Dawn has spent the last three years exploring Cape Cod from land and water. A freelance writer, she keeps a bag packed for any chance to travel. Email her with questions and ideas at smithdawnm@gmail.com.
A winter holiday trip to Cape Cod is always fun and this year, the first week of December kicks off the Christmas on Cape Cod celebration with a focus on holiday traditions and helping others.
Christmas with a coastal...
Once again the two 70 year old bridges that link Cape Cod to the mainland will be subject to repair work commissioned by the Army Corps of Engineers. But there is good news for travelers this time, unlike 2010 when...
Beach season is winding down but the Cape is still the place to be this October. The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod’s 2011 Fall for the Arts festival introduces visitors to the breadth and depth of the Cape...
Visiting the Elizabeth Islands, which are a less well known part of Cape Cod and the Islands, takes some planning. Many of the islands are private with restricted access. But every summer, Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary...
Cotuit Center for the Arts’ impressive summer season continues with chamber music, Paul Bisaccia’s American Piano and a jazz concert to add to the art exhibits and plays which have been drawing sell-out crowds.
Under the...
Cape Cod’s Payomet Performing Arts Center has some great children’s programs for the summer of 2011. The familiar white tent on the grounds of the Highlands Center in the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro...
Cape Cod, long known for its locally harvested seafood, is rapidly becoming the place to go for all kinds of fresh, local food. Hawk’s Wing Farm in Yarmouthport is one of the places making that happen.
Hawk...
The month of May is packed with events where visitors can explore a variety of Cape Cod pleasures. Besides the connection to the sea, celebrated during Maritime Days and the Figawi Regatta, the rhododendrons are in bloom, there’s...
Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary has announced the 2011 Wild Arts and Ecology program for children ages 6 to 11. Eight separate weeklong programs expose kids to everything from amphibians to farm animals.Chose one or take...
Each spring endangered northern right whales make their way into Cape Cod Bay to feed as they migrate north to the Bay of Fundy in Canada, where they spend their summers. This spring visitors (and locals) are invited to join...