When renovating your house, building the addition you’ve toyed with for years or starting your dream home from scratch, there are hundreds of questions and decisions ranging from the nitpicky to the immense throughout the process. From paint colors to the final touches of rugs and artwork to room size and placement, there are any number of decisions to make…
Consider it the guest list for the best cocktail party ever. The 2007 It List is our selection of the 34 most interesting, happening, talked about people in the state. If you got these folks all in the same room, no telling what would transpire, but you can bet it wouldn’t be boring. (It was all we could do to…
New Hampshire is one of the few New England states with an expanding population — mostly “immigrants” from other states. It’s a good bet that a fair share are toting sauté pans and chef’s knives. It’s a blessed thing that new chefs keep “immigrating” to our rocky state. Whether it is the wholesome environment or room for growth, over the…
One of the things that I really love about New Hampshire is that profligate living doesn’t travel well up here. In L.A., if you build a big house on the top of a cliff overlooking the Pacific, everyone goes into a state of orgasmic ecstasy. No one seems to mind that the next big rainstorm may convert it into a…
How Safe Are You Here in the Granite State? The short answer: about as safe as you can be anywhere, but what fun is that? Here’s a look at the state’s dark statistical underbelly. We all take pride in the fact New Hampshire ranks high among the safest, smartest, cleanest and wealthiest states. Maybe there’s none better. Some folks, not…
The philosopher Diogenes wandered the streets of Athens living on a diet of onions and carrying a torch in full daylight. When people stopped him to ask what he was doing, Diogenes would reply, “I’m searching for an honest man.” Reportedly, he never found one. Maybe it was the onions. The Test: We decided to pick four Granite State population…
Corrective lenses — what we call “glasses” — have a long history. In ancient Egypt, people realized that looking through a glass bowl filled with water would magnify print. By the 13th century, there were magnifying glasses to help with reading. In the 16th century, the magnifying glass was streamlined into lenses for people who were nearsighted. In 1775, Benjamin…
Staying in the game is the formula for success for comedian Jimmy Dunn. After all, the New Hampshire Seacoast isn’t a hotbed of comedy clubs (though his new Comedy Oasis on Hanover Street might change that). But, just like his beloved Boston Red Sox, if you stick with it long enough, you come out on top. Dunn is riding high…
Officially Wrong With candidates announcing and the 2008 New Hampshire Primary beginning in earnest, I write to call attention to the fact that it is the N.H. Secretary of State, Bill Gardner, and not Governor Lynch, who will determine the date of the N.H. Primary. Your item on page 21 of the February issue is in need of correction in…
Braided Geometry A new twist on an old craft Braided rugs that look at home in a contemporary setting get their precise patterns with special techniques. Sandy Luckury, of Bradford, butts the ends of each row instead of braiding in a spiral, to create tidy geometric shapes, including hexagons and squares. By counting the loops, the corners are neat and…
