Author: New Hampshire Magazine Staff
Window Dressing
Window Dressing The proper window treatments are key to a successful interior design. Like makeup for the eyes of your home, the right touch is entirely personal but, when it is done well, flaws can be covered, good features enhanced…
Top Doctors 2006
Hall of Fame 2006 The complete list of Top Doctors can be found in the April issue, on newsstands everywhere in April. But our list of this year's Hall of Fame doctors is available online now. Fame is fleeting but…
Daytripping to Italy
The final act was playing out, the house lights were brought up. The star of the evening, Chef Lorenzo Polegri, stepped out from the kitchen and into the dining room, receiving a round of applause. Chefs are getting their due,…
Out of Asia
Asian influence is everywhere you look. Feng Shui is hot, ikebana and orchids are all the rage, and the food — who doesn’t have a favorite Asian restaurant nearby? Party planner Josephine Reyes Atluri, herself from the Philippines, put together…
Season to Meet
Here we are: March in New Hampshire. It’s a time when the late-in-the-season snowstorms arrive with sickeningly consistent regularity, interspersed with those occasional alluring and absolutely seductive fleeting hours of balmy spring warmth that make you want to run around…
Learning Sugary Secrets
There are a few things you should be sure to bring with you as you plan to participate in New Hampshire’s official Maple Sugar Weekend March 27 and 28: decent shoes (snow or mud — who can know?); curiosity (it…
Educating Future Chefs
Southern New Hampshire University has well-respected culinary and hospitality management degrees. You can even taste student progress at the school’s hospitality center on campus. As dean of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Management at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) in Manchester,…
A Seacoast Jewel
Clean lines within a traditional format was the homeowners’ compromise for their new Seacoast home, starting here, at the entry. He likes traditional. She likes modern. That was the challenge Don and Nicole Foster faced when they began to design…
It’s Hip to be Square
Take a bit of loosely woven Merino wool, add a dash of hot water, a hot dryer and voilà — a chic new look created by weaver Patricia Palson of Contoocook. Known for her clever combinations of traditional weaving patterns,…
Feeling Blue?
With spring just around the corner (we know, we’re a bit optimistic), readers may be longing to shed the winter gear, even slip into a pair of shorts. "… Hmm … oh, good, they still fit. But those big, blue…
Granite Plates
Manchester attorney David Nixon recalls that when his long-time friend and law partner John W. King was governor (1963-69), a certain lawyer was pressing his case for appointment to the Superior Court. King, Nixon says, told the man he just…
The Lure of the Dance
When night falls in Nelson, N.H., it falls hard. It’s dark, really dark. No businesses, no lights on the town square. But once a week on Monday night, the joint is jumping: Dozens of people gather in the Town Hall…
A Tale of Two Georges
If George Foreman can name all his kids George, I can name my two fictional characters George. Let me introduce “Slick” George and “Sensible” George. Let’s start with Slick. Slick George owns a lovely four-bedroom home in Bedford worth in…
Letters to the Editor
Another Two Cents I enjoyed and was also dismayed by the rash of letters in the January [2006] issue sparked by your article on Bishop Gene Robinson. I was stunned by the numbers of readers who thought you had no…
Healthy Hearts
I’m not going to tell you anything you don’t know,” says Amy Dumont, director of Cardiovascular Services at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua. The department brings together laboratory services, diabetes care, cardiovascular treatment, wound care and cardiac rehabilitation into one…
Cuisine Buzz
Arthur Martel and his partner Erin Tripp have opened a new restaurant and gathering spot on the Oval in Milford. His first restaurant there, Verve, will serve as a location for his business, Metropolitan Catering. He has called the new…
Precious Metal
Paulette Werger of Lebanon uses age-old techniques to create modern manifestations in silver and gold. The organic shapes of spoons and surface patterns of jewelry and vessels are her stylizations, inspired by nature. Werger, a League of N.H. Craftsmen member…
A Tale from the Tub
My friend Jacquie eats breakfast in her bathtub every morning. Now to some people that may seem a bit weird, but different strokes for different folks, I say. Anyway, she told me that one day she had just gotten all…
Keep It Up
The good news is that one may live a good life for 20 or even 30 years beyond retirement. The bad news is … your retirement funds may not last that long. "You have to take this into account," says…
Comfort Foods
Warming winter foods are harder to come by in restaurants, so we scanned menus as we traveled, fearing that in these heady days when fusion and eclectic are the cuisine buzzwords, meatloaf and pot roast might be long forgotten. Happily,…
Have a Diner Day
Since 1922 this American icon, tucked away on Manchester’s Lowell Street, has fed a potpourri of diners — tradesmen, students, business people, families and tourists — all seeking hearty American favorites, a good value, generous helpings and the Red Arrow…
Cheap Eats
The phrase “fine dining” and inexpensive rarely go together. Our larger towns like Manchester and Portsmouth charge up to $30 or more for a rack of lamb, but at Akasia Fine Dining, a cozy and casual little bistro a bit…
Great Chocolate Desserts from our Grand Hotels
The history of New Hampshire is irrevocably linked to the progression of grand hotels that dotted our state near the turn of the century. The grand hotel experience involved a long journey, a lengthy stay and excellent cuisine with a…
Live Free or (at least) Darn Cheap
By John Walters Photography by Mark Corliss (www.markcorliss.com) Frugality is central to New Hampshire’s image. Maybe it’s our steadfastly anti-tax politics, or our tendency to rank near the bottom in most measures of philanthropy. Or maybe it’s the stereotype of…
Big Patterns, Bright Colors
The Astors, the Vanderbilts and the Rockefellers — during the early 1900s, they and many others in the smart set used the Mt. Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods as their summer playground. They were drawn there by the elegance of…
Cold Rush
It’s the second-biggest annual event in downtown Laconia — admittedly, a distant second. Both events feature a transportation medium that’s arguably more recreational than practical. Each brings big crowds to Laconia, gets loud and boisterous at times, and produces a…
Let there be a little light
A Short History of Creation, from the Big Bang to the Merrimack School Board. By Chris Dornin I know a satellite engineer, I can’t use his name, but he thinks his right hand is too deep to have popped from…
Letter to the Editor
Last words (?) on the Bishop It was amusing to read all six letters regarding Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson [Nov. 2005], five females, all negative opinions, and one male. Then there was the crusty conservative silly comment that New Hampshire…
Editor's Note: Love Stories
My daughter Elizabeth is a budding young writer and a bit of an idealist. Her English teacher asked her to come up with a creative writing project where two holidays get mixed up, à la “Nightmare Before Christmas.” Elizabeth agonized…
