Friday, June 13, 2008
I'll Take That Mummy Wrap
Bridgeport, Connecticut was the home of PT Barnum - The Greatest Showman on Earth. Promoter of Tom Thumb, "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind, and a slew of other oddities and entertainers, PT Barnum got around. The Barnum Museum in Bridgeport is a gorgeous multi-architectural-style stone and...
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
What do Benedict Arnold and Sing-Sing have in common?
I wrote this for Offshore Magazine in 2002; Kayaking Through History When I was eight years old, my sailor-father taught me to row our small dingy from dock to mooring – a distance, I thought at the time, of hundreds of miles. My chopstick-thin arms belied their strength as I tight-fisted the oar...
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Feast of the Blessed Sacrament, New Bedford, MA
The smell of fragrant, sizzling beef wafted through the thick summer air as I made my way towards a enormous open barbecue pit. On this warm night during the first weekend in August, the North End of New Bedford, MA overflowed with cheerful people, great music and sublime food at what is billed as...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
The Glory of an Empty Parking Lot
When we got to the Johnstown Flood Museum, the parking lot was empty. Jeff, my historic-site-phobic husband displayed his typical skepticism. “Tourists must know there’s nothing here,” he groused. I, just as typically, was euphoric. Where Jeff divined lack of interest due to a most certain dearth of...
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Old Lyme, Connecticut
If you are a birdwatching artist, Old Lyme is Utopia. The town claims to be the Birthplace of American Impressionism and was in fact home to birding guru, Roger Tory Peterson. Spend a full day at the Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. (860) 434-5542, perusing art and nature and learning to paint...
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
New Bedford, MA - Whaling Capital of the World
Attractions With its cobblestone streets, great eateries and shops, not to mention the exemplary Whaling Museum, New Bedford tells the tale of a New England industry that made some men rich, but many miserable (or dead). To experience everything New Bedford has to offer can easily take a few days....
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Milford, CT
A great little town - wonderful restaurants and shops and a great destination for boaters because the harbor is right downtown. A great vibe - and party town. People come from Manhattan to go clubbing here; To explore in true-green fashion, head over to Rent A Ride; 8 Daniel St.; (203) 876-0026...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Long Island Wine Country
For the last 30 years the North Fork of Long Island has been going through a slow transmutation. With the longest growing season on the Northeastern seaboard due to moderate coastal temperatures and climate patterns, it is said that “you can drop any seed into the ground and it will grow here.”...
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Hudson River Lighthouses
We all know that the Statue of Liberty has been a beacon of freedom to nations far and wide since it was assembled in New York Harbor in 1886. But are you also aware that it was also a beacon of a different kind for mariners around the turn of the century? Once a lighthouse, albeit a faint one, it...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
Fall River, MA
The world’s largest collection of WWII Naval ships, designated a National Historic Landmark, Battleship Cove (508) 678-1100; http://www.battleshipcove.org/, is a huge draw for Scouts, scholars of the Second World War, those who served on these powerful fighting vessels, and for anyone interested in...
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