VIDEO: Annie discusses these New England food gifts on New England Cable News (NECN). Another basketful of ideas: holiday food gifts. A holiday basket of New England foods brings glad tidings to friends and family. And if you’ve been good this year, they just might share a bite or two.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New […]
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With a past both sad and even sordid, Dogtown has drawn painters, writers, lovers of history, and seekers of solitude. What is its secret?
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Angels Among Us: 2008
Yankee Magazine proudly recognizes the “Angels Among Us 2008.” Congratulations to these dedicated New Englanders who are making a difference!
To stoic Yankee stock, I’m that most unnatural of New Englanders: a person who wears her heart on her sleeve. I exude enthusiasm and fail to mask disdain. A feeler and a talker, I understand, and at times, over-share. It’s no wonder I’ve never been much of a card player. A close-to-the-vest stance seems to […]
Expert advice on heating old houses from home-improvement expert Tom Silva. In an age of rising fuel prices, can we still love old homes?
It’s only a slight stretch to say that the skin of America’s women depends on a handful of New England woodsmen with rough hands and weathered faces. Without these “brush cutters,” as they call themselves, there would be no witch hazel to put into the dozens of lotions, creams, gels, moisturizers, cleansers, conditioners, and shampoos […]
The North Pole is melting. Whether you embrace the scientific consensus that global warming is a man-made phenomenon or want to believe that it’s just a natural phenomenon, the Arctic ice cap is demonstrably melting away, leaving polar bears stranded miles from the seals they hunt to live. The melting ice will eventually lead to […]
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Ski Lift Ticket Deals and a Contest
Blog Reader Alert – Attention/Achtung/Attenzione/Faites Attention: For those who cannot make it through an entire New England Outdoor Adventure post, first, I am sorry since I try my best to be engaging and make you want to read to the end. However, I also realize that things happen and sometimes you just need to stop […]
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Holiday Gift Basket Foods
A holiday basket of New England foods brings glad tidings to friends and family. More suggestions: New England food gifts 1. Molasses-and-clove cookies. Dancing Deer Baking Company, Roxbury, MA. 888-699-3337, dancingdeer.com 2. Mix a batch of fresh scones, as good as Nana’s. Bristol Harbor Homemade, Bristol, RI (bristolharborhomemade.com), marketed by The New England Cupboard, Bangor, […]
New England’s history comes alive at Plimoth Plantation where Puritan interpreters and Wampanoag interpreters, many of whom are members of the tribe, act and speak as though it were 1627. View photos of Plimoth Plantation, their daily lives and crafts. Read more about the Pilgrims and Plimoth Plantation: 1983 Interview with an Interpreter New England […]
2008 Nutcracker Performances Don’t miss it! Scroll through these state-by-state listings of local performances of the beloved ballet, The Nutcracker. View Yankee‘s backstage photos of Boston Nutcracker ballet dancers and read Annie Graves’ memories of “One Enchanted Evening” atThe Nutcracker. CONNECTICUT Nutcracker Performances Brass City Ballet Westover School Middlebury, CT December 6, 7, 2008 203-598-0186 […]
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The Rise and Fall of October
All this talk about the stock market and its fickle fortunes reminded me of this column I wrote ten years ago, when the stock market did its last dip and roll. What is it about October? Here’s my column from October, 1998: My mother was born in the month of October, a fiery month. According […]