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Food gathering
One of my favorite things about vacationing in Westport are the opportunities it offers for water-based culinary adventures. We don't fish on a line, but we do lots of shellfish gathering: steamer clams, quahog clams, oysters, and mussels.
Lobster trap Christmas tree
Though the angle of the sun conspired against my cell-phone picture taking efforts, this lobster trap Christmas tree -- at Lee's Market in Westport, MA -- seemed like the perfect follow-up to the book tree Cecilia found earlier, and in the...
Audiobooks
Now that I've gotten reasonably comfortable with my Kindle, I've branched out into a different, and I suppose much older, way of reading: audiobooks. I got the idea this summer while stuck in traffic en route to a weekend hike. One iPod...
Happy Labor Day
For the past few years, we've been in Massachusetts on Labor Day, enjoying the local tradition of getting together with other families for some group-made fish chowder. This year, we're in Brooklyn, continuing to deal with the damage that...
On vacation
Summer is prime vacation time, and though I was in Norway not too long ago, I'm already looking forward to our upcoming trip to Westport this August. Growing up, my family rarely took vacations. We'd take trips to see my mom's relatives...
What are your 4th of July rituals?
Whenever possible, my husband and I spend the 4th of July with his family in Westport, Massachusetts, a small fishing village on the south coast of the state. Beyond that, there are no rituals except to cram in as much activity as possible:...
Birds
I don't know much about photography beyond what I learned in an introductory class back in high school, when digital SLRs were just a glint in some developer's eye. After a busy summer, however, I saved up and treated myself to a new Canon...
Labor Day in Westport
Every Labor Day in Westport, a bunch of local families get together for fish chowder. The tradition dates back, incredibly, to 1906, and the idea is that you come with your own bowl, spoon, and beverages, pay $2.50 towards the cost of the food,...
Calligraphy for beginners
Our friends at Jet Pen recently started carrying calligraphy nibs by Brause, another member of the Exaclair family. I've long admired the calligraphy that I see through blogging friends, so I used it as an excuse to pick up some books at...
