Encompassing so much shoreline, New England is teeming with lighthouses. Ever since reading about Anne (from Anne of Green Gables) meeting a man who lived in a lighthouse in Anne’s House of Dreams, I have dreamed of living in a lighthouse too. Something about the odd-shaped building, the solitude, and proximity to the ocean really appeals to […]
Travel
Road Trips: Providence, Rhode Island
I had never been to Rhode Island before, but we had to stay somewhere on our way to Cape Cod, and we decided…why not historic Providence! Not only is it home to the Rhode Island School of Design, it also the home of Brown University. We wandered around the College Hill and Wayland areas, looking […]
Montreal Eats: Au Pied de Cochon
We booked dinner on Saturday of the Formula One race weekend in Montreal. Yup, four years in a row. Au Pied de Cochon. In an article I found from 2008, the chef Martin Picard apparently imports 70 kg of foie gras per week! That was six years ago, so it may have increased since then…the chef himself […]
Pretty Window Box Ideas
Travelling around New England, I saw so many houses with lovely shuttered windows…and window boxes! Since we were there in springtime, the boxes were full of beautiful flowers. Here are some photos of what I found around Rhode Island, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Boston: Here are some lovely white boxes with ornate brackets.
Cape Cod Eats: Hole-in-One Donuts
After reading about it in one of our guide books, we stopped by Hole-in-One Donuts in Cape Cod. Just entering the cafe, we were greeted by a typical donut shop wall – like the ones in Tim Horton’s or Dunkin’ Donuts. However, the donuts were not your average uniform pastries. These were large, irregular hunks of […]