Archive for 2010

  • New to the Hood: Ceia Kitchen and Bar
    December 22, 2010

    We made our way into Ceia Kitchen and Bar for dinner on their sophomore weekend and settled into a cozy wood booth. The decor is minimalistic with oak booths flanking the wall to the left of the large copper bar. The warm wood matches the ...

  • Townie Tuesday: Robert Falzano
    December 21, 2010

    Newburyport’s first snowflakes of the season were just beginning to fall as I walked through downtown, having spent the previous hour chatting with Robert Falzano. As I passed the brick buildings and storefronts and stopped outside the li ...

  • Stir The Pot
    December 16, 2010

    Imagine a pot simmering on a stovetop. Inside the pot are fresh, local vegetables that add color and nutrients to a rich, thick stew. A cook stands over the pot and stirs the broth with a wooden spoon, releasing the fragrant aromas of herbs ...

  • Old Fashioned Holiday Sing-A-Long!
    December 16, 2010

    Scenario: It’s the last Saturday before Christmas and you have a MUST-DO list and several items on your shopping list still to pick up. How to keep the kids happy too and avoid a stressful meltdown? Take a break from your holiday shop ...

  • A Newburyport Adventure in Changing Tables
    December 15, 2010

    Newburyport Today Table Talk: There is a lot going on with changing tables in Our Fair Town: Here Goes…usually this is The Quite Season…but not this winter…any restaurant that has the mantra Where laughter is required. Jacket & tie a ...

  • Discover the Fabulous Wildlife of Argentina with Jerry Bertrand
    December 14, 2010

    Massachusetts Audubon Society’s president emeritus Jerry Bertrand will present a slide program and lecture, “Gauchos to Guanacos – The Fabulous Wildlife of Argentina,” at Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center on Wednesday, D ...

  • TOWNIE TUESDAY: Linda Croteau
    December 14, 2010

    Plants are Linda Croteau’s passion. As the proprietor of Port Plantscaping, she has been actively gardening for almost 30 years. I am sitting with Croteau at a cozy table of one of her clients, the Nutcracker Café, inside the Tannery Mar ...