Category: Worth the Trip!

Quiet Moment on a Quiet Provincetown Lane

Provincetown is especially delightful in September and October when the town breathes a sigh of relief after the busy summer season. We are back in Boston but will be sharing some of our favorite shots from our time at lands end.

We recommend an autumn trip to this special place. You can still take a day trip by high speed catamaran if that fits your schedule.

Don't miss an autumn photo opportunity. This Canon PowerShot G15 camera
will give you what you need to take stills and video of Fall Colors. Canon's G series is our all-time favorite for everyday cameras. We own the G10 and G11. They're a little bigger than the compacts most people use, but let you shoot with automatic settings or easy-to-use manual controls that please the many pros who use them as second cameras.

And, if you are ready to turn pro, follow our lead. Ed Shoots with the Nikon D7000 Digital SLR, too and Penny uses a Nikon D600 and is extremely happy with the performance it's delivered.

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Writers: Penny & Ed Cherubino

Photos: from iStockphoto.com

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

September 24, 2013
Quiet Moment on a Quiet Provincetown Lane

Provincetown is especially delightful in September and October when the town breathes a sigh of relief after the busy summer season. We are back in Boston but will be sharing some of our favorite shots from our time at lands end.

We recommend an autumn trip to this special place. You can still take a day trip by high speed catamaran if that fits your schedule.

Don't miss an autumn photo opportunity. This Canon PowerShot G15 camera
will give you what you need to take stills and video of Fall Colors. Canon's G series is our all-time favorite for everyday cameras. We own the G10 and G11. They're a little bigger than the compacts most people use, but let you shoot with automatic settings or easy-to-use manual controls that please the many pros who use them as second cameras.

And, if you are ready to turn pro, follow our lead. Ed Shoots with the Nikon D7000 Digital SLR, too and Penny uses a Nikon D600 and is extremely happy with the performance it's delivered.

Details:

Writers: Penny & Ed Cherubino

Photos: from iStockphoto.com

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those comments add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads out of comments.

Details:

Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

September 24, 2013
Dinner at Devon’s in Provincetown

During the past week, we have managed to have three breakfasts and one dinner at Devon's in Provincetown's East End. Just the thought of that puts big smiles on our faces.

Our favorite breakfast spot transforms itself each evening to become a white tablecloth, fine dining restaurant with food that would rank with the best in Boston.

We shared our meals because we both wanted the same dishes. Above is the Pan Seared Atlantic Halibut with Cannellini Beans, Pearl Onion, Baby Mustard Green Ragout over Grilled Picholine Olive Bread.

Penny thinks that owner Devon Ruesch and Chef Julia Moore understand that all that sea air makes for hungry diners. They have found ways to balance a meal with elements like that olive bread under the halibut. It soaked up the oniony broth and reminded us of our favorite part of French onion soup.

Here's the house brined, double thick cut, Berkshire pork chop with spiced peach gastrique, crispy spaetzle, over Swiss chard. Here, the wonderful base of spaetzle and chard filled in any empty spaces a big eater might have after gnawing the last morsel off the bone of that chop. Our bone returned to the kitchen as clean as our plates.

More good news on the Provincetown food scene is that Devon has opened a second place, Devon's Deep Sea Dive in the old Tips for Tops'n space on Bradford Street. He has kept some old favorites like the Portuguese Seafood Stew and updates classic seafood shack favorites with the best ingredients and a chef's touch to enhance the appeal.

Here's an archive post about breakfast at Devon's.

Cornmeal Blueberry Pancakes At Devon's in Provincetown

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
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September 16, 2013
Dinner at Devon’s in Provincetown

During the past week, we have managed to have three breakfasts and one dinner at Devon's in Provincetown's East End. Just the thought of that puts big smiles on our faces.

Our favorite breakfast spot transforms itself each evening to become a white tablecloth, fine dining restaurant with food that would rank with the best in Boston.

We shared our meals because we both wanted the same dishes. Above is the Pan Seared Atlantic Halibut with Cannellini Beans, Pearl Onion, Baby Mustard Green Ragout over Grilled Picholine Olive Bread.

Penny thinks that owner Devon Ruesch and Chef Julia Moore understand that all that sea air makes for hungry diners. They have found ways to balance a meal with elements like that olive bread under the halibut. It soaked up the oniony broth and reminded us of our favorite part of French onion soup.

