Last weekend (before this week completely ate any moment of blogging time) my parents and my in-laws came to visit. Their reason for arriving in the Berkshires was two-fold: Brian was participating in the graduation ceremony for his masters degree and none of our parents had seen our house yet. The weather for graduation day [...]
Even when we’re intentionally not taking a vacation somewhere, I hate staying home during school breaks. Since we were running low on tea and felt like enjoying the atmosphere of a small town, Brian and I headed to Millerton, NY on Tuesday. We’d done lunch at Harney and Son’s a couple times in the past [...]
My weekend was a little nuts. On Friday, we found out that the house we’d been eyeing, only to have it removed from the market in October, was back on the market. As Brian and I pondered whether to make an offer on Saturday morning, we discovered that the flash drive containing his (due this [...]
Brian and I ventured east to Northampton today. My friend Jen was selling her cards at an arts and crafts fair that I attended with her last year and I really wanted to go back. Brian decided to join me for a day of shopping and eating out. I had plans to choose a spot [...]
I confess: when I added “Hike Mount Greylock” to my 101 in 1001 list, I didn’t really have a plan for how it was going to happen. I’d never climbed anything and I didn’t know much about Mount Greylock (though I’ve driven to the summit a couple times). Mount Greylock is the highest peak in [...]
Bascom Lodge is a stone and log building at the summit of Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts and part of the Appalachian Trail. In addition to being a really cool looking old building and providing lodging for hikers, Bascom Lodge serves breakfast, lunch and dinner from June to October. Brian and I had [...]
In April, shortly after the location for the 2012 Healthy Living Summit was announced, I received the following email: Dear Mrs. Massachusetts, Are you planning to attend HLS in Boston this year? Sincerely, Mrs. Illinois Mrs. Illinois, also known as Krista of Can’t Survive on Yarn Alone, was my very first HLS friend, way back [...]
Once upon a time, I got tricked into getting a BJ’s Wholesale Club membership. Okay, that may not be entirely true, but I went into BJ’s without intending to actually become a member. Unfortunately, I’d misplaced the free trial membership coupon–I still have no idea where I put it, but it was no longer attached [...]
To celebrate our third anniversary last week, Brian and I ventured to a restaurant in Maine that we’d never tried before. We decided, based on an extremely brief look at the menu and TripAdvisor to try out Clementine, a “casual fine dining restaurant” in Brunswick. They offer a 3 Course Prix-Fixe menu for $27. The [...]
Last night I had the opportunity to check another item off my 101 in 1001 list. Along with five other couples from our church, we went to see James Taylor perform at Tanglewood. For those not familiar, Tanglewood is an estate and music venue in Lenox, Massachusetts that is the summer home of the Boston [...]
