For one long weekend each May, Nantucket becomes a mecca for thousands of wine aficionados thirsty for knowledge. They come from all over the world because the Nantucket Wine Festival combines solid wine information, access to the world’s greatest wines (and winemakers), and food to match. Even if you can’t make the festival, come for […]
Here’s a walking tour for your next trip to Boston. It’s full of brick buildings, cobble-stoned paths, and surprising history. See a “Wicked Big Picture” of Beacon Hill. Read one historian’s search for her ancestors and the little-known history of slaves in Portsmouth. Follow more of history’s footsteps at these black heritage trails and historic […]
Back in the day, all my friends rode mountain bikes. I upgraded from my post college mountain bike, a Specialized Hardrock, to a tough looking Jamis hard tail with cool front shocks. It was the year before disc breaks became de rigueur which meant I saved an extra $1,000 on something that at this point […]
Photo was shoot with a Olympus 2100UZ DSLR. Church is located on Rextown Road, Preston, CT. Photo taken on 10/28/02, mid afternoon.
The St Albans Maple Festival Parade
This was taken in Freeport, ME in February.
Take a room-by-room tour of New England history with assistant editor Justin Shatwell as he visits Memorial Hall Museum and talks with director Tim Neumann at the historical landmark in Old Deerfield, Massachusetts. Listen to the tour here or take this audio tour with you when you visit the museum. Here’s how: Download an MP3 […]
Yankee editor Mel Allen describes ways to spend time, not gas money, in New England — visit small towns, try walking, explore camping — when he is a guest on The Frugal Yankee. Listen in!
Bear in mind that during the September-October mating season, bull moose will behave more aggressively. And no matter how cute the baby moose looks through your camera, if a mother feels you’re threatening her little one, she’ll move to protect it. A wonderful book to bring to Moosehead Lake is “Maine Moose Watcher’s Guide” by […]
Connecticut Ten Mile Hill, Kent. In the Litchfield Hills, the Appalachian Trail weaves through deep forests. Start at Bull’s Bridge Falls. From here, the trail rises above the water before descending to Ten Mile Gorge, where the Housatonic and Ten Mile rivers merge. From here, switchbacks climb steadily to the crest of Ten Mile Hill, […]
Coming upon a moose in the wilds of Maine requires that you pass through three stages of comprehension. FIRST STAGE [denial] A moose is very large — larger than you’ve ever imagined. If you’re tall and you ran into a moose, you’d knock your head on its shoulder. You must take a moment or two […]
