Read More: New England Numbers: Hurricane of ’38 Wind That Shook the World $308 million total price tag from devastation caused by Hurricane of ’38 1,100 deaths in Massachusetts during July 1911 heat wave, with temps topping 110 degrees in BostonGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 94 deaths and 1,300 […]
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The Magic of the Magic People
I am working on a new book, which will hopefully be published this spring. In Love with New England is a collection of some of the stories I’ve written in the past, about unusual and interesting people, essential Yankees, if you will. This has sent me hurtling back in time and I have been lost […]
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Roni Horn aka Roni Horn
Roni Horn is an androgynous artist. She wears horn-rimmed glasses and keeps her hair cropped short. She has said that her name is her destiny. Just as her name and her appearance defy easy gender identity, her art defies easy categorization. Though she majored in sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA “75) […]
Last week, I rushed down the mountain — after dropping more than $100 at my new favorite yarn shop, The Woolery (nhwoolery.com ) — from my Yankee home in New Hampshire to my Boston home. I was almost late for an 8 o’clock reservation at Bistro du Midi (bistrodumidi.com). I was meeting my gal pals […]
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When Granny D Walked Across America
NOTE: Doris “Granny D” Haddock died in Dublin, New Hampshire, March 9, 2010, at the age of 100. This article is from Yankee Magazine November 2000. The rising sun brings veils of mist out of the damp soil, and the rain-swollen stream tumbles jubilantly behind Doris Haddock‘s Dublin, New Hampshire, home. Get Our FREE Yankee […]
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Saint Patrick’s Day in New England
Everyone’s Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day, though the exact day of celebrations varies in New England. One thing is for sure, corned beef and cabbage will be on tables across the region. Here’s the story of the Boston Parade And there’s more. Here’s a Parade ListGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) […]
More Red Sox lore: Boston Red Sox Team UniformsBaseball CollectiblesRed Sox Fun Facts A compendium of facts and trivia about the Red Sox uniforms:Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe On December 18, 1907, shortly after Boston’s National League team revealed that the new uniforms for 1908 eliminated their customary red […]
Food
Cake Recipes
You can take the cake anywhere you want with these recipes from Yankee‘s recipe database. These favorites include Angel Cake, Carrot Cake, and Boston Cream Pie. Read more: Best Cook: The Cake Lady
Homes
Sudbury, MA: Hager House
We arrived in South Sudbury, Massachusetts, about an hour before our appointment with Bill and Dottie Schirmer, current owners of the Hager House, as it’s known historically, on what was once part of Henry Ford’s huge (2,900 acres at one time) Wayside Inn estate. So, we thought to ourselves, why not have lunch at that […]
Whatever happened to the Old Man of the Mountain in NH? It’s been years since its collapse, but its fate still hangs in the balance.
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston, Massachusetts
The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston, Massachusetts joins history, tradition, and local pride.
Many foods signify the coming of spring, but local spring lamb holds a savory place all its own. We profess to eat by the seasons, but in this era of year-round availability, it’s really palate memory and stubborn localness that determine apples for autumn and strawberries for June. Following that guideline, lamb is for spring, […]