The tall ship, Roseway, sailing off the coast of NH in the Atlantic Ocean.
Rhode Island
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New England
Summer Adventures Are Not Over Yet
Summer always goes by in a flash. This summer is no exception and I have some solid proof. My last blog entry was on August 1, 2008. Now it is the final week of August and this weekend is Labor Day weekend. Yesterday I went for a run around 7:30 p.m. and it was getting […]
New England
Hot Dogs: New England’s Best
I’ve been eating a lot of hot dogs lately. And when I talk about eating hot dogs, people e-mail and tell me about their favorites. Right now, Flo’s Hot Dogs in southern Maine, on Route 1 in Kittery, and Fred’s Franks in Wakefield, Massachusetts (exit 40 off Route 128 at the roundabout), are topping my […]
Massachusetts
Nantucket’s Shifting Shoreline
Around 20,000 years ago, the massive Laurentide ice sheet halted its southerly advance just past Cape Cod and, shedding its load of till, and began to form a terminal moraine still discernible in the series of hills that stretch from Tuckernuck to Siasconset. Back then, sea level was nearly 400 feet lower than today, placing […]
Massachusetts
Sophia Thoreau Leaves | Concord Museum Exhibit
Henry David Thoreau’s poetry inscribed on leaves. The symbiotic link between nature and literature is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in Concord, Massachusetts. With just enough forest between Concord’s tree-lined streets and Boston’s bustling avenues, this village remains a place of solace for writers and vacationers alike. In one shady corner of town you’ll find […]
Massachusetts
Restaurant Review: L’Espalier, Boston
For more than 25 years, a clientele of dedicated food and wine enthusiasts have ascended the creaky staircase of an 1886 Gloucester Street brownstone in Boston’s Back Bay to celebrate the milestones of their lives with chef Frank McClelland of L’Espalier. Now the much-anticipated opening of the Mandarin Oriental hotel at the Prudential Center on […]
Eight years ago, dentist Steve Seigars saw a NOVA episode on 12th-century trebuchets — and it changed his life. These giant catapult-like machines, once used to lay siege to medieval castles, are essentially first-class levers, like seesaws, with a counterweight on one end and a sling holding a projectile on the other. Today they’re used […]
Scale models rarely surpass their real life counterparts, but among the countless treasures of Mystic Seaport is an impressive diorama of the area as it was in the 19th century. The 1:128-scale model represents more than 50 years’ work by one man, Arthur Payne. A surprise to many who visit the seaport, the model is […]
New Hampshire
Yankee Siege: Pumpkin Tossing in NH
It looks a little medieval, but for unusual fall sports, take a look at Yankee Siege, the Greenfield, NH, pumpkin-tossing catapult. The fun begins Oct. 3-4, 2009, and continues Saturdays and Sundays through Oct.31 and Nov. 1. Read more: Pumpkin Tossing Trebuchet
Travel
Spotted Fun
My cute little dalmatian puppy posing for a picture
Rhode Island
Rhode Island: Best Ocean Swmming in Fall
The beach was almost empty, so we didn’t have to look hard to find the perfect spot — far enough back that the sand was soft, yet close enough that we could feel the breeze. A couple was playing Frisbee, and a teenager was skim-boarding near the ocean’s edge. My daughter shucked her clothes and […]
Connecticut
River Loop Drive
From Main Street, head east on Hart or Marsh Street (going back toward I-91). Turn to go under the highway, and at the T intersection, turn right to continue on Great Meadow Road. Follow it past fields to an intersection with a road on the right (Second Lane, but there’s no street sign). Turn there […]