A Thanksgiving Treat

Impress your guests with a homemade - and edible - centerpiece.

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In Search of the Perfect Lobster Roll

By Meryl D. Pearlstein

From Massachusetts to Maine...  

If you’re foodies as we are, we often structure our vacations around mealtime, with each meal becoming an event unto itself rather than a quick means to satisfy hunger. Each summer camp visiting day pushes us to search for the perfect New England lunch: a succulent lobster roll with a side of cole slaw or steamers, chased with a perfectly frosty root beer or tart lemonade.

This year’s sojourn yielded the following “best” list. Our suggestions for where to stay and w to do in the surrounding areas will help you build your own vacation around this New England favorite.

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New Year's Resolutions

By Stacy DeBroff

We have an annual family tradition of having 6 other families over (kids and all!) for a New year's celebration--a tradition that started when our kids were infants and has now gone on for 10 years. When the kids were little, we would celebrate New Year's with a apple cider toast around their early bedtimes, and assign every family a room/floor space for the kids to fall asleep in pack n plays, sleeping bags, or beds. Now the kids average 11
years old (mine are 11 and 9), and they stay up for the ball dropping -- running around the hats, streamers, clappers, and mayhem. Everyone brings a couple of hot appetizers, and the grown-ups mingle, laugh, and often we break out games such as charades or pictionary to play with the kids. It's such fun!

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