Author: New Hampshire Magazine Staff
Mum and a Spot of Tea
An elegant way to celebrate Mother’s Day ...Struggling with what to get Mom for Mother’s Day? Maybe a little pampering over a spot of tea is in order. Taking tea in the afternoon does not have to be a pinky-in-the-air…
The Pound Sand Approach
EDITOR'S NOTE: In 2007, Gov. John Lynch signed a law prohibiting New Hampshire from participating in the federal Department of Homeland Security standards for New Hampshire driver's licenses. In 2008, with a deadline for REAL ID participation looming, state officials…
May Bookshelf: Women and The Tales They Tell
Two books - one writ large, the other writ small - explore the texture and meaning of the female experience. Her home is in Concord, but writer Diane Les Becquets chose Maine's Moosehead Lake as the setting for her third…
Lookin’ Good
Is there anyone over the age of 40 who hasn’t looked in the mirror and thought, “Wish I could get rid of these frown lines (or spots or furrowed brow or …). Aesthetic medicine practitioners say that your wish can…
New Hampshire’s Renaissance Women
Strange how this term has been applied to men over the years whenever they display a multitude of talents that, so often, have been the hallmarks of women. After all, the very concept of multi-tasking was invented by women who…
A Fine Way to Start the Campaign
Frank Guinta, the Republican mayor of Manchester, has lately been threatening to run for governor. His Honor, who is still 30-something and has just begun his second term as mayor, might do better to wait a while. For one thing,…
April Bookshelf: The Stars and a Star
Books from two local authors who treasure the world around them - one whose sights are set on faraway galaxies and another who has star status in the world of green business practices. "For more than 25 years, I've been…
New & Improved
Do you long for knees that do what you tell them to do, with no argument? Was a pain-free hip on your Christmas list? For your grandparents, such wishes were just that … wishes. Today these wishes can come true.…
Top Doctors 2008
We asked New Hampshire doctors who they would choose to provide for the medical needs of friends and loved ones and their choices are here in your hands. To broaden the reach of our poll, this year we list our…
Relishing Newfound Lake
You can find a bit of everything in the Newfound Lake Region. Take Exit 23 from I-93 and discover an Irish pub, Japanese teppanyaki tables, German cuisine and world-class homemade ice cream. And at the center is one of the…
The Audacity of NOPE
As we plan how we will spend our stimulus checks, the Governor, the N.H. Business and Industry Association and the N.H. Auto Dealers Association have decided, once again, to sing out of the same dog-eared hymnal. These three bastions of…
March Bookshelf: N.H.’s Earliest Neighborhood
Dennis Robinson’s latest book is a weighty tome — four pounds, to be exact. Aside from its sturdy clothbound cover and substantial pages, the reason “Strawbery Banke: A Seaport Museum 400 Years in the Making” is so heavy is contained…
The Eyes Have It
If your eyes are functioning well, it’s easy to take good vision for granted. But that would be a mistake. As changes can occur in other systems of the body, so also can eyes sustain injury or develop problems at…
A Place to Call Your Own?
Scanning through the real estate listings can be a bit like browsing the personal ads. Those lonely, lovely properties sound attractive, but is there a match made in heaven just for you? After all, you wouldn't select your spouse based…
I Hate Town Meeting
I hate town meeting. Town meeting is a laboratory sink for psychologists. Every dreadful facet of human nature reveals itself at these gatherings. One must have the emotions of a sociopath to escape town meeting with one's soul intact. I…
Chalk Talk
During the past year, you may have noticed some of your fellow New Hampshirites wearing a button that says "Ed '08." "Ed" is short for education and the button is part of a national campaign to press this year's candidates…
February Bookshelf: Two Tales of New Hampshire Life
You have to wonder what Harriet Wilson would think - more than 100 years after her autobiographical novel, "Our Nig; or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black," was published, it's receiving fresh acclaim from academics, activists and others.…
Keeping the Beat
Dr. Louis Fink, medical director of the New England Heart Institute at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, recently attended a conference that brought together heart specialists from around the nation. “There were reports on cutting edge technology,” he says. “There…
Snow-free Retreat
A spa visit in the midst of winter helps you soldier on.Outside, the temperature was a windy 28 degrees, but inside the Seasons Spa at the Manor on Golden Pond in Holderness, I was basking in cozy 75-degree temperatures. Relaxing…
Candidate Cocktails
So the Red Sox won the World Series and the Patriots are on a roll. Well, lest we get too excited, there is still another high-stakes contest to settle before everyone can relax. However victorious our sports dynasties remain, there…
January Bookshelf: Wonders of the Whites
During the week Robert Kozlow is a dentist in Meredith, doing the close-up work that dentists do. Away from the office, though, he turns his attention to the broad expanses of the White Mountains. He’s hiked them for 20 years…
A Big Problem
The message is straightforward — excess weight can be deadly. It is a major risk factor for heart disease, diabetes, vascular disease and sleep apnea, even in the absence of family history and other risk factors. It adds pain and…
Getting Pumped
How Can Granite State Republicans Breathe New Life into the Grand Old Party?The political winds blow hard in a presidential election year, but for New Hampshire Republicans 2008 was a like a political twister, taking the roof off the historically…
Winners of the Seven Natural Wonders Contest
Last year, we assigned travel writer Barbara Rogers the challenge of identifying the Seven Natural Wonders of New Hampshire. Rogers is a well-known and respected authority on the back roads and attractions of the state, so while some may disagree…
There’s the Rub
You know, Hippocrates was a massage therapist,” says the woman who, moments before, had been gently rubbing my toes. “Sure,” I think. “And he also believed that all illness resulted from an imbalance of blood, black bile, yellow bile and…