Lately I’ve taken to wearing a curious adornment: my husband’s high-school ID bracelet, given to him by an apple-cheeked girlfriend more than 30 years ago. Clunky and ill-fitting, it’s etched with the name MIKE and inscribed on the reverse LOVE, MURIEL. For all its adolescent awkwardness, I love the look and feel of it. “Why […]
BEST HANDS-ON HISTORICAL ATTRACTION Uss Albacore, Portsmouth You can periscope up and down all you want at this museum, where the main attraction is a sub designed and built at the nearby Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The tour includes recorded voices of the crew members describing what you’re looking at. 600 Market St. 603-436-3680; ussalbacore.org BEST […]
73 years the Frantzis family has owned Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, CT 35 mph: top speed of the 80-year-old Yankee Cannonball, oldest roller coaster in the U.S., now at Canobie Lake ParkGet Our FREE Yankee Food Award Gift Guide! Email(Required) 177,408 cookies devoured each year by reindeer at Santa’s Village in Jefferson, NH 1846 […]
