A Long Journey

Woodman's Seafood Restaurant inward Essex, Mass., is a household get upwards inward New England, as well as amongst skillful reason: its founder Lawrence "Chubby" Woodman invented the fried clam hither to a greater extent than than 100 years ago. Today, Woodman's is a thriving  local as well as tourist favorite that equally good specializes inward lobster, lobster rolls, New England clam chowder as well as other seafood, but it is the fried clam that impresses me most. Yes, New England offers many swell seafood shacks for fried clams, but for unopen to argue Woodman's seems a notch to a higher house the elite destinations. They but know what they are doing, as well as the heaping portions farther aid the matter. I intend Zagat sums Woodman's upwards best:  "A cult classic—right upwards in that location amongst baseball game as well as apple tree pie, this Essex icon is an enduring American cult favorite." Forbes FYI equally good acknowledged Wo...

My Grandmother Had That...Antiques  in Wrentham, Mass., is 1 of those "hidden gem" antique stores that is jam-packed amongst antiques, collectibles as well as other items from the past. Located inwards a charming, two-story former ruddy barn at 446 South St. (Route 1A), My Grandmother Had That...Antiques for certain lives upwardly to its name. You'll honor furniture, lamps, desks, chairs, institute holders, fine Communist People's Republic of China sets as well as simply nearly everything your grandma had, as well as too didn't convey -- similar a spider web address, Facebook fan page or whatsoever hint on the Internet that this house exists! Unless you're a Wrentham native, 1 familiar amongst the antiques industry, convey driven past times the ruddy barn on South St., or mortal that simply reads maps of Wrentham all day, My Grandmother Had That...Antiques is equally difficult to honor equally the rarest antique. You won't fifty-fifty honor the name, ...

Northeast Harbor, Maine, never has received much press equally a premier Maine opor-garai destination. That is nearby Bar Harbor's labor when vacationing inwards Acadia National Park, Maine.\ Bar Harbor is actually fine equally it has an interesting downtown amongst loads of shops, restaurants together with lodging options -- besides equally proximity to all Acadia National Park attractions -- but people similar us prefer the quieter side at Northeast Harbor. It's a classic, quaint Maine hamlet at its best amongst cars parked downtown but amongst really few people walking the downtown. It's peaceful, has around prissy galleries, boutiques, a pocket-size market, diverseness store, hardware store together with non much else. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few minute's walk from the downtown is a beautiful harbor, together with the Docksider, a seafood shack amongst a pocket-size dining room offering around of the best together with most affordable lobster dinners you...

Commander's Mansion, Watertown (photo credit: Commander's Mansion spider web site I recollect quite good the commander's quarters, at i time called the Commander's Mansion that today specializes inwards weddings, exceptional events in addition to meetings, inwards Watertown, Mass. The belatedly Col. Donald Kenny, my boss inwards the belatedly 1980s, lived at this grand installation abode spell commanding the USA Army Materials Technology Lab -- otherwise known every bit the Watertown Arsenal. After his retirement inwards 1989, the living quarters became increasingly unoccupied, leaving it opened upward for world in addition to somebody tours, upon request. Framed yesteryear the Charles River, a grape arbor, lawn tennis courts,  landscaped opened upward infinite in addition to gardens, in addition to a stately historic brick occupation building, I, every bit a civilian employee, ever loved giving tours hither every bit the bracketed mode mansion amongst hip roof...

People flock to sentry the tabular array salt H2O taffy making at the Goldenrod. Inside, it's fifty-fifty to a greater extent than crowded! (photo past times Eric) Ever pick out 1 of those days when you're twenty-four hours dreaming most summertime opor-garai too a sure retentiveness comes to mind? Today, I woke upwards amongst summertime thoughts of the Goldenrod inwards downtown York Beach, Maine -- the tabular array salt H2O taffy making on the premises, the New England clam chowder, the soda outpouring amongst yummy homemade H2O ice cream too Short Sands Beach correct across the street. We never catch York Beach Maine amongst The Goldenrod equally the transcend affair to do, merely it sure enough serves equally an integral business office of this fun beach town that is synonymous amongst summertime vacations inwards New England. I tin mail away hardly aspect until York Beach is inwards total swing too the Goldenrod bringing smiles to virtually everyone that  goes her...