We went to visit friends in Stowe a couple of weeks ago. It was sort of drizzly, but still magical. I adore Vermont. The rolling pastures and golden leaves calm me. It’s so unlike the untamed landscape in Cape Cod, where we spend the summer, which actually leaves me a little unsettled. It was a [...]
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October 19, 2009
ARTmonday: Anne Packard
Anne Packard is the quintessential Cape Cod painter. She creates beautiful, luminescent landscapes in oil. Unlike a lot of examples in the genre, her works are skillfully exquisite. The best place to view Anne’s work is in Provincetown at the Packard Gallery, a charming converted New England church. She shares the space s with her [...]
September 12, 2009
Flowers and Food: Truro Agricultural Fair
Last weekend, the last of summer 09, was also the first for the Truro Agricultural Fair. Truro is a tiny town on the Outer Cape. “Town” consists of a general market, a post office and a fish shop. Oh, and the Green, where there’s a bandstand for Thursday night concerts and a croquet set for [...]
September 10, 2009
Shopping Trip: Brimfield, The September Show
I went to Brimfield today. It was a whirlwind adventure, accomplished between drop off and pick up (could NOT be late on the first day of school). I didn’t set out with a mission. Just to explore and take a lot of photos. Here’s what I turned up…
September 9, 2009
Design Diary: Rheal Day Spa
When I hear Maine, I think L.L. Bean, clambakes and moose. Foliage if it’s fall, with some outlet shopping thrown in. Or preppy seaside retreats with crisp nautical motifs. Day spas? Not so much. Until I saw photos of Rheal Day Spa in Rockland, Maine, owned by esthetician Rhonda Nordstrom.
I first learned about Rhonda’s Rheal [...]
September 6, 2009
ARTmonday: Declan Halpin
This weekend I went to see the new show by Declan Halpin at one of my favorite art galleries in Provincetown, Ernden Fine Art Gallery at 397 Commercial Street, where the works are polished with a bent toward the abstract, and the gallery director, Dennis Costin, is always welcoming and gracious.
Halpin creates sculptural paintings on [...]
September 5, 2009
Shopping Trip: Jill Goldberg’s Brimfield 10
You might remember that I visited Brimfield back in May, tracking interior designer and Hudson store owner Jill Goldberg. I can finally share Jill’s top ten picks! The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine piece, “Antiques Roadtrip,” was published last Sunday in anticipation of this week’s show, which runs September 8th to 13th. I’m going [...]
September 4, 2009
Escapes: Quaint on the Cape
Like many summer destinations, there’s a large rental market n the Outer Cape. You might pour over website photos all winter long, but unless you really know the area, and have been inside the house, you simply don’t know what you’ll end up with. As my son’s preschool teacher said, “You get what you get [...]
September 2, 2009
Shopping Trip: The Wellfleet Flea Market
In addition to its hidden ponds, fried food, and quaint art galleries, Wellfleet has the only drive-in movie theater on the Cape, and it comes complete with mini golf and a sandy playground (think John Travolta doing “Stranded at the Drive In” in Grease). By day, this tarred over hot spot hosts a flea market, [...]