Here's the house brined, double thick cut, Berkshire pork chop with spiced peach gastrique, crispy spaetzle, over Swiss chard. Here, the wonderful base of spaetzle and chard filled in any empty spaces a big eater might have after gnawing the last morsel off the bone of that chop. Our bone returned to the kitchen as clean as our plates.

More good news on the Provincetown food scene is that Devon has opened a second place, Devon's Deep Sea Dive in the old Tips for Tops'n space on Bradford Street. He has kept some old favorites like the Portuguese Seafood Stew and updates classic seafood shack favorites with the best ingredients and a chef's touch to enhance the appeal.

Here's an archive post about breakfast at Devon's.

Cornmeal Blueberry Pancakes At Devon's in Provincetown

What do you know about Amazon Prime? We use it and love it. You pay once a year for free 2-day shipping delivery charges. Amazon throws in access to instant streaming movies and tv shows and they let you borrow a free ebook each month. They will even give you a one month free trial. Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino

September 16, 2013
Dinner at Devon’s in Provincetown

During the past week, we have managed to have three breakfasts and one dinner at Devon's in Provincetown's East End. Just the thought of that puts big smiles on our faces.

Our favorite breakfast spot transforms itself each evening to become a white tablecloth, fine dining restaurant with food that would rank with the best in Boston.

We shared our meals because we both wanted the same dishes. Above is the Pan Seared Atlantic Halibut with Cannellini Beans, Pearl Onion, Baby Mustard Green Ragout over Grilled Picholine Olive Bread.

Penny thinks that owner Devon Ruesch and Chef Julia Moore understand that all that sea air makes for hungry diners. They have found ways to balance a meal with elements like that olive bread under the halibut. It soaked up the oniony broth and reminded us of our favorite part of French onion soup.

Here's the house brined, double thick cut, Berkshire pork chop with spiced peach gastrique, crispy spaetzle, over Swiss chard. Here, the wonderful base of spaetzle and chard filled in any empty spaces a big eater might have after gnawing the last morsel off the bone of that chop. Our bone returned to the kitchen as clean as our plates.

More good news on the Provincetown food scene is that Devon has opened a second place, Devon's Deep Sea Dive in the old Tips for Tops'n space on Bradford Street. He has kept some old favorites like the Portuguese Seafood Stew and updates classic seafood shack favorites with the best ingredients and a chef's touch to enhance the appeal.

Here's an archive post about breakfast at Devon's.

Cornmeal Blueberry Pancakes At Devon's in Provincetown

What do you know about Amazon Prime? We use it and love it. You pay once a year for free 2-day shipping delivery charges. Amazon throws in access to instant streaming movies and tv shows and they let you borrow a free ebook each month. They will even give you a one month free trial. Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Join Amazon Prime – Watch Over 40,000 Movies

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino

September 16, 2013
Fenway Victory Gardens Spring Scenes

Many a walk takes us through this main path of the Fenway Victory Gardens that runs parallel to Boylston Street. But, once in a while, we like to spend time exploring the rest of this historic complex of gardens and gardening support areas.

Update: We read on thier Facebook Page that they are having: "OPEN GARDENS is Saturday June 1st (11am to 3pm)" What's more they have posted their 2013 Calendar of events.

They have a great history page on their site explaining that, "The Fenway Victory Gardens are the nation’s only remaining, continuously operating WWII Victory Gardens." This garden was founded in 1942.

(Click on any image for a larger view.)

This is a community and we've always found the "resident gardeners" friendly and open to answering questions for visitors. If you visit their Facebook group, you'll find the same sharing attitude among the members.

The gardens can feel like a world apart. You can easily forget that they are so close to the heart of Boston.

With a well-established group like this one, you see evidence of shared equipment and resources, including well-organized composting locations.

They even have their own bee hives, a teaching garden, and an accessible garden designed to be enjoyed by persons with disabilities.

Each garden plot has its own personality and it's the details that make this a great location for a photowalk.

Each week the scene changes, new plants come into bloom, and the path you walked a week ago is renewed. It's a place to visit often, walk through slowly, and enjoy with your favorite people. We also highly recommend that any gardener visiting Boston add this place to their trip agenda.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

May 28, 2013
Fenway Victory Gardens Spring Scenes

Many a walk takes us through this main path of the Fenway Victory Gardens that runs parallel to Boylston Street. But, once in a while, we like to spend time exploring the rest of this historic complex of gardens and gardening support areas.

