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May/June 2009 Travel Guide Offers 270 Reasons to Visit New England
Including 254 Editors' Choice Winners
by Heather Atwell
DUBLIN, New Hampshire (April 2009)--Yankee Magazine's 2009 Travel Guide hits newsstands on April 28 and offers 270 reasons to see New England, including 254 "Best of New England -- Editors' Choice" selections where visitors can find the best foods and refreshments, lodging, attractions, and bargains. This special issue also names 120 top events around the region and includes food, home, and garden articles.
"Travel may never have been as important to our psyche as it is now; we may have lost money, but not curiosity," says Yankee editor Mel Allen. "We still need the fun and adventure and stimulation that travel, more than anything else, gives us. And no place I know lets you see so much--from mountains and deep, clear lakes to storybook villages and world-class museums, all within a few hours of one another--as New England does."
Personal New England. Sixteen vignettes written by some of Yankee's favorite travel writers about their special places:
Ride the Tide at Reid State Park: Georgetown, ME (page 66)
A Mansion to Call My Own: Norwalk, CT (page 68)
The Prettiest Easy Hike: Zealand Pond, NH (page 69)
Snorkeling in the Garden: Block Island, RI (page 70)
The Essence of Baseball: Chatham, MA (page 70)
Hiking Into the Heart of Vermont: Mount Mansfield, VT (page 72)
A Perfect Vineyard Afternoon: Oak Bluffs, MA (page 74)
Head Over Heels for Wickenden Street: Providence, RI (page 78)
'No Town Is More Paintable': Rockport, MA (page 80)
The Evening Stroll as a Work of Art: Burlington, VT (page 82)
James Phinney Baxter's Gift: Portland, ME (page 84)
Much Ado About Dough: New Haven, CT (page 85)
A Secret on the Lake: Gilford, NH (page 86)
Beat Night at The Press Room: Portsmouth, NH (page 88)
Paddling Through Time and Space: Grand Lake Stream, ME (page 89)
Unexpected Treasures of the Boston Public Library: Boston, MA (page 90)
Best of New England -- Editors' Choice. Yankee's editors and special travel contributors named 254 "Best of New England -- Editors' Choice" winners for 2009, which include the best restaurants, lodgings, attractions, and bargains in New England. Recipients range from the rustic to the refined, but all are noteworthy and memorable destinations. Yankee tells readers who's the Best Seafood Place with a Water View, Best Trendy Eatery, Best Down-Home B&B, Best Summer Theatre, and many more. And for those who think Yankee is wrong, the staff is running a "Best of New England -- Readers' Choice" survey at
The Guide:
The Home section's main feature, "Retreat to the Island," by Wayne Curtis, takes readers inside author and fisherman Linda Greenlaw's Isle au Haut, Maine, home--a center chimney Cape she designed. In 1997, Greenlaw gained unsought fame as a central figure in the bestseller The Perfect Storm, which was adapted as a motion picture. Since then, she has written novels, nonfiction, and, with her mother, a cookbook (page 34). This issue's "New England's Finest" showcases necklaces and bracelets in the shapes and textures of organic objects--such as twigs and maple seeds--found in the great outdoors (page 44). "Inspired Ideas" shows readers how to add whimsy and color to terra-cotta pots and saucers using paint and varnish--the perfect gift for gardening friends (page 46). "Antiques & Collectibles" examines silverware designs by Arthur Stone, an icon of the American Arts & Crafts movement whose work dates from the turn of the 20th century (page 50).
In the Food section, "Around the World in 27 Meals" (page 52) includes favorite menu picks from New England's best ethnic establishments, featuring authentic cuisine from Asia and Old Europe to our northern and southern New World neighbors. Also in this issue, Ruth Feeney, Yankee's "Best Cook in Town," makes her special blackberry jelly (page 60), and dandelion greens wake up salads and pestos in "Homegrown" (page 64).
Departments:
"Here in New England," by Mel Allen (page 16): For one soon-to-be-married couple, everything went wrong before the ceremony--except one thing.
"First Light," by Jim Collins (page 20): Jim Collins examines "Champlain's Lake Rediscovered," a traveling exhibit featuring 39 works, most of them paintings, created by contemporary artists living and working in Vermont. The exhibit celebrates the quadricentennial anniversary of the discovery of Lake Champlain and showcases the talents of Vermont artists.
"5 Best Mountain-Bike Trails," by Todd Balf (page 30): Longtime contributor Todd Balf, who has ridden mountain-bike trails from New Zealand to Venezuela, picks the five best in New England.
Online at YankeeMagazine.com/10Things (available April 20, 2009), follow 10 recommended weekends designed by Yankee's editors.
Yankee invites the media to interview our editors, who are experts on where to go and what to do during the travel season in New England. For more information, contact Heather Atwell, heathera@Yankeepub.com or 603-563-8111 x180.
About Yankee Magazine: Yankee Magazine was founded in 1935 and is based in Dublin, New Hampshire. It is the only magazine devoted to New England through its coverage of travel, home, food, and features. With a paid circulation of more than 350,000 and a total audience of nearly 2.5 million, it is published by Yankee Publishing Incorporated (YPI), one of the few remaining independent magazine publishers in the United States. YPI also owns the nation's oldest continuously produced periodical, The Old Farmer's Almanac. More information about Yankee: New England's Magazine is available at: YankeeMagazine.com
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