Hi Essential Workers, et al! We are putting our time into an entirely new website. In the meantime, we are leaving this one live so you can browse. Naturally, with certain places closed or offering modified access/terms due to COVID-19, you'll want to visit their websites or give them a call for … [Read More...]
Fun, Scenic Jaunt Off the Beaten Path (for Merrimack Valley AND Seacoast Visitors)
Just 23 minutes from Portsmouth, 27 minutes from Manchester and VERY kid-friendly, Coppal House Farm is a working farm in the small, quaint and scenic town of Lee, NH, and in addition to offering their naturally-made cold-pressed Sunflower Oil from their own crops as well as other locally-made … [Read More...]
Andreas Institute of Art (Brookline)
When it comes to nature trails, this is a goal-incentive hiking op that's beatable only by the likes of cute little elves in pointy hats popping out from behind trees to reward one's huffing and puffing with surprise ice cream cones. Andreas Institute of Art in Brookline is a collaboration … [Read More...]
Daytrip to Lakes Region! Lovely Drive, Highly Scenic Lake Cruise, Shopping & Lakeside Lunch!
With more info here than we were able to include in our print visitor's guide NH Visitor, this daytrip offers visitors in the Merrimack Valley or Seacoast a whopping taste of our Lakes Region, but in a time-condensed format. The "less-than-you-thought" driving times to/from your dock point are … [Read More...]
Destination Parker’s Maple Barn (Mason)
People in Boston and beyond keep Parker's on their hot list when wanting a nice drive and a taste of a different pace of life with something really yummy to eat and some great shopping. Phantom Gourmet also touts it as a worthy drive from far and wide but it's only 25 minutes from Nashua and about … [Read More...]
Destination Pickity Place (Mason)
A Destination Restaurant par excellence, you might recognize it upon arrival because Pickity Place was the house used for the illustrations of Grandma's House in the Little Golden Books' classic 1948 Little Red Riding Hood, and that mysterious old gnarly tree in front of the house still … [Read More...]
Zippy Packing for Travel
Some people go light, others want to bring the kitchen sink. I belong in a 12-step on the latter, but either extreme appreciates fewer bags to carry. Here's a packing technique that you may want to play with, and it's bailed me out when I've bought more at destination than I really had room to … [Read More...]
NH State Liquor Stores (TAX FREE!)
It's interesting that many visitors don't realize that New Hampshire's tax free shopping applies to liquor purchases--an item that can be heavily taxed in other states. Not only that, but if you haven't stopped in at the I-93 Hooksett rest area south of the toll booths that was totally revised and … [Read More...]
“Antique Alley” (Route 4, between Concord and Portsmouth)
The entire middle stretch of Route 4 between Concord and Portsmouth is known as Antique Alley because it is shop after shop... (LOTS of them!) crammed full of antiques and collectibles beyond the antique hunter's dreams. You'll find some places with the more commercial approach, but many where you … [Read More...]
