I remember reading a National Geographic write-up on Greenwich, Connecticut, when I was a kid. It waxed poetic about the polished, luxurious side of town: Designer boutiques Yachts Hedge funds Prim and proper soirées with the local elite And perfectly…
Most people get Portland, Maine, wrong before they ever arrive. They pencil it in as a food stop on a New England tour. Two dinners, a lobster roll on a pier, then north to Acadia National Park by Sunday lunch.…
Most people who say they’ve visited the North Shore mean they’ve done Salem. They drove up for the witch museums, ate fried clams somewhere, and drove home. Which is fine, I guess. You do you. But it’s a little like…
Most people plan a DC to Maine road trip backwards. They start by collecting East Coast cities: And then Maine somewhere near the end, like a prize for surviving the highway. That is how you turn one of the best…
Acadia National Park is a reward for masters of slow travel. It punishes the traveler who tries to do everything. That’s this whole post, really. But it’s worth a few thousand more words. The difference between a calm first trip…
Tell someone from Boston you walked the Freedom Trail and ate at Quincy Market, but skipped Harvard Square and never saw the swan boats. Then, watch what happens. I dare you. They’ll look at you like you insulted their mother.…
Providence is the city most people pass on their way to somewhere else. They drive through on their way to Newport or Cape Cod. Like this writer, for years and years. But the best things to do in Providence, RI…
New Hampshire’s White Mountains are not a weekend trip. The drive alone would take you the better part of the weekend. It’s around six hours each way from New York, give or take traffic. And all for two days in…
I’ve been visiting Untermyer Gardens for years. And then, somehow, I forgot all about it. On a recent spring weekend though, we drove over from Greenwich. I remembered immediately why it had stuck with me. And walking the grounds again…
Most people treat the drive from New York to Maine like a punishment. Head north on I-95, white-knuckle through Providence, count the miles until Bar Harbor. That’s one way to do it. The other way is to stop in the…
