The large window dominated our cozy room at the Burlington Hilton. The view of Lake Champlain was marred slightly by the dark rain clouds and the Patrick and Marcelle Leahy Center, but we could still see across the blue water to the blurry Adirondack mountains in the background. My travel companion and I had decided… Read More Two Days in the Bubble
Spring travel season is here in New England! If you’re planning a visit to Boston and looking to stretch your legs, you’re in luck, because Boston is a great walking city. Here’s a route I took with some family a few weeks ago: Start at South Station. If the T isn’t your thing, parking is only $9 max on… Read More Walking Boston
Plastic-covered white boats rocked in the driving rain as my travel companion and I watched from our restaurant table overlooking the small marina. We were in Newport, Rhode Island, for another short break from the on-going renovation of my house. This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here. Still thrilled with my wonderful birthday… Read More Springtime in Newport, Rhode Island
With my home renovations underway on a much less consuming schedule than the demolition, I was able to Uber into Boston for a weekend stay-cation with a friend. I was delighted when the InterContinental let us check in mid-morning, and it was a relief to get away from a house with no habitable living areas… Read More Two Days in Boston
The bare trees stood a spooky blackish brown against the grey sky, their finger-y branches reaching out as if to grab someone. The evergreens enjoyed their once-yearly time to shine as the brightest family in the neighborhood. The mountains appeared to step forward, their white, grey, blue, and occasional purple unobscured by blooming flowers or… Read More Weekend in the White Mountains
The wild daffodils are blooming in the back woods! April in Massachusetts is a time when life re-emerges, picks up pace, moves forward. The snow has melted. Flowers bud. The trees whose bare branches were coated with snow only weeks earlier are turning lush green again. For baseball fans, our long winter of despair comes… Read More April in Massachusetts
The waves lapped softly against the moorings. The metal gangways creaked in the light breeze. This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here. Even in daylight, the empty marina gave off a spooky feel that reminded me of Salem, Massachusetts, the city of my birth, as I walked to the Saybrook Point Inn’s main… Read More Home at the Inn
I didn’t notice my mid-size sedan, Mercy B, being measured as I drove on Monday into the Charles Square Garage, beneath the Charles Hotel, but apparently it was. The first certified green garage in Massachusetts employs nanoMAX(TM) technology, which assigns a lower parking fee to environmentally correct cars; of course, the garage also offers free… Read More A Harvest Lunch in Cambridge, Massachusetts
