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Buying fabric for a tiny project is one thing. Trying to cover something enormous can make the total…

Anyone who enjoys making jewelry knows the danger of walking into a shop where every tiny compartment contains…

Everyone seems to have that Chinese restaurant order they could recite without opening the menu. The real loyalty…

A grocery run feels completely different when somebody behind the counter is making the food instead of opening…

Connecticut can surprise you with a place that suddenly makes the ordinary world outside feel very far away….

Designer labels are a lot more fun when the price tag does not immediately ruin the mood. This…

Connecticut has a seafood restaurant where the person leading the kitchen brings serious national recognition to the table….

Remember when picking a new game meant staring at colorful boxes instead of scrolling through a digital store?…

Connecticut still has places that can make longtime residents wonder how they somehow missed them for years. That…

Fabric shopping feels different when the store has been part of people’s creative routines for more than half…

Old buildings have a habit of leaving behind pieces that feel far too beautiful to disappear. That is…

Gluten-free menus used to come with lowered expectations. Thankfully, those days are looking pretty outdated. The restaurants on…

Old cemeteries are already quiet, but this one carries the sort of silence that makes every cracked stone…

Most shopping trips do not begin by wondering what might be hiding several floors above your head. This…

Making something beautiful out of sharp pieces of glass sounds like a hobby that should require equal parts…

Would you sleep comfortably knowing an old legend says a mysterious bride may still be wandering somewhere beyond…

One plate sounds perfectly reasonable until you see how many directions dinner can take. Seafood is only the…

Halloween decorations become much more interesting when they have already survived a few Halloweens of their own. Forget…

You know a butcher shop has earned its regulars when people walk in already discussing dinner with the…

College searches can become an exhausting parade of impressive campuses followed by tuition figures that quickly dampen the…

Cold evenings have an impressive ability to turn second helpings into a completely reasonable idea. Once jackets come…

A tiny island sitting offshore can make an ordinary lake view considerably more intriguing. You immediately want to…

October weekends fill up ridiculously fast. One minute the month has barely started, and the next you are…

Lumberjacks are not usually part of the weekend entertainment lineup. That alone gives this old-fashioned fall fair a…

Population changes rarely happen with a dramatic announcement. Families relocate, younger residents settle elsewhere and the numbers gradually…

Daylight can make a farm seem perfectly innocent. October darkness has other ideas. Once evening settles in, familiar…

A pastry case becomes dangerous the moment dulce de leche enters the situation. Add freshly baked Argentine favorites…

Unlimited food gets considerably more interesting when the restaurant serving it is not the place everybody already knows….

Numbers can reveal a side of a familiar city that visitors may never notice while driving through downtown…

Apple pie inspires stronger opinions than such a friendly dessert probably deserves. Crust thickness matters. Filling texture matters….

Cravings for pierogi rarely arrive politely. Once the thought of tender dough wrapped around a comforting filling takes…

Nobody orders an overstuffed deli sandwich because they want lunch to behave politely. The whole point is seeing…

Can you still walk into an antique shop with a modest budget and leave carrying something genuinely interesting?…

Normal shopping rules seem slightly less useful when the shelves look like they belong in a wonderfully strange…

Being gluten-free should not turn a bakery case into a window-shopping experience. Dessert is much more enjoyable when…

Your shopping list may survive the first few minutes. After that, wandering around becomes increasingly dangerous for anyone…

Apple season has a soundtrack of its own, and somewhere between the orchard rows and farm stands comes…

From the street, you already know this is not a building you simply glance at and keep moving….

Choosing one pastry becomes considerably harder when the bakery case is full of treats you do not see…

How far would you travel because somebody promised you a seriously good bowl of green chile? For plenty…

How much does atmosphere really matter when you are hungry and an entire buffet is waiting? For plenty…

Cannoli can expose a disappointing bakery remarkably quickly. The shell needs to hold its crunch, and the filling…

You know the shopping trip is in trouble when “just one more aisle” keeps revealing another room worth…

Lobster rolls have developed an unfortunate talent for making people nervous before they even see the price. Generous…

Autumn rarely flips the whole landscape at once. It starts with clues. One tree suddenly goes bright while…

Chocolate shops are dangerous places for people who believe they can “just look.” A few minutes near a…

Family recipes can inspire surprisingly serious secrecy. Multiply that by generations of bakers and suddenly asking for exact…

October has a funny way of making perfectly normal weekends feel wasted unless something spooky is on the…

You can tell a lot about a Mexican restaurant before the main plate even arrives. Put a warm…

Autumn does not need to empty your wallet to fill an afternoon. A tank with enough gas and…

A bakery visit becomes much more interesting when you cannot predict what will be waiting behind the glass….

Spooky season does not always need fake cobwebs and plastic skeletons. Sometimes the mood calls for something a…

Sticking around for decades is impressive. Still being discussed when people argue about the state’s best cheeseburger makes…

Fall farmers markets have their own soundtrack. Paper bags rustle, vendors chat with familiar faces and somebody nearby…

A good small-town escape should give you options without making you spend half the day driving between them….

Autumn road trips have one tiny flaw: all that leaf peeping eventually makes you hungry. Fortunately, a giant…

Shopping gets much more interesting when every store does not seem to stock the same things. One door…

Buying meat feels a little different when you can see exactly where it comes from. Instead of tossing…

Would you still book the room if someone casually mentioned that previous guests may not have been the…

Panettone has a way of making an ordinary bakery box feel like something meant for a celebration. Slice…

Smoke drifting from a roadside barbecue joint is a pretty convincing reason to abandon whatever lunch plans you…

Family traditions have a funny way of attaching themselves to dessert. One person remembers going for pie as…

Dinner can feel different when the building around your table has been standing through centuries of history. Old…

You came looking for one album. Forty minutes later, you are crouched beside another crate wondering how many…

What if finding a comfortable place to live did not automatically mean chasing one of the state’s most…

By early fall, spending an afternoon wandering around a fair sounds considerably better than staying indoors. Cooler air…

Not every afternoon outdoors needs hiking boots and a heroic amount of elevation. Sometimes your legs are asking…

Walk through the door and your grocery list may immediately become irrelevant. The shelves have other ideas. Imported…

Dinner does not always need a reservation to feel special. Sometimes it begins with stopping at a neighborhood…