Day Trips in New England

Fall is the time for many fairs and festivals that focus on the harvesting of the summer’s labor. These events celebrate the end of summer and help rang in the fall. Below are some fairs and festivals that we found for the New England states. There are probably many more fairs and festivals throughout the [...]

A great way to spend a glorious Fall day in New England is to couple a leisurely fall foliage drive with a walk through an adventurous corn maze.  There are several in the New England area, each varying in size and theme.  Several of the corn mazes are located at orchards where you can get [...]

Are you visiting Long Island, New York for the first time but can’t figure out where to eat? Here are 5 top picks for eating in Nassau County: Ciao Baby, Massapequa, NY | Voted 3 times as one of the best restaurants to eat at by the Long Island Press, Ciao Baby certainly lives up [...]

One of the things we like about summer is gardening and its results of fresh vegetables.  We have a small 10’ x 10’ garden that we use to grow some of the vegetables that we like; such as tomatoes, green beans, sweet corn, squash, cucumbers, beets, and pok choy.  For other fresh vegetables or for [...]

If you like watching the show Top Chef you will love this New York City food tour. This walking food tour, being offered by City Food Tours, stops at some of the places that Top Chef participants visited while in New York City. We met up at The French Culinary Institute, in the SoHo area [...]

With so many things to do in New York City would couldn’t just say this is a day trip because you could go back to New York City many times and have a different experience each time. This is our experience on one day in New York City in July of 2010. We hope you [...]