Rhode Island

Deserted Misquamicut Beach, Rhode Island

This picture was taken on a day that the coast guard has advised to stay off the beaches. We did not find this out until the next day.

Massachusetts

Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts | Local Treasure

Before Anaïs Mitchell can take the stage, Matt Smith, manager of Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts, takes the mic and starts talking about chairs. They’re uncomfortable, he says, and the 125 people crowded into the tiny basement room nod back in agreement. Comfier ones cost money, though, so a little later Matt passes the hat, […]

Massachusetts

North Adams, Massachusetts | The Stupidest Thing We Ever Said

How much rope do you need to hang yourself? About nine words’ worth, apparently. “North Adams is still a sorry gateway to anywhere …” I’ve had those words thrown in my face more times than I care to count, and I didn’t even write them. In fact, I was 13 when they were printed. But […]

Rhode Island

Plum Beach Lighthouse

View from the Jamestown Verrazano Bridge on Narragansett Bay.

Massachusetts

Nantucket Highlights

As ever, I’m running around New England this summer — eating, drinking, cooking, sitting in a beach chair watching the waves (or my nieces and nephews, or the sunset, or …), hiking, swimming in glacial lakes, and staying up late on the porch with my family. I took a week on Nantucket, and here are […]

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