Oktober 2011

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From Newfound Lake to the Merrimack Valley

Posted by abohan Jumat, 28 Oktober 2011 0 komentar

Great News from The Mill Fudge Factory - Grand Opening in Manchester Next Week!
(from their Facebook page:)

Come join us in celebrating the Grand Opening of The Mill Fudge Factory's 2nd location inside the new Mill Town Market, located in the bustling downtown of Manchester, NH next to Margaritas restaurant.

The celebration is part of three businesses opening in downtown Manchester!
"We are bringing retail back to Downtown Manchester," says Jane Beaulieu, owner of the new Mill Town Market.

Ribbon cutting with occur around noon with the City Mayor and other local officials. All day long, you can enjoy free fudge samples and other free samples from The Mill Town Market!

Catch the trolley from 5:30-7:30pm at the City Hall. It will be making stops at the art museum as well at the Mill Town Market and other downtown attractions.

**The Mill Fudge Factory handcrafts artisan fudge with the finest natural ingredients in Bristol, NH. Fudge is also available nation-wide fromhttp://www.TheMillFudgeFactory.com/

**The Mill Town Market offers fresh pastas, meat, cheeses, fresh produce, artisan breads, penny candy and much more!

The two businesses met at The Manchester Farmer's market and have joined together to create a delicious local attraction in Downtown Manchester.

For further information or questions, feel free to contact Jane at The Mill Town Market at 603-218-3191 o

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Lake Opechee leaf

Posted by abohan Selasa, 18 Oktober 2011 0 komentar

And so it goes.... As soon as the Columbus Day visitors are gone, the leaves start turning their lovely browns, golds and yellows. Unusually late - and somewhat muted since the recent inclement weather has already stripped some trees before we had the chance to see their vibrant metamorphosis.
And the "people" are now gone too - as the Lakes Region gets ready for its annual shift from summer paradise for thousands, to small-town Christmas fair and community events for the "rest of us."
Be sure and come back and visit soon. In some ways, it's the best time of the year - the quiet time of
colorful beauty and self-discovery.

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Posted by abohan Senin, 10 Oktober 2011 0 komentar

For a long time, we always assumed the local business community had some kind of special agreement with the Creator.
Seemed like no matter what the weather was between Memorial Day and mid-October, sometime during Columbus Day weekend our red maples, beautiful beech trees and colorful fruit trees would bust out in their full autumn regalia - flaming reds, pure yellows, and sparkling crunchy browns perfect for wading your shoes through...
Until this year.
I don't know what we did to change this situation. (Is He upset we're considering moving up the presidential primary, so that it could fall during the Christmas season?) Yet for some reasons, this year - it just didn't happen.
We all agreed it has something to do with the weather - a summer that was warmer and dryer than most, then a spat of cool early fall days, then a "real" Indian summer, with temperatures the last three days reaching into the eighties.
None of us are smart enough to know the answer. (Doesn't matter anyway since the state will still say it was "beautiful as ever.")
But whatever the reason, here it is, Monday night, the conclusion of the Columbus Day weekend, and it was only later this afternoon - when Interstate 93 began being plugged with visitors' cars heading south from Winnipesaukee, Winnisquam, Squam, Newfound, et al, - that the bright summer sunshine showed off some of our best fall colors.
It was kind of a too-brief celebration, marking the end of "the season".
But it's also a reminder.
"Come back, as soon as you can," it said. "There's nothing quite like life in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire."

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Posted by abohan Kamis, 06 Oktober 2011 0 komentar

This is the time of year when the Lakes Region of New Hampshire becomes a palette of both colors and textures.
The last few days, grey skies gave us downpours that drenched the deck of the M/S Mount Washington as it sat at the Weirs Beach dock. And soft showers only added to the small lakes that cornered some street in Laconia and some of the bigger towns.
Today we saw some blue skies. And by Sunday, the middle of the Columbus Day weekend, the forecast is for bright sunshine in 80-plus degree temperatures.
And it's a good thing, too. The Mount only has about three more weeks before it goes into its off-season berth. (For information, see cruisenh.com.)

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One Good Baseball Memory

Posted by abohan Senin, 03 Oktober 2011 0 komentar

When you live in a lovely place like the Lakes Region, you sometimes come upon unexpected blessings... Like a friend who calls you up at 5 p.m. one September night and tells you he has two tickets to tonight's Red Sox game. You scramble over to his house and drive madly down to Derry, NH, to pick up the tickets from the friends who couldn't use them, then onto Fenway Park.

Not long afterwards, you’re both sitting in the stands, not far behind home plate, enjoying the last real "summer" night of the year: temperatures in the mid-70s, folks dressed in shorts and t-shirts, many with players’ names on the back.

And you're there to watch perhaps the only really fun moment of the Red Sox's September - veteran pitcher Tim Wakefield getting his 200th career win.

Despite the 18-6 Sox lead, most fans stay to the final out to applaud the longest-serving Red Sox player... And he seemed genuinely chocked up with emotion, expressing his gratitude at the unending applause.

By 1:30 a.m. the next day, you’re back at home and in bed – thanking God for your friend, Tim Wakefield, Fenway Park – and living in a beautiful place that’s only two hours from a couple of big league sports teams.

(Now your friend wants to go see the Boston Bruins play the Detroit Red Wings – he’s from the Midwest and a lifelong Red Wing fans – the day after Thanksgiving, and follow that up the next night with a Boston Celtics game. “It’s always been my dream to go to a Bruins and Celtics game back-to-back,” he says - The only problem being that the NBA strike is unlikely to be settled by Thanksgiving, according to the sportswriters, so the Celtics are unlikely to be playing… But that’s what you get in a Lakes Region friend – a little bit of starlight and a whole lot of joy.)

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Winds Change Quickly over Winnipesaukee, Winnisquam, Squam et al

Posted by abohan Sabtu, 01 Oktober 2011 0 komentar

Mark Twain's famous expression - "If you don't like the weather in New England, wait a few minutes." - certainly applies over the last six or seven days.
We've gone from thick humidity with motorcycles once again roaming our roads and people dressed only in shorts and t-shirt to today: rainy, dark skies obscuring the sun, and a coolish air that speaks of rougher days ahead... At least its making our leaf colors more pronounced.
But maybe it's no a wonder, based on what's happened to the Old (New England) Towne Team in the last 72 hours...
Still, if you expect Lakes Region folks to just sit on their hands, you've got us all wrong. Just look what the owners of the Laconia Muscrats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League has come up with! Everything that Tito could want, plus a $6000 salary and lots of perks like free hotdogs and courtesy boat rides on Squam Lake, I'm sure.

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