Our favorite recent letters, Facebook posts, Instagram comments, and tweets. Revolutionary Tea icon-envelope I read your article about the Boston Tea Party tea chest (November/December, p. 52) and thought you’d enjoy this absolutely true story. A few years ago my parents went to England, and my mother went gift shopping at Fortnum & Mason’s. The […]
Have you ever thought about doing something completely different? The Bath Sweet Shoppe in Bath, Maine, is looking for a new owner. In all the many years we’ve been moseying around New England in search of interesting, sometimes unusual, properties available, our most memorable are those whose new owners completely changed their lives. We recall, […]
Its crop is no longer making its way to the Caribbean, but at the Thompson Ice House in South Bristol, Maine, the passing of another New England winter is marked, as it has been for centuries, with an ice harvest.
With its moist texture and sweet banana flavor, this banana bread recipe is sure to become a family favorite.
Looking for the best winter towns in New England? These 10 destination towns prove warmth is where you find it, both outside and indoors.
New England is the birthplace of the American diner. It’s also where diners and diner cuisine have developed most fully over the years. From the lunch wagons of 1870s Providence, Rhode Island, to the gleaming steel-and-glass palaces of today, New England diners have long served as community gathering places, offering comfort food at affordable prices […]
271 estimated travel time in minutes between Boston and Montreal if the high-speed New England rail corridor is ever built. Driving between the two cities, under ideal conditions, takes about 320 minutes. 5,000 cars caught on camera running red lights during a six-month-long study in 2005 in Auburn and Lewiston, Maine. Not surprisingly, the two […]
Christmases past and present blend seamlessly in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Walking along the brick sidewalks recently dusted with snow, it’s easy to picture the streets filled with horse-drawn buggies and carolers carrying lanterns.I love to walk along the Piscataqua River, past tugboats strung with Christmas lights. Prescott Park features views of the rushing river […]
The arcade is the country’s oldest indoor shopping mall. A National Historic Landmark, the three-story Greek Revival building, with its lacy iron railings and massive skylight, is a treasure. Never mind that there are fewer shops these days; the architecture, designed by Russell Warren and James Bucklin in 1828, is worth the visit alone. When […]
Looking for the best winter towns in New England? These 10 destination towns prove warmth is where you find it, both outside and indoors.
Can you get the full Boston experience in one weekend? Probably not. But that’s okay. It just means you’ll have to make a return visit.
‘Tis the season for sweet tooth cravings! From iced sugar cookies to spicy gingerbread, we’ve got the perfect recipe for your holiday table.
