridge working man’s bar lost none of its character when new owners transformed it into a bar with great food and no gastropub pretensions. […]

Vermont

Best Bargains in Vermont | 2013 Editors’ Choice Awards

Pinching pennies never felt so good! Check out our picks for the best bargains in Vermont for 2013. Your wallet will thank you. BEST GLASS EARRINGS GREEN Mountain GLASSWORKS, Granville Vermont natives Michael and Angela Egan shape Venetian-style freehand blown glass into spectacular vases, pitchers, and a variety of art glass, but it’s the earrings […]

Travel

Wedded Bliss Exhibit at Peabody Essex Museum | Local Treasure

A young woman waits with heavy heart at the window, wondering when — or whether — her betrothed will return alive from overseas. It’s one of many iconic stories explored in the Peabody Essex Museum’s exhibit “Wedded Bliss: The Marriage of Art and Ceremony.” On display through September 14, the presentation includes 300 years of […]

Travel

An Island of One’s Own

For a time in the 1980s, I lived in a small log cabin on a small island in one of the lakes scattered around Mount Monadnock in southwestern New Hampshire. The island tucked into the back of a shallow cove, less than a hundred feet from shore. From a distance–almost until you were right on […]

Maine

Nebo Lodge Recipes | Treaure Island

Order a drink at Nebo Lodge–as one of just two bars on North Haven, it’s the closest thing to an island hotspot–and, if you’re lucky, the woman pouring it will be a no-nonsense blonde with twinkly blue eyes and a wide smile. Which is a good thing if you like your drinks stiff and your […]

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