Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes fresh New Hampshire maple syrup. Cormier’s SugarhouseThis is a bold, sweet syrup with a strong maple aftertaste like a Grade B that lingers on the tongue. For those looking for a nice blend of sweet and maple, this is the perfect compromise between the two types of flavors. $9.50 for…
With long lines at the courthouse, people are turning to a quicker alternative.Suppose you had your choice: you could wait in line behind tens of other litigants waiting to get their day in court — a wait that could last a year or more — or you could hire a private arbitrator and get yourself some speedy, private justice.Which way…
The retired, the rich, students – who else could work for $100?The number one question around the state capital this month is: Who are all of these people? When the two-year legislative session kicks off this month, a little less than half of the third largest legislature in the world will be brand new.Lobbyists, journalists, even the governor are curious…
A handy-dandy test for selecting the perfect Valentine’s Day gift.Ah, Valentine’s Day – you can almost hear the stock in antacids climbing as it approaches, as men from far and wide try to figure out how not to end up in the doghouse for the second half of the month of February after buying the “wrong thing.”Really, can we take…
When you watch “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette” or some other cheesy reality show (admit it, you do) and you squirm along with the viewing public at the intimate and often humiliating situations being filmed, you might think “Wow, and there’s some camera guy right there in the room.” On those shows and dozens of others like (and unlike) them,…
It’s not everyone that gets their childhood dance lessons from a Radio City Music Hall Rockette, but Karen Shackleford did.”I remember as a young child staring with awe at the photos she had hanging on the wall of her studio,” says Shackleford. She went on to study social dance, teach it and take part in ballroom dance competitions. Today she…
A chest of drawers – once part of an elegantly handcrafted highboy.Thank you for sending me an image of your chest of drawers. It is a nice piece and tells an interesting story. Originally made as the upper section for a high chest or highboy, this piece would have had a crown moulding and would have been raised on a…
Have it your way at the Mill Fudge Factory in Bristol’s square. It’s worth a detour off of I-93 (Exit 23) to find the oldest building in Bristol brim full of the newest ideas.Owners Linda Carmichael and husband David opened the café several years ago serving their own homemade ice cream made from a scratch base. They serve it many…
Featured Shop – Company C, Concord.When it comes to seduction, Company C has pure luxury to offer all cuddling cupids. The shimmer quilt in wine and copper is reversible and fast replacing traditional down comforters. The Acanthus bed sheets are dreamy and the abundance of pillows in all shapes and sizes adds the little extra bounce to this ensemble. Company…
Winter never looked so wonderful.”I want to be there right now” – that’s what Marianne Stillwagon hears when people view her New England scenes.The charming prints may have been inspired by a real place, say her hometown of Amherst or the Milford Oval, but the scenes are not of today. Probably not of yesteryear either, but they are a romanticized…
