Rochambeau Monument at Kings Park in Newport RI
Rhode Island
Travel
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Massachusetts
Cool Retreat
Solitary bench at the end of one of the walking paths at Rolling Ridge Conference Center.
There’s a lot to see in do in the Bay State, but some activities really stand the test of time. Read our picks for the best classic attractions in Massachusetts. BEST EARLY WHALING MUSEUM NANTUCKET WHALING MUSEUM, Nantucket Nantucket was the Houston of its day, when whale oil lit the lamps and greased the wheels of […]
Looking for fun in the Constitution State? You won’t have to look far! Read our picks for the best attractions in Connecticut. BEST WET & DRY ADVENTURES BROWNSTONE EXPLORATION & DISCOVERY PARK, Portland In a quarry that dates to the dinosaurs, find 21st-century ziplining, rock climbing, scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming, wakeboarding, mountain biking, and kayaking. […]
Looking to rest your head in Vermont? We’ve got you covered! Check out our picks for the best lodging in Vermont for 2013. BEST WAY TO MEET RUDYARD KIPLING NAULAKHA, Dummerston Soak in Rudyard Kipling’s bathtub, write at his desk, or curl up with a copy of The Jungle Book, a few feet from where […]
Massachusetts
Chappy Beach
Taken with a Nikon D-80 camera, with a 70-300mm Zoom lens.
Massachusetts
Daytrip to Old Sturbridge Village
We are fortunate to live in New England surrounded by so much history and so many places and people who preserve and celebrate this heritage. Old Sturbridge Village is one of those magical places; a recreated village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts filled with relevant architectural buildings and characters from our region’s early days including a schoolhouse […]