One thing’s for sure: teeth aren’t just for eating anymore. Through cosmetic dentistry, consumers today have a dizzying array of tooth-enhancing options that promise to create a smile filled to the brim with perfect-looking pearly whites. While traditional dental care aims to maintain healthy teeth and treat oral disease, cosmetic dentistry is more about helping patients achieve a more attractive…
As the temperature drops, the wind picks up, the windows frost and the woodstove nibbles the edges of the woodpile, I recall last winter. A doozy. Snowiest December ever. Which would have been fine – nobody likes a brown Christmas – except the snow kept coming. Before winter eased up, around Mother’s Day, snowfall in Concord measured 99.6 inches, the…
She’s on the contents page for the November 3rd issue of People, the one with Madonna on the cover. Her photo, larger than one of Jennifer Aniston on the same page, features her standing beside Fergie (the horse, not the princess). Fame and a People magazine photo crew descended upon Alison Eastman-Lawler when she was picked as one of the…
The characters described in Richard Holmes’s “Nutfield Rambles: Stories from the History of Derry, Londonderry, & Windham, New Hampshire” range from devils and murderers to maids, drunks and prohibitionists. But the central strand of this collection of stories is the untold history of three N.H. communities — Derry, Londonderry and Windham, formally known as Nutfield. In his fifth published volume…
It seems that the world is changing around us this autumn. I know that some of my feistier friends have been hoping for big social and political changes – for a revolution of some sort – to get us on a new path to a better future on a healthier Earth. I do not think they imagined that the revolution…
Cotton in the downtown Manchester mill district has become an institution. It’s the place to go for a good martini and the comfort of meat loaf and mashed potatoes in an trendy/retro setting. Even the New York Times and Bon Appetit have given the restaurant a nod, and it’s a regular stop for tourists exploring the region. For owner/chef Jeff…
One December, way back when I was still trying to figure out what to do with myself, a friend who worked at a local radio station told me they were looking for a new late shift D.J. Now, I’ve got some vocal tics – I’m prone to stammer and ramble – but the idea of modulating a musical console late…
I’m surprised how much cream differs from county to county and state to state, even country to country. In some parts of New England it’s hard to find cream that hasn’t been ultra-pasteurized or doesn’t have additives. Real heavy cream with a milk-fat content of 36-40 percent is usually only available in gourmet markets. When I go shopping, I’m looking…
Need a good reason to spot the newt? This month’s lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive a hand-poured soy scented candle, bath gel, body lotion, bath salts and a bar of soap in a basket from Nutfield Candle of Goffstown. (www.nutfieldcandle.com) This company declares itself to have “the best burning candles here, there and everywhere!” Nutfield Candle is a…
Call it cross-country skiing, ski touring or Nordic skiing — whatever the name, the skiing remains the same. Cross-country skiing is the healthy and affordable alternative to downhill skiing.”Cross-country skiing can provide wonderful opportunities for kids and their families to share the fun of winter and snow,” says Olympian Sue Wemyss, the Great Glen Trails ski school director in Pinkham…
