Friends recommended Ella’s Wood Burning Oven in Wareham, Massachusetts, years ago. Last week I was finally able to get there, and I wish I had earlier because the food was truly delicious. Ella’s chef/owner, Marc Swierkowski, was the head chef at the Crane Brook Restaurant and Tea Room in Carver which was universally lauded. Crane […]
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Family-friendly Brewery Backyard Road Trip! The proliferation of breweries in New England these days means that any time that there is a child-centric activity, there will be a brewery close by! That’s great news for us parents. (Although, my three and a half-year-old son seems to get as excited by the prospect of the brewery
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To most Vineyard bound tourists, Woods Hole is simply the journey and not the destination. Woods Hole is the location of the most popular ferry terminal (Steamship Authority) to the island. Cars queue up in line waiting for the ferry’s door to open, while others frantically chew their nails in hopes of catching that elusive
The Best of Sandwich and Mashpee Cape Cod is a funny place, the towns closest to the mainland are known as the “Upper Cape” and the ones furthest away are part of the “Outer Cape”, in between is the Mid-Cape and the Lower Cape. This backyard road trip is closest to home, it’s an Upper
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Exhibit “A” Brewing Company: A Road Trip To-Go I had every intention to describe in detail the actual brewery space of Exhibit “A” Brewing Company, the tanks, the ceiling, the brewing process. With every expectation comes a reality. By the time I arrived at Exhibit “A” Brewing in Framingham, Massachusetts, my son was fast asleep
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If you think a blind IPA taste test is a way for a few friends to get together on a Sunday and enjoy a few beers, you are wrong. This is science at its finest. It is the reason why the scientific method is taught in biology classes. To quote Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) in
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Norwell and Hanover, Massachusetts I love being a parent. Truly, just watching my son, Danny, play makes me happy. I entered fatherhood in my thirties so I was a little nervous about how my lifestyle would change. Travel has always been dear to my heart and I was afraid that parenthood would limit my ability
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Visiting eastern Connecticut? There’s much more than just casinos and Mystic. Here is my eastern Connecticut top 10 list of (mostly) off the beaten path places to visit.
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When I am in Connecticut and the leaves start to change, Woodstock is a must-visit for me, for my annual autumnal pilgrimage up Route 169. It’s where life is a little less hectic and the pace is just a little slower. Woodstock Orchards fulfills the need for autumn in my life. Woodstock, Connecticut is most
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A view of Bailey’s Ravine on Ayer Mountain in Franklin on a rainy day in autumn. (above) Sharpe Hill Vineyards features wines like their award-winning “Ballet of Angels” to be sipped on their quintessentially New England grounds in Pomfret. (below) The Prudence Crandall House Museum in Canterbury is the stately home and schoolhouse
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