Last year, we blogged about a few local polar plunges (see last year’s post here). At the time, it seemed like something to put on the bucket list and we hoped that at least one of our South Coast Almanac team would do it next year. Guess what? It’s next year. We’re all feeling cozy inside right now, with no real […]
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The shortest day of the year is coming up. You know what that means? We need lights! Lots and lots of lights!! On our To Do List is a trip to Lakeville to see the “Crazy Tech Christmas Animated Light Show” on Furlong Circle. Its website proclaims that it is “tacky gone wild.” How can
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I’ve got a friend from high school who enters an ugly sweater competition every year. I watch the gusto he puts into making his sweater so ugly and I am jealous. I soooo want to be invited to an ugly sweater party. Last year, I even bought an ugly sweater after Christmas at the Vanity Fair
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In doing our research on Christmas Tree Farms (see more about that here), we came across a couple of truly unique local wreaths. Handcrafted on the South Coast with care and attention, you gotta pay attention to these. Put them on your door and your neighbors will take notice. (Note: This post was originally published in
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Have you always wanted to pick out your own Christmas tree and cut it down right then and there? Me too. This is not just a way to capture the spirit of an old-fashioned Christmas. You’re also supporting local farmers, a very current goal. Just think about the care these farmers took: ten (or more) years
It started as Small Business Saturday, an antidote to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It’s since evolved into #shopsmall, a hashtag that we like far more. Because we should be looking out for our local, independents every day, not just the Saturday after Thanksgiving. These businesses are the ones sponsoring little league teams, packing Thanksgiving boxes,
We are so grateful to live in a place where we know where our food comes from, where we can put a face and name to our farmers (and vintners) and where we can actually visit the farms. Check out some of the places that can help make your Thanksgiving plate shine with South Coast goodness. Copicut
I remember going blueberry picking in Wareham and Carver with my grandmother and cousins when I was a kid. We’d come home with buckets filled with blueberries. My grandmother would wash and then freeze most of them. Then she’d make at least one pie for us to eat that night. I sat at the kitchen
We want you to have a delightfully spooky season but we don’t want to scare your socks off. Here are six quirky things to celebrate Halloween on the South Coast. We’ve ordered them in increasingly creepy order, ranging from “Bring the Kids” to “The Scariest Thing I’ve Seen on My Instagram Feed in a Long
2016 represents the 200th anniversary of commercial cranberry production in Massachusetts which makes it the oldest cranberry growing region in the country. With approximately 13,500 acres of commercial cranberry bogs in the state, primarily in Southeastern Massachusetts (that’s us! and Cape Cod, too), our farmers produce 15 percent of the world’s cranberries. Folks, we own
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