Shibori is a Japanese word used for a variety of different ways of working with and designing textiles to manipulate their shape, color and decorative design elements. Textile artist Amy Nguyen uses Itajame and Arashi shibori in her designs. ...
On Thursday, July 29th the city of Boston rolled out its 600 New Balance Hubway bikes from forty bike stations around the city. Over the next several months twenty more stations are expected to open.To quote Boston&rsquo...
This summer, whether you come from hundreds or thousands of miles away or are a local taking a staycation near home, the following Fairmont Copley Plaza getaway packages offer families a fun way to see Boston.A shout out to...
The Royal Sonesta Boston Hotel’s Summer Fest package is the official kickoff to July 4th and summer. Visit the hotel during its Summer Fest days (Thursdays – Sundays until Labor Day) and you will not only get...
Built in 1805 as a farmhouse the Marsh Billings Rockefeller House in Woodstock, Vermont, was the boyhood home of George Perkins Marsh, one of America’s early environmentalists and the author of Man and Nature (1864) the first...
Visitors to Boston have either heard of or experienced firsthand the city’s traffic, limited (and expensive) parking garages and its small crooked one way streets. That being said, Boston with all its history and charm is one...
You have to admire small towns that spring back from an economic crisis and make themselves solvent again. Eastport and Lubec, two Downeast Maine towns, are doing just that; a total makeover. In the 1990’s both...
This is a shout out to all bird watchers, photographers and anyone who loves Maine and being outdoors. Here are several places that offer excellent birding, boating, hiking and trail walking opportunities.Deer Isle hosts the Wings, Waves and...
It’s April 1st and snowing making it hard to believe that spring is actually here. But it is, and to welcome spring the elegant Captain. Lord Mansion in Kennebunkport Maine is offering the following May specials. Their...
Boston has its share of great outdoor art, but, Milwaukee can top it, it has on its RiverWalk a sculpture of the Fonz. People come from around the world to have their picture taken with the bronze &ldquo...