Travel + Lifestyle
(c) Michael Fitzgerald
In the company of elephants
The elephants lumber toward us up the hill. They come ever so slowly, swinging their heads from side to side, their ears flapping occasionally at flies. Behind them, their mahouts issue short, sharp commands that cut through the warm, twilight air:“Pai! Pai!”
(c) Mark Samu/This Old House
Green building expert's 1931 colonial revival redo
Some houses sweep you off your feet from the start. With others, the romance grows over time, a "good for right now" feeling slowly becoming something more. Rick and Cathy Fedrizzi experienced a bit of both with the home in Syracuse, New York, they bought more than 30 years ago. "When we first saw it, there was a crackling fire in the fireplace and a pair of skis stuck outside in the snow..."
(c) Illustration by Richard Faust/Endless Vacation
An a-to-z guide to vermont food and drink
In the quite hamlets of the Green Mountain State, you'll find some of the best food and drink in the Northeast...
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