After a four year restoration at Mystic Seaport in Mystic CT, The Mayflower II returned to Plymouth MA in August 2020. However, this posts illuminates the painstaking work required to bring this 60-something year old ship back to her prime. The Original Mayflower The original Mayflower and its 102 passengers …
WHY GO: Maryland’s second largest city (after Baltimore), Frederick MD, is on the move. Distilleries have popped up like stills in the hills, And a stunning downtown canal-walk swarms with locals on balmy days and nights. With its brick row homes, adorable boutiques, and growing culinary scene, Frederick feels like …
WHY GO: St Mary’s County MD, a “can’t get there from here” section of Southern Maryland, is bound on three sides by water – the Potomac River, Patuxent River, and the Chesapeake Bay. Deeply historic, St Mary’s County drew early European settlers: most notably a group of Catholics escaping persecution …
The Swanendele Inn sits on a promontory at the Southern tip of St. Mary’s County MD where the Potomac River meets Chesapeake Bay. It’s the perfect hideaway for stressed out intellectuals, nature lovers, and really anyone seeking a slow-paced few days away from the grind. Opened in June 2019, the …
Now known as Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono PA, people of a certain demographic (Boomers, especially) will recall the earworm of a jingle from its previous life: “All you have to bring is your love of everything…Beautiful Mount Airy Lodge.” In courting newlyweds in the 60’s and 70’s …
WHY GO: With the Farnsworth Art Museum, the new Center for Maine Contemporary Art, and 24 independent art galleries, Rockland Maine is a bona fide East Coast art haven, and a draw for explorers looking for something new to put on their walls. Walking down Main St., you’ll almost forget …
WHY GO: Back in the 1930’s and ‘40’s, my Mother spent her summers in Glen Wild NY. Mountain Dale, just 4 miles away, wasn’t even on her radar. Coming from the hot and sweaty Bronx to the Utopia of the Catskills as a toddler, she remembers running free in the …
In early June, the Maine Windjammer, Schooner Stephen Taber, was nearly alone on the cruising grounds of Penobscot Bay off Mid-Coast Maine. I was lucky enough to join Captain Noah Barnes and 20 guests who, like me, didn’t mind cramped quarters, two shared bathrooms (for all), and a makeshift deck-rigged …
Though its address reads Portland ME, the luxurious, 44 room historic Inn at Diamond Cove is actually carved from a former military base on an island off the Maine coast. Getting there by ferry is just the beginning of the fun. Open Memorial Day to Labor Day, the Inn is …
I’ve been writing about Inn By The Sea, an environmentally conscious, dog-friendly, 61 room luxury seaside hotel in Cape Elizabeth ME, for years. And each time I visit, it just gets better. My first review, in 2008 read: Grand, but not grandiose, Inn By The Sea keeps both top-notch luxury …