Author: New Hampshire Magazine Staff
The 2007 It List
Consider it the guest list for the best cocktail party ever. The 2007 It List is our selection of the 34 most interesting, happening, talked about people in the state. If you got these folks all in the same room,…
Healthy and at Home
It is perhaps four of the most frightening words a woman could hear: “You have breast cancer.” It’s a club of more than two million women that no one wants to join. And yet breast cancer survival is improving, in…
Matters of Life and Death
Bob and Elaine Kinne had been married for 38 years and had always talked about getting their wills in order but just never seemed to get around to doing it. “We thought we were still young and you never think…
Double Visions
Double the visual kick of fall foliage by viewing it twice, first right-side-up and again as it reflects in the waters of New Hampshire’s lakes, ponds, rivers and bays. Of course, you can do this by standing on the shore,…
Insiders Guide to Littleton
Nineteenth-century inns are flourishing on Main Street. Upscale restaurants and galleries are sprouting in once-abandoned storefronts like the Queen Anne’s lace and other wildflowers that bloom alongside the main street. Even the 210-year-old grist mill has been refurbished and is…
Who Rules?
Steve Doocy reporting the weather on Fox and Friends: “... and in Boston, the capital of New England ...” What? Boston, the capital of New England? Sez who? How could Boston, sinkhole for federal highway funds, whose mayor speaks some…
Happy Haunting
There are lots of reasons to hate Halloween, I mean other than the Wal-Mart shelves filled with cheesy costumes and the bags of leftover candy that get deposited in the office break room. The main one for me is the…
Swampland Adventures
To my knowledge, no black bear tour exists in New Hampshire. Dear New Hampshire Office of Travel and Tourism, get on that. Really. Grab a bunch of tourists, put them in a vehicle — preferably open on all sides —…
A Kitchen That Works
The kitchen in John Tinios’ home is something of a hub — walk in the front door and you very nearly walk right into the kitchen. In fact, to get to an office area, dining room, a living room and…
Beneath the Surface
Potter has an enduring story to tell Gaze at Tim Christensen’s black and white pottery and you first think of Escher. But Christensen’s work is more than a striking pattern, he is telling a story about the relationship of man…
Frying Pans and Lesson Plans
From professional-level classes to a single-menu demonstration by a master chef, the mystery of food preparation for the home cook is being unraveled by the experts. The glut of celebrity television cooking shows and enticing food magazines are just the…
Cheap Eats – Wing-itz
It’s getting hot in here. It must be the “wicked hot wings” at Wing-itz, a little walk-up-to-the-counter spot with 12 varieties of wings, sub sandwiches, wraps and even a few interesting salads. It’s the wings that are a must, though.…
Road Trip – Charlestown to Lebanon
The placid farms and pastures along the Connecticut valley were not always so serene. The river was the major route for Native Americans, as it was for settlers, and the French and Indian War was fought along its banks. Leave…
Letters to the Editor
What About Us? As a subscriber to New Hampshire Magazine I was thrilled to see the August addition of the magazine featuring the article "The Big Scoop on Ice Cream" written by Susan Laughlin. I eagerly turned to the page…
New Hampshire Magazine Interviews Carl Cameron
Behind those shades, Carl Cameron’s boyish face is familiar to the world from his work as a political reporter and White House correspondent for FOX News and as a former reporter for WMUR-TV Ch. 9. Cameron and the rest of…
Tradition and Tranquility
The idea is the thing. Bruce Iverson’s Hsieh-i brush paintings capture the essence of the object, be it bamboo, orchid or chrysanthemum. Paintings are not done from set-ups, but by observing nature and then expressing the “ch’i” with simple, yet…
Under Pressure
To understand carpal tunnel syndrome, it helps to have a visual metaphor. Picture a train going into a narrow tunnel. Now imagine the walls of that tunnel closing in, squeezing the train until it can no longer stay on track…
