Connecticut

The Sound of Spring on the Connecticut Shoreline

Time stands still in all the best places, but only for so long. As spring melts into Long Island Sound, the villages along the Connecticut shoreline stir and stretch, sloughing off winter’s crust. Midway along the coast, snow lets go of the edges of Hammonasset Beach, and before you know it, town greens up and […]

Maine

Colby College Museum of Art previews new Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion

At a press luncheon on Monday, Marsh 25, the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine previewed the elegant and elemental new Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion which, when it opens on July 13, will make the Colby museum the largest art museum in the state of Maine and one of the premier college art museums in […]

Maine

Night Skiing at Shawnee Peak and Sleeping in a Yurt on the Mountain

9 out of 10 people enjoy hearing or saying the word “yurt.” I know this based on the research I conducted before spending a night in a yurt on top of Shawnee Peak in Maine. You are probably wondering about the one person who doesn’t enjoy hearing or saying the word “yurt.” What’s his deal? […]

Rhode Island

Coast Guard House

2013 Blizzard. Landmark in Narragansett. Taken by a friend

Rhode Island

Tanked

This beautiful fish was in a restaurant fish tank

New England

Perfect Ski Day at Attitash

When I chatted with local expert Corey Madden about his home mountain Attitash in Bartlett, New Hampshire, he mentioned that he’s a former cover model for Yankee Magazine.  I don’t hear that everyday! He said the shot ran on the January 2004 issue and showed him skiing powder. Corey Madden grew up skiing in the […]

Rhode Island

Sun On Bay

SUN RISE ON NARRAGANSETT BAY

Massachusetts

Fenway Victory Gardens | Local Treasure

The “Fenway Victory Gardens” lie within sight of the Green Monster and are America’s oldest original World War II victory gardens still in operation.

New England

Masterpiece Theatres | New England Art Collections

[slideshow post_id=”97027″ exclude=”14475.jpg”] Blame it on the majestic New England scenery that lured artists to its shores and mountains–or on savvy collectors who had the foresight to purchase the preeminent works of their time. The result is undeniable: The bounty of art found in this region is mind-boggling, from the American collection housed in the […]

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