There are a few things you should be sure to bring with you as you plan to participate in New Hampshire’s official Maple Sugar Weekend March 27 and 28: decent shoes (snow or mud — who can know?); curiosity (it didn’t really kill the cat); and most importantly, a sweet tooth (preferably, more than one). Maple Sugar Weekend is an…
Southern New Hampshire University has well-respected culinary and hospitality management degrees. You can even taste student progress at the school’s hospitality center on campus. As dean of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Management at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) in Manchester, Bill Petersen takes the pulse of the industry’s needs to ensure that students are equipped with the skills necessary to…
Clean lines within a traditional format was the homeowners’ compromise for their new Seacoast home, starting here, at the entry. He likes traditional. She likes modern. That was the challenge Don and Nicole Foster faced when they began to design a home for a property they bought near the ocean in Rye. Nicole says they finally decided on a style…
Take a bit of loosely woven Merino wool, add a dash of hot water, a hot dryer and voilà — a chic new look created by weaver Patricia Palson of Contoocook. Known for her clever combinations of traditional weaving patterns, Palson has developed a new technique using loosely woven fabric. Her “cool squares” yardage is felted before cutting and sewing…
With spring just around the corner (we know, we’re a bit optimistic), readers may be longing to shed the winter gear, even slip into a pair of shorts. “… Hmm … oh, good, they still fit. But those big, blue veins. What can I do …?” There is good news for people who want to get rid of varicose veins….
When night falls in Nelson, N.H., it falls hard. It’s dark, really dark. No businesses, no lights on the town square. But once a week on Monday night, the joint is jumping: Dozens of people gather in the Town Hall for a New England contra dance. They are continuing a centuries-old tradition — and they’re having a whole lot of…
If George Foreman can name all his kids George, I can name my two fictional characters George. Let me introduce “Slick” George and “Sensible” George. Let’s start with Slick. Slick George owns a lovely four-bedroom home in Bedford worth in the neighborhood of $700,000. Slick decides that after his painful divorce he needs some consolation. Vegas provides the seductive antidote:…
Another Two Cents I enjoyed and was also dismayed by the rash of letters in the January issue sparked by your article on Bishop Gene Robinson. I was stunned by the numbers of readers who thought you had no business casting the bishop in any sort of favorable light. In fact, one writer took you to task for including “issues…
