Author: New Hampshire Magazine Staff

Take a holiday at one the state’s many B&Bs, inns or grand hotels. The lights are bright, the décor is rich and the cocoa is piping hot. Many offer holiday packages to prime you for the season with shopping for…

It’s a bit of a puzzle how the Granite State prides itself on both rugged individualism and a powerful sense of community. That’s a contradiction we can live with. In spite of our differences and our longing for independence, we…

Mind Games I was interested to see your reference to the “Brainball” game in your November Editor’s Notes. Did you know there is a place to play this high-tech game right here in New Hampshire? The Children’s Museum of Portsmouth…

Strawbery Banke 27th annual Holiday Stroll Just imagine that holiday traditions are great stitches, binding years of the past together like pleats in the fabric of time. Well, nowhere in New Hampshire is the holiday fabric richer or more colorful…

Three cheers for fermentation. It turns grapes into beautiful wines, cabbage into sauerkraut and milk into mellow and delicate cheeses. Commercial varieties are a fine staple, but the world of artisanal cheeses is just as vast and interesting as the…

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?…

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…

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…

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…

Some restaurants entertain diners European-style, with strolling musicians, while others confine the music to bar areas, where they serve either a full or limited menu. Some include a spot for musicians in their dining room, creating an intimate chamber-music setting.…

“The Devil and Daniel Webster” Stephen Vincent Benet’s story, Daniel Webster defends Jabez Stone, a New Hampshire farmer who sold his soul to the Devil. The judge and jury are handpicked by “Mr. Scratch” from the legions of the damned.…

Ever notice how many offspring of successful politicians (mostly sons) appear to be taking up where their Old Men left off? Indiana Senator Evan Bayh holds the seat his father, Birch Bayh, long occupied. Connecticut’s Chris Dodd also followed his…

7 Trillion and Growing "Golden Congressional Parachutes" [July 2006] was on target. Ordinary constituent citizens have to work far longer than members of Congress before we can afford to retire. Our pensions, medical insurance and fringe benefits are much less.…

Seniors are traveling in record numbers these days. “I’ve waited long enough,” they say. “I’ve worked hard. Now it’s time to travel.” Sometimes the trips are all that the travelers had hoped for. But sometimes — well, the best-laid plans…

People watching and sampling tasty food go together perfectly at Popovers right by Market Square in Portsmouth. You can still catch some Indian summer, enjoy the crisp fall air from the outdoor café seating or enjoy the casual, bustling ambience…

In the three years since the Old Man of the Mountain fell from its high perch, its remains have rested nearly undisturbed in a massive granite heap at the southeast base of Cannon Mountain. The jagged ledge, still holding pieces…