It’s hot and it’s summertime (for a few more days)! New England’s beaches are so varied and wonderful, you might want a bit of guidance to the beach of your dreams for a Labor Day visit. Consider the variety: there are plenty ocean beaches (except in Vermont), of course, with big waves for surfing or…
Let’s not imagine that Labor Day weekend is deficient in things to do this year. Lots of active or passive entertainment is happening all over New England, usually in outdoor spaces, which is fine, because September weather is glorious. In Chesterwood, the home and studio of Daniel Chester French in Stockbridge, MA, a dance group…
One of the most beautiful of New England’s landscapes is surely the tidal salt marsh, a living and constantly changing ecosystem where sea life begins and find nourishment. Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center on the southern Maine coast offers canoe and kayak rentals through Labor Day, September 7, 2020. Come take a self-guided paddling tour of…
The wonderful organization Dig In Vermont, which supports farms and food and agritourism in the Green Mountain State, has come up with a brilliant idea: a guide to Farm Walks Across Vermont. Late summer and fall are prime seasons to stroll the farm lands of Vermont, especially if you recall the pick-your-own orchards and farm…
You’re traveling or vacationing in Massachusetts; it’s time for a meal. During Covid times, it is unclear what dining places may be open for in-house or carry-out meals. The Massachusetts Restaurant Association is at your service a new site, CarryOutMA, to offer plenty of information on where you can get a meal while you’re away from…
Vermont might be the most legendary of the three northern New England states, as people from around the world pore over pictures of blazing red, orange and gold foliage. [Map of Vermont] Your drive along Vermont’s river valleys and up the coast or Lake Champlain should include a pass-through at least one of the state’s…
Historic New England, a marvelous organization that preserves important historic houses, gardens, and properties in multiple New England states, has re-opened many of its properties for tours, and a limited number of landscaping programs. Events calendar. A visit to any of these houses (farms, and even a castle) is so worth a summer of…
People who live in and/or love Little Rhode Island: Are you seeing how the RI vote segment at the DNC convention on Tuesday — “Rhode Island, the Calamari Comeback State” — is crushing it across all the national media?? People from sea to shining sea seem quizzically intrigued by our state’s pitch for its official…
The grounds and outdoor spaces of Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury, on Martha’s Vineyard, are open, and a new Quest Challenge is in place and ready to challenge your brain. The Quest is a kind of treasure hunt that pulls adults and kids into corners of the property they might never have seen, and…
See the restrictions of our pandemic get spun through the imaginations of artists into a remarkable outdoor entertainment at the new and unique Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience, coming to Franklin Park Zoo in Boston from August 21 to November 1. Hundreds of colorful lanterns are arranged into 50 giant displays across the zoo’s 72…