New Hampshire has never had an inferiority complex in our “bigger-is-better” culture. Give me 8,969 square miles of New Hampshire beauty over 261,914 square miles of Texas tumbleweeds any day. Altogether now, “We’re number 44, we’re number 44!” New Hampshire can claim that size matters when it comes to growing massive members of the cucurbita family. That would be pumpkins…
Via Chairlift and Gondola The Sunapee Express Chairlift offers rides just over a mile long, climbing 1,402 vertical feet to Mount Sunapee’s summit. From there you can see Lake Sunapee reflecting its bright leafy shore, and views across New Hampshire to Vermont’s Green Mountains. In Bartlett, the Attitash Scenic Sky Ride makes excursions to the summit, where you can climb…
After 27 years of marriage, outdoor enthusiasts John and Donna Bissonnette have finally escaped the crowded streets of city life in Manchester. Up a meandering dirt road, the couple has custom-designed their own paradise: a chalet-style log home on 31 acres in Deering. Despite the remote location — their closest neighbors are a pair of hummingbirds, several deer and a…
Though heart disease is the number one cause of death for women, the greatest fear for many is breast cancer. A woman who has a family history of breast cancer feels especially vulnerable and wonders, “Did I inherit breast cancer? Do I have a genetic flaw?” “All cancer is genetic,” says Dr. Edward Dalton, medical director of the Elliott Breast…
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While “partying with the best of ‘em” at this year’s Best of NH bash, I helped organize the treasure hunt; the New Hampshire Magazine booth was bedecked in skeletons, gold doubloons and a shipwreck; and eye-patched, parrot-shouldered stilt walkers waved swords about and said “Yaarrr!” at every opportunity. In fact, Captain Morgan, best known for his spiced rum, in full…
For many years I believed that, in the case of the New Hampshire Legislature, you get what you pay for. Considering we throw a hundred bucks a session at our 424 elected lawmakers, you really have no case to argue with the results. But as the aggravating years turn into excruciating ones on Capitol Hill in Washington, it’s become apparent…
Sometimes it’s easy for New Englanders to overlook the history that surrounds them. Two- and three-hundred-year-old homes abound, along with centuries-old trees and stone walls, famous battle grounds and Colonial cemeteries. But even the most jaded locals might find their interest piqued at Exeter’s American Independence Museum and its annual American Independence Festival, which takes place in Exeter each July….
The search for long life is not new. Remember Ponce de Leon? His search for gold led him to Florida in 1545, not the “fountain of youth,” but the legend of restorative waters was well known even then. The legends of Alexander the Great include similar stories dating to the third century. Today that search continues as the longevity movement….
To me, one of the biggest pluses of migrating from the Keystone State six years ago was the promise of one of New Hampshire’s license plates emblazoned with “Live Free or Die” on my wee Metro. “Live Free or Die” has to be the most kick-tooshie state motto in the lower 48, and anything that makes a Metro look cool…
