Fall trips and activities
When my favorite season (summer!) starts fading away, I transition into fall by keeping busy with my favorite Boston arts and sports. World-class figure skating, award-winning theater, some of the best musicians on Earth, unique contemporary ballet choreography- here in Boston we have it all! Be sure to scroll down for your favorite Boston entertainment […]
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We spend many summer weekends on Cape Cod enjoying its beautiful beaches. In the fall we don’t get to visit as often, but we look forward to getting off the beach chairs to follow our favorite biking path to the National Seashore and to engage in our other Cape Cod favorite fall activities. Another advantage
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Island of Nantucket, some 30 miles off the Southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is a popular summer destination (when its population grows to 80,000). Over the years, we have come to love our 3-season day trips to Martha’s Vineyard (another island off the coast of Cape Cod), but we have a lot of catching
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Update: We have recently enjoyed a 2-day stopover in Iceland where we visited a new nature spa Hvammsvik. See my 1-minute video report here. This is now our favorite of all Iceland spas. The natural setting right on the beach is amazing and there are a variety of pools with different water temperatures. There are
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In the Northeast, we spend October weekends chasing foliage locations that afford open vistas yet are not too far from home. I came up with these three half day fall trips themed around “Little Women” filming locations northwest of Boston. These short excursions would suit any number of tastes, but we experienced them as mom-daughter
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Montreal is the most “European” North American city and a favorite destination within a driving distance for those of us in New England who crave the “old town” on a long weekend. There is of course more to Montreal than the “old town”. We have recently paid yet another visit to the city to attend
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During our Cape Cod staycation a couple of recent summers ago we have visited the island of Martha’s Vineyard several times (and told you about it in our blog story). On each of these trips, we have enjoyed our favorite places on the island (the Aquinnah Cliffs) but have been also adding our new favorites
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Cape Cod peninsula, which extends into Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern Massachusetts, offers some 600 miles of coastline. There are over a hundred beaches – with dramatically diverse scenery, water and sand features. We are lucky to live less than 90-minute drive away from Cape Cod and are visiting often this summer. It is about
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Whether you are an applicant or a parent of a high-schooler, chances are – college application process is something you both may want to forget soon. College road trips on the other hand could leave a lot of positive family memories. Although this concept was foreign to me in the beginning of the process, I
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Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada (just north of the U.S. border and approximately a 4.5-hour drive from Boston) is a perfect couple’s weekend escape from Boston. There are lakes, mountainous forests, wine routes and food tasting festivals, cute little towns with gems of the French cuisine hidden in unassuming country houses, and… the SPAS! Yes,
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