D’Elia’s Bakery and Grinder Shop
For the best grinders in the entire world, visit D’Elia’s Bakery and Grinder Shop in Norwich, CT. And you must try the sausage grinder!
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A Weekend in Tucson
Come for a weekend full of great food, craft beer, tangible history and exploration in the hip desert city of Tucson, Arizona.
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Backyard Road Trips Rocks! Scavenger Hunt
For the last six months or so, the hard-working elves at Backyard Road Trips have placed “Backyard Road Trips rocks” throughout the South Shore of Massachusetts. Each rock placement has been chronicled on social media, both on Instagram and Facebook. The rocks have an official Backyard Road Trips sticker on them. Have you spotted one?
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Tavern on the Wharf Redux
To hang on to the last days of summer, try buck-a-shuck and other fantastic menu items at Tavern on the Wharf in Plymouth, MA.
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An Afternoon in Bristol
Once the travel restrictions were lifted and we had our vaccines, it was time to travel once again! Always looking for places slightly off the beaten, my first road trip was to Bristol, Connecticut. As I stand by my adage that there is something worth exploring in every backyard, I like exploring small post-industrial cities
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Six Finer New England Diners
For the best New England diners, take a trip to any of these six of New England’s finer diners for all your breakfast and lunch needs!
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Box Pick #3: Ole Mole
As my son dipped his hand way into the restaurant randomizer box, I waited with bated breath to find out my destiny. Out he pulls a slip of paper and written on it is “Ole Mole.” I quickly perform a Google search to see if this restaurant is still in existence and realize that I’m
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Not In My Backyard Road Trip
Even though I spend the majority of my time espousing the virtues of meaningful travel on the local level, sometimes it just feels good to get away further than my literal or figurative backyard. During the peak of Covid, I was lucky to travel to Connecticut. I remember my first journey out of state last
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An Afternoon in New Jersey
An afternoon in New Jersey including stops at Harold’s New York Style Deli, the Somerset Patriots baseball team and the Duke Farms Farmers Market is the perfect way to spend a summers’ day.
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Two More Connecticut Gems: Backyard Garden Trips #4
We’re back in Connecticut for the fourth installment of the backyard garden trips this summer. The first stop is one of the most popular gardens in the state, Elizabeth Park in Hartford and West Hartford. The other is more of a hidden gem, the cherry blossoms at Norwich Free Academy. Elizabeth Park Hartford’s Elizabeth Park
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