MassFinds: New Massachusetts destinations every week with your guide, Mott the Squirrel!
Since opening in October 2010, the Kringle Candle Company in Bernardston has swiftly become one of Massachusetts’ best-known shopping destinations. Established by Michael Kittredge III (the son of Yankee Candle founder Mike Kittredge), the main candle shop is filled with candles offering a nifty twist…
Massachusetts’ culinary scene is robust – from comfort food to gourmet cuisine; from the freshest seafood known to the east coast to the authentic Italian aura of Boston’s North End; and notably, from farm-to-table. This Memorial Day weekend in the Berkshires, the notion of “farm-to-table”…
According to the National Retail Federation, U.S. consumers spend roughly $1.9 billion on flowers, and roughly $671 million on greeting cards annually for Mother’s Day, making it the second largest U.S. spending holiday. Arguably, though, the art of making that wonderful mother in your life…
On August 8, 2010, Boston hosted its first ever food truck festival, the SoWa Food Truck Festival, and with that began Boston’s obsession with gourmet restaurants on wheels. The event attracted hundreds of people, including Boston Mayor Tom Menino, and it was immediately evident that Bostonians…
Boston Chinese food fans are psyched about the recent opening of China King in Chinatown. This new venture from Doris and Erwin Mei brings the former owners of cult favorite King Fung Garden back to the ‘hood after several years operating a take-out restaurant in…
Farm fresh eggs, crispy bacon, sizzling sausage, roasted ham, taste bud-tickling fruits, delectable pastries, pancakes of perfection, wonderful waffles, and organic granola meets savory quiches, roasts of meat, a collection of cold seafood, garden fresh veggies, out-of-the-oven breads, and desirable desserts. Throw in a few…
Twice a year Boston’s finest, and most expensive, restaurants reduce their prices for two weeks in the winter (March 18-23, March 25-30) and two weeks in the summer, for the extremely popular Restaurant Week Boston. For many, Restaurant Week is the rare opportunity to dine…