Looking for fun in the Bay State? You won’t have to look far!Read our picks for the best attractions in Massachusetts for 2014. BEST CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM: MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (MASS MoCA), North Adams More than 100 large-scale wall drawings designed by artist Sol LeWitt are a must-see extravaganza of pattern and color […]
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Nantucket Daffodil Festival | One Million Daffodils
It seems that everyone’s a flower child when they celebrate the Nantucket Daffodil Festival. Learn more about this popular New England spring event!
A selection of popular New England flower shows and festivals for 2014. Make a weekend of it! Portland Flower Show March 6–9, Portland, ME A garden lecture series, Children’s Discovery Garden, and thousands of plants are just a few of the highlights you’ll find at the Portland Co. Marine Complex. 207-775-4403; portlandcompany.com Boston Flower […]
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Nantucket Resources | When you go to Nantucket
Use this list of Nantucket resources to plan your next trip to the island. Affordable Rentals 6 South Beach St., 508-228-3501; affrentals.com Bartlett’s Farm 33 Bartlett Farm Road, 508-228-9403; bartlettsfarm.com Brown Basket Gallery 9 Old South Wharf. 508-228-9497 Cook’s Café 6 South Beach St. 508-228-8810 Eye of the Needle 14 Federal St. 508-228-1923 Island Weaves […]
Bill Johnson’s lifelong collecting obsession created an unforgettable unknown museum at the Johnson Hall Museum in Wells, Maine.
With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, it’s time to plan something special! Whether you make a day of it, head out at night, or spend it curled up on the couch, we’ve got plenty of ideas for what to do for Valentine’s Day in New England. FEAST YOUR EYES What could be better than gazing […]
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When a Bull Wasn’t a Bull
Welcome to the January 2014 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, N.H When a Bull Wasn’t a Bull Years ago, New Englanders were very careful when speaking about sex and romance…… We New Englanders may be noted […]
Lew French is part stonemason, part artist, part magician. He hand-selects each stone used in his structures to make sure they fit perfectly.
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Christmas on Nantucket | Come, Let’s Stroll!
The summer haven of Nantucket shines again on one special December weekend. Learn more about the Nantucket Christmas Stroll.
Each spring, the research ship Henry B. Bigelow drags a net along the seafloor in the Gulf of Maine, cataloguing the fish it catches. What it finds will change the life of every fisherman in New England and impact every consumer who loves seafood.
Fifty years after the death of President John F. Kennedy, those who knew him and his extended family in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, reflect on a time when Camelot was their neighbor.
View the winner of the 2013 Editors Choice Food Awards — Tea Category. HIBISCUS TEA BLEND Ambrosia Chocolate & Spices Nantucket, Massachusetts Claudia Butler sells organic spices and chocolates at her adorable shop on Nantucket. Her chocolates are exotic, flavored with ingredients such as green tea, curry, and coconut. Her teas are equally good. Her “Hibiscus […]