Here in Western Massachusetts we have just finished a two week run of the Eastern States Exposition, or, as we call it, The Big E. If you grew up here, like I did, your childhood probably consisted of annual trips to this state fair and wouldn’t have been complete without a ride down the big […]
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West Springfield’s Iconic White Hut
On one of the last days of summer we took a trip to West Springfield, Massachusetts and stopped off at quite a few places we had not been before. After crossing the truly beautiful Memorial Bridge which takes you from Springfield to West Springfield, you end up at a rotary and then are pushed out […]
Zucchini Festival West Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Today we stopped by the Zucchini Festival in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. This annual event draws quite the crowd…so much so that we drove around the entire town about three times before we could find a parking spot. The festival was full of zucchini enthusiasts including the Zucchini Queenie who was dressed in green sequence and […]
Mt. View Restaurant in Hampden, Massachusetts
Sometimes we remember places from our childhood as being super amazing. When we revisit them as adults we often realize it was just the excitement of childhood and eating out that was the good part…not the case with Mt. View Restaurant in Hampden, Massachusetts. For true locals in my age range, Mt. View […]
Blueberry Picking at Windy Hill Farm, Great Barrington, MA
Some friends of ours were recently here visiting from Florida and stopped off to pick some blueberries at Windy Hill Farm in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. They said it was really quite nice, so yesterday we ventured out to see for ourselves. It isn’t called Windy Hill for nothing! It was a scorcher of […]
Wild Ramps from the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts – served with Pancetta and Orzo Pasta
Wild ramps are a great taste of spring and so you have to get them during their all too brief season. The foraging is a case of walking through woodland trails of Western Massachusetts until you smell the garlicky spring onion aroma… then look around and voila, there are the ramps. They do […]
Our Night at Wheatleigh
Yesterday was our third wedding anniversary. Beginning with our wedding dinner at the chef’s table at L’Espalier in Boston, we have decided to continue the tradition of eating out on our special night year after year. Last night we had dinner in the dining room at Wheatleigh in Lenox, Massachusetts. Our night began […]
Rawson Brook Farm Monterey Chèvre
One of the best parts about living in Western Massachusetts is the abundance of local foods and wonderful farms. A couple of years ago we accidentally stumbled upon Rawson Brook Farm in Monterey, Massachusetts. We were out for a drive and ended up on a dirt road which, as we recall, was quite dusty, and […]