Update: We read on thier Facebook Page that they are having: "OPEN GARDENS is Saturday June 1st (11am to 3pm)" What's more they have posted their 2013 Calendar of events.

They have a great history page on their site explaining that, "The Fenway Victory Gardens are the nation’s only remaining, continuously operating WWII Victory Gardens." This garden was founded in 1942.

(Click on any image for a larger view.)

This is a community and we've always found the "resident gardeners" friendly and open to answering questions for visitors. If you visit their Facebook group, you'll find the same sharing attitude among the members.

The gardens can feel like a world apart. You can easily forget that they are so close to the heart of Boston.

With a well-established group like this one, you see evidence of shared equipment and resources, including well-organized composting locations.

They even have their own bee hives, a teaching garden, and an accessible garden designed to be enjoyed by persons with disabilities.

Each garden plot has its own personality and it's the details that make this a great location for a photowalk.

Each week the scene changes, new plants come into bloom, and the path you walked a week ago is renewed. It's a place to visit often, walk through slowly, and enjoy with your favorite people. We also highly recommend that any gardener visiting Boston add this place to their trip agenda.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a Graduation or Wedding gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

May 28, 2013
Fenway Victory Gardens Spring Scenes

Many a walk takes us through this main path of the Fenway Victory Gardens that runs parallel to Boylston Street. But, once in a while, we like to spend time exploring the rest of this historic complex of gardens and gardening support areas.

Update: We read on thier Facebook Page that they are having: "OPEN GARDENS is Saturday June 1st (11am to 3pm)" What's more they have posted their 2013 Calendar of events.

They have a great history page on their site explaining that, "The Fenway Victory Gardens are the nation’s only remaining, continuously operating WWII Victory Gardens." This garden was founded in 1942.

(Click on any image for a larger view.)

This is a community and we've always found the "resident gardeners" friendly and open to answering questions for visitors. If you visit their Facebook group, you'll find the same sharing attitude among the members.

The gardens can feel like a world apart. You can easily forget that they are so close to the heart of Boston.

With a well-established group like this one, you see evidence of shared equipment and resources, including well-organized composting locations.

They even have their own bee hives, a teaching garden, and an accessible garden designed to be enjoyed by persons with disabilities.

Each garden plot has its own personality and it's the details that make this a great location for a photowalk.

Each week the scene changes, new plants come into bloom, and the path you walked a week ago is renewed. It's a place to visit often, walk through slowly, and enjoy with your favorite people. We also highly recommend that any gardener visiting Boston add this place to their trip agenda.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a Graduation or Wedding gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

May 28, 2013
No Mayo Lobster Roll from James Hook & Company

The lines at the Food Truck Throwdown today were way too long so we stopped by James Hook & Co. to grab a cup of chowder. I was looking longingly at the lobster rolls when one of the crew came up and asked if he could get something for me.

I said, "I'd love a lobster roll but I can't have mayo." He said, "Tell me how you'd like it and I'll make what you want." And, he did!

Ed and I each had a toasted bun filled with fresh, chilled lobster topped with just a drizzle of melted butter. Perfection!

This adds one more place where you can get a lobster roll without mayo. What you have is pure lobster pleasure. We'll continue the lobster roll hunt and keep reporting back to you.

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Lunch at the Bristol Lounge Is a Special Treat

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Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Penny Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

May 4, 2013
No Mayo Lobster Roll from James Hook & Company

The lines at the Food Truck Throwdown today were way too long so we stopped by James Hook & Co. to grab a cup of chowder. I was looking longingly at the lobster rolls when one of the crew came up and asked if he could get something for me.

I said, "I'd love a lobster roll but I can't have mayo." He said, "Tell me how you'd like it and I'll make what you want." And, he did!

Ed and I each had a toasted bun filled with fresh, chilled lobster topped with just a drizzle of melted butter. Perfection!

This adds one more place where you can get a lobster roll without mayo. What you have is pure lobster pleasure. We'll continue the lobster roll hunt and keep reporting back to you.

Related Posts:

Neptune Oyster Lobster Roll – A Best Bite!

Ocean Craving Satisfied with Lobster Roll Bonus!

Belle Isle Seafood Lobster Rolls

Bubala's Lobster Roll- Lobster Roll Chronicles

Lunch at the Bristol Lounge Is a Special Treat

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Penny Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

May 4, 2013