For me, having grown up here in New England, apple picking is a ritual as iconic as country fairs, sugar on snow, cutting your own Christmas tree, and fishing opening day of trout season. Not I do any one of these things annually, exactly - though most, most years. But they mean enough to me, [...]
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Sofia and I chill and check out the magnificent view of the Route 100 Stowe/Waterbury valley area after the 1.65 mile climb to the summit of Stowe Pinnacle trail. Kris carried Sofia most of the way in the pack and I carried David most of the way on my shoulders. That’s one way [...]
I’ve had a few favorite restaurants over the years, and they became favorites for different reasons (the food, pleasant associations, great atmosphere, combinations thereof) but never before have I had a restaurant become a favorite after conjuring it in its entirety from my imagination, asking someone where it was, and finding it there, fully realized [...]
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With a cool, crisp bite to the air and the apple-pie flavored Plug-in (Kris loves these doodads) wafting traditional fall aromas through the house, we decided today might be a fun day to take the kids apple picking. (Don’t tell my brother-in-law Jerry, who [...]
From today’s Times Argus: Vt. rest stops will offer Wi-Fi access. John Zicconiwrites:
The new service will allow anyone equipped with a laptop and wirelesscapabilities to browse the Internet from anywhere on the premises.
"More and more travelers
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… Rick has some terrific pictures posted from a recent visit to Bread and Pupper Theater in Glover, Vt., a bit north of here. He and the family stopped by here on the way back, of course, for dinner at Finkerman’s. We take everyone to dinner at Finkermans. Anyway, check out the [...]
We finally spent a day catching some of the Barresights that have been on our list since the day we moved here (almost ayear ago now!). The Rock of Ages quarrytraces its roots back to 1885. Barre is famous for its granite — ithas the best monument stone in the world, and also highly prized [...]
After visiting Rock of Ages Quarry we stopped by Hope Cemetery. Amazing we haven’t been there since we were house hunting out here. The monuments are incredible, beautiful and sometimes whimsical, made by the master stone carvers from the quarries for themselves and their loved ones. I took a few pictures and [...]
My bull riding experiment has provided no small amount ofamusement for friends and colleagues (as evidenced by outbursts of hilarityduring which my interlocutors, after having heard the story, crumble withlaughter at the thought of me flying through the air, upside down, to be dashedat high speed against the padded walls of the bull pit).I can [...]
Tonight at Gilley’s I couldn’t resist riding the mechanical bull. The guy running the controls had an evil glint in his eye right from the start — probably thought, "who is this geek with the yankee accent and the cowboy boots? I’ll show him cowboy boots…" The bull tossed me twice. The [...]
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