If you’re female, live within driving distance of central Massachusetts, are fed up with winter, love to cook, scrapbook, quilt, knit, discuss books–whatever–and have several girlfriends who feel the same way, read on. We’ve found the place for you to spend a fun winter getaway weekend. It’s a 10-room, rose-colored Federal-style home on four acres, […]
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During our weekly editorial meeting my boss, Yankee‘s editor, Mel Allen, was sparking our creativity, trying to get us to think about winter issues for 2010 (!). He asked us about the perfect snowy winter day and how we would spend it. Most of my colleagues were thinking outside the four walls: skiing, ice fishing, […]
We asked Yankee‘s former food editor, Amy Traverso (whose book on cooking with apples will be published in 2009 by W.W. Norton), for her five favorites among the more than 40 varieties commonly available in New England. MCINTOSH Although native to Ontario, the Mac is the most popular apple variety in New England. Tender, tart […]
New England paint colors range from subdued, earthy tones to bright, vibrant hues, but all draw from the rich landscape and history of the region.
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Portsmouth, RI: The Tin Can Man
Yankee classic from January/February 2001 In a small, white house on a side street off a side street in the seaside town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, there lives a village so lightweight a child could pick it up and carry it away, but strong enough to lift the weight of the world off the shoulders […]
George Washington slept here. So did Marilyn Munro and her husband, Joe. No, not Joe DiMaggio. Sorry. We’re referring to Joe Munro (with a “u” and no “e”), current owner of the historically important Asa Potter House. The house is on Kingstown Road in the village of Kingston, which is part of South Kingstown, Rhode […]
One summer, I stood on a platform in the Junior Miss department of Jordan Marsh at Rhode Island’s Warwick Mall and watched my favorite stockboy wheel overloaded racks of men’s suits and women’s coats through the aisles. It was 1973, and I was a Marsha Jordan Girl, one of eight high school kids who modeled […]
In 1905, the Thomas Brayton family hired Joseph Carreiro to create gardens on their estate overlooking Narragansett Bay. He clipped the first green animals out of privet, yew, and boxwood, and tutored his young son-in-law, George Mendonca, who created his own legacy for more than half a century. Eugene Platt now carries on under the […]
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Rhode Island Foliage Driving Tour
I REALIZE THAT some travelers think of Rhode Island as a tangle of highway blocking easy access to somewhere else. I say give them a map and bid them Godspeed. I know this small and unruly state, and I can tell you for a fact that it affords more opportunities for easy enjoyment than any […]
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Jamestown, Rhode Island | Village Profile
We’ve all experienced the euphoria that washes over you at the beginning of a vacation to somewhere new — a little town or village tucked away in a sweet corner of the region. You pick up the real estate digests stacked at store entrances; you linger in front of the fliers posted in agency windows. […]
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Rhode Island: The Ocean State
By David Lyon and Patricia Harris Whoever planned the boundaries of Rhode Island must have had the weekend getaway in mind. This very small state (drive 30 miles in any direction and you’re in Massachusetts or Connecticut) is divided by a very large bay, which means more than 100 public beaches along more than 400 […]
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13. Fish Chowder
The West Deck 1 Waites Wharf Newport, RI 401-847-3610 The “Bermuda” in The West Deck’s fish chowder is Gosling’s rum and a sherry-pepper sauce. But the clam-stock base and chunks of salmon, swordfish, and sometimes striped bass or sole, depending on what’s available, are what make it hearty and no longer a “best-kept secret.”