Never been to the Brimfield Antique Fair? Here’s a sampling of what you can find inside various Brimfield booths.
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Tips and Recommendations from Brimfield Experts
We asked some Brimfield experts–a dealer, a stylist, a designer, a shop owner, even a chef–for their best insider field-survival tips. Brimfield Dates for 2016: May 10 – 15, July 12 – 17, September 6 – 11 The Dealer: Susan Bates 25+-year Brimfield exhibitor I love Quaker Acres. It’s very eclectic, from rustic to high-end. I’ve […]
Gardens
Square-Foot Gardening
Square-foot gardening is a way for gardeners to grow a variety of veggies in small areas such as in a raised bed garden.
Let’s go back to those early years. Before the big house came down, nail by nail, board by board, beam by beam. Before all those truckloads of old timber rumbled through the quiet center of Middletown, Connecticut. Before the tree clearing and the dirt moving. Before the curious onlookers came to see what all the […]
Looking for fun in Vacationland? You won’t have to look far! Read our picks for the best attractions in Maine for 2015. BEST BREWERY TOURS THE MAINE BREW BUS, Greater Portland & Beyond Leave the driving to Lenny, the Maine Brew Bus, as you sip and tour Southern Maine breweries, brewpubs, wineries and distilleries. Tickets […]
Buried treasures from the past wait to be heard and found again.
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Sayings of the Oracle
Excerpt from “Sayings of the Oracle,” Yankee Magazine January 1964. ♦Me.: Dear Oracle: A question you may be able to answer. My husband has a century-old clock with wooden works–used by his grandfather on a clipper ship. Do you know of anyone who can make it run? A.S.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations […]
The temperate shores of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, where farmland rolls to the sea, are the perfect place to welcome spring.
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The Double Life of Laura Shaw
Was Laura Shaw a reclusive, lonely, mild-mannered claims clerk or a high-rolling, horse-owning millionaire? When she embezzled more than 4 million dollars, she was both. Laura Shaw is rich. A millionaire horsewoman with homes in three states. Some say she’s a lottery winner. Or the daughter of a Midwest jeweler. Or a supermarket heiress from […]
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Ashfield, Massachusetts | Could You Live Here?
A tightly knit community of artists and artisans gives the pretty hill town of Ashfield, Massachusetts, a creative energy like few others.
Late winter in New England is the height of flower show season, with shows popping up all over the east coast. As a welcome escape from our current cold weather, we recently spent an afternoon at The Rhode Island Spring Flower & Garden Show in search of tips and inspiration to get our home gardens […]
Excerpt from a 1990 interview with Rene Rancourt, “Oh, Rene, Can You Sing,” Yankee Magazine, January 1990. It’s 6:25 in the press room behind Section 47 of the Boston Garden, 65 minutes before face-off. Hardened hockey-beat reporters sit on hard plastic chairs, sip soft drinks, and deal cards; others scribble self-consciously in their notebooks in […]