Susan Cole Kelly is a Boston-based photographer and regular contributor to Yankee Magazine and YankeeMagazine.com. She captured the Boston Marathon memorial on Boylston Street in a series of photographs and shares her feelings on how the memorial has affected her and the Boston community. See more of her photographs of Boston at kellypix.com. [slideshow post_id=”423603″] […]
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About “Peepehs” and Peas….
Welcome to the May 2013 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. About “Peepehs” and Peas….Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Both are integral parts of a New England spring… […]
With the weather finally warming up, it’s time to head outdoors and enjoy the sunshine! Need some inspiration? Here are some suggestions for the best Massachusetts outdoor activities from the Yankee Magazine 2012 editors’ picks for the Best of New England. Share your picks in the comments! BEST SKY TRAILS Berkshire East Canopy Tours, Charlemont […]
Magazine
Best 5 Mountain-Bike Trails
Longtime Yankee contributor and Massachusetts native Todd Balf, who has ridden mountain-bike trails from New Zealand to Venezuela. We asked him to share his picks for the best 5 mountain bike trails in New England. Great Brook Farm State Park (Carlisle, MA) Twenty miles of trails beyond the red farm buildings at the entrance to […]
Note: JD Hale, Yankee Publishing Vice-President, is the great nephew of Yankee Magazine’s founder, Robb Sagendorph. Until last Monday I had not been to the finish of the Boston Marathon since I ran it in 1986. I was a rookie BAA volunteer in my yellow Adidas jacket along with my friend Bill Goodwin and wife, […]
As we come around to May Day 2013 I am reminded that I started writing for Yankee Magazine’s Crafty Yankee blog last year at this time. I wrote my very first blog post about making May baskets. I am posting another blog this year about May baskets since there are many ways to make them […]
I live in Brookline, Massachusetts, which puts me about 3 miles from the site of this week’s Boston Marathon bombing. We were nowhere near the finish line at the time, having opted to head to Sturbridge Village for the day. But it’s impossible to live in or near the city right now without feeling rattled. […]
Breakfast & Brunch
Slow Cooker Breakfast Recipes
Slow cookers are a modern kitchen miracle. If you haven’t taken a moment to appreciate your slow cooker in awhile, or only get it out for one dish (I’m looking at you, kielbasa and meatball people!), I suggest the two of you get reacquainted. Slow cookers are the dream appliance for busy professionals (parent or […]
Magazine
Jud’s Journal: Vermont
Jud Hale joins us in his next installment of the New England states. This time we discuss Vermont’s common sense. Transcription: Well, we’ve been doing the States during this 75th anniversary of Yankee Publishing, the New England States. So, it brings us to Vermont. There’s a lot you could say about Vermont, but I think […]
Beverages
Summer Wind
Annie Copps, Food Editor at Yankee Magazine, prepares her Summer Wind cocktail from Beach Rose and Ginger Vodka, Lemonade, and Blueberries.
Cooking Advice
Rose Ginger Vodka
Annie Copps, Food Editor at Yankee Magazine, prepares a beach rose and ginger vodka infusion that’s great for summer cocktails.
New Hampshire
Ziplining in the White Mountains
Zipline tours are the new rage in New England ski towns. Alpine Adventures in Lincoln, in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, offers two courses; some jumps feature dual lines, letting riders race each other. Listen to Yankee editor Justin Shatwell describe his adventure on the zipline. Photos by Annie Card.