While in college, I wrote a full-length play set in a tiny Hampton Beach rental cottage. It was a clever thing to do, I thought, because the cheap little cottages look a lot like used stage scenery anyway. Even the most poverty-stricken theatrical troupe would be able to knock a convincing set together. From the front porch, the cottage had…
How do you choose a pediatrician? Interview the candidates, says the current wisdom on parenting. You are choosing — hiring, you could say — a person who will be critical to the health and well being of your child. You will want to interview, check references and assess the fit between each candidate and your family, before making a choice….
One Sunday morning just before the start of summer, I was at Mass when I heard of an unusual second collection. It was for repair of the air conditioner. Never have I felt so blessed in not giving. After Mass, I told the priest, a pleasant, earnest young man, that I considered it the lamest reason for second collection I…
100 Years Later I read your piece on the “Great Flag” in the July issue. I’ve always been fascinated by that photo and the effort it took to create the flag. There is another photo from that period that I love. Like the flag photo, it was taken at Amoskeag Mill #11. In 1903, Alphonso Sanborn took a series of…
During a recent trip to Chicago, to attend the 19th annual conference of the City and Regional Magazine Association, I had a chance to ride an elevator to the top floor of the John Hancock Center, I enjoyed a perfect filet at a classic Chicago steak house and had a cheeseburger at Billy Goat Tavern, made famous by John Belushi…
The famed Arrows Restaurant of Maine is planning a second location in Portsmouth on Middle Street. The chef/owners Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier were nominated by the James Beard Foundation as Best Chefs of the Northeast in March, 2004. National press has listed them as one of the top 50 restaurants of America by Gourmet magazine. The restaurant plans an…
The Modern gets modern. Word has it that a new upscale Japanese restaurant will be opening soon in the location of the former Modern Restaurant in Nashua. Initial plans are underway also for an Irish pub, with entertainment, in the former bike shop on Main Street, bordering the Nashua River. At Factory 57, the three-level eatery on Factory Street, cabaret-style…
The McDonough family, owners of the Homestead Restaurants and Fratello’s Ristorantes Italiano, has opened their newest Fratello’s on the Kancamagus Highway in Lincoln. The family spent spring months transforming the historic Timbermill Pub on Route 112 into a casual dining atmosphere characteristic of the Fratello’s in Manchester and Laconia.
Say “modular” to most people and their first reaction will most likely be one of two things: “Aren’t they the same as a mobile home?” or “They’re just rickety cookie-cutter box houses.” But skeptics take one look at Kevin and Ann Attar’s 6,500-square-foot home on Lake Winnipesaukee’s exclusive Governor’s Island, where Gatsby-esque homes with manicured lawns command envious views, and…
As newlyweds — and long before they could afford it — John Sabatino and his wife, Karen, dreamed of a vacation home that was both on the water and close to skiing. So they pulled out a map of New England, saw Lake Sunapee with its ski resort nearby, and knew they’d pinpointed the spot. Years later they started seriously…
