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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, […]
Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 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 […]
Rhode Island
Ocean State
Rhode Island
Sunset Stroll
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 […]
Rhode Island
Bait House
Lobster Bait Store in Pt. Judith
Rhode Island
Jonathan Barney, Minuteman
My 8th great grandfather’s grave. Served under Col. Parker in the Lexington COncord Battle ~ “Shot heard ’round the world.”
Rhode Island
A Boy And A Brook
13-yr old year Ian visited family in Rhode Island and enjoyed wading in Falls River.
Connecticut
The Return of Rackstraw Downes
The Maine art community, myself included, never really appreciated painter Rackstraw Downes when he was a seasonal resident of the state. Though he had a summer home in rural Morrill from the 1960s until fairly recently, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Rackstraw Downes show in Maine. Now that Downes, a New York City […]
Rhode Island
Ready For The Float Potatoes
Couch potatoes? Not today! Float potatoes rule the day here…everyone grabs a float and lounges in the cool pond waters on this HOT July 4th after the big cookout!