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$42 Tickets at Killington
Hot off my email inbox… If you ask me, $42 for a day of skiing at Killington is sweet. And, fresh snow is very sweet too. So, go get both now (or fresh snow now and a ticket deal starting Feb. 23). KILLINGTON, Vt. (February 20, 2009) — Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and […]
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Oscar Party Show-Stoppers
It’s Academy Awards time. That means a party! Dress up, take your seats, and let the party begin. With these show-stoppers from Yankee food editor Annie B. Copps, there’s no end to the elegance. Oysters, figs, salmon, shrimp…and the winner is? Also, find a winter party menu and exciting recipes from Eric and Lisa Friedman […]
This past Sunday I drove west about 30 miles, to Brattleboro, Vermont, where the best of what a core group of people in a community can do was on full display. From the early 1920s, when outdoor visionary Fred Harris, founder of both the Brattleboro Outing Club and the Dartmouth Outing Club, brought Brattleboro to […]
My niece Emma is learning how to fly-fish. Her 8-year-old body sways against a summer sky. Her arms memorize the to-and-fro of the cast, the feel of fishing line gliding across her palm as she launches it skyward. Nearby, adventure guide Josh Hardt watches his pupils–Emma and her father, Paul. After an hour’s tutorial, they’re […]
What happens when sleeping roads wake up? Do they become beauties or nightmares? Vermont is about to find out. Until recently, the state’s sleeping roads had been hibernating in a dormant law that says that any road ever established by a town remains a town road unless it has been officially discontinued. That sounds innocuous, […]
Travel
United States/Canada Border
No roads follow the neat borderline between New England and Canada that you see on the map. Instead, you have to traverse, back and forth, in and out of Canada–a rough stitch that has pulled the two countries together since before either of them was a nation. This is the story of that line–a line […]
Gardens
How to Care for Crabapple Trees
Garden designer Gordon Hayward, author of nine books on gardening, shares tips for how to care for crabapple trees. Garden designer Gordon Hayward, author of nine books on gardening, advises doing some research before buying any crabapple, since not all varieties are equally suited to every garden setting. Most important, look for one that ranks […]
Gardens
Early Blooms in New England
Gardeners know winter really does end, and spring color always returns. Pansies, daffodils, and forsythia commonly herald the vernal transition, but still other blooms also contribute to a stunning early-season display. Here’s how three New England gardens host diverse plantings that strut their stuff in April and May.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations […]
1. Stay for an Ivy League weekend at the Study at Yale. 2. Collect antiques — antique Valentines, that is. 3. Buy chocolate. Here are some Top Chocolate Shops.Delivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & True Kitchen Tips from the Editors of Yankee Magazine Email(Required) Subscribe 4. Make your own sweets with these seven […]
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Stone Wall Defender Robert Thorson
SLIDE SHOW: New England stone walls by William Hubbell, from Good Fences: A Pictorial History of New England’s Stone Walls (Down East Books, 2006; $29.95) When geologist Robert Thorson came to work at the University of Connecticut in 1984, he was smitten by stone walls. In all his travels–from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest to […]
I once read in a guidebook: “Of all the natural regions of the United States, New England is the smallest, the most compact and convenient to get around in, the most homogeneous… ” For four decades now, I’ve lived and worked in New England, the land from which America evolved. There are few nooks and […]