We gathered four of the region’s most acclaimed confectioners and bakers for a little friendly competition: Whose signature dish makes for the best holiday dessert? Here are the entries for our Great South Coast Holiday Dessert Bake-Off… CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH MOCHA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING by StacyCakes, Westport LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE who stumbled into their […]
With one week to go until Christmas, we’re sharing the Local Maker Gift Guide from our Fall/Holiday issue. Scroll through to get some ideas and to meet some of the many talented artisans who call the South Coast home. Click here to get the goods, beautifully photographed by Westport’s Ali Mauck. If you want our
The New Bedford Preservation Society presents the 28th Annual Holiday House Tour this weekend. Join the Preservation Society on Saturday, December 14 from 4 to 8 pm for the Candlelight Tour and Sunday, December 15 from 1 to 5 pm for an Afternoon Tour. We recently featured one of the homes in last year’s Holiday
a home for the holidays: New Bedford’s finest all gussied up! Read More »
Updated for Thanksgiving 2024 There’s a questionable rumor going around that the tryptophan in turkey doesn’t actually make you sleepy. We have a hard time believing that – everyone knows the post-Thanksgiving torpor is real! Lucky for us, we’ve got people looking out for us! We’re going to fight that post-Thanksgiving sleepiness by getting out
A little napping + a little hiking or waddling = the perfect Thanksgiving weekend Read More »
Around about now, Katy Perry gets stuck on repeat in our head. We watched her Firework video again and start getting excited for the Fourth. To keep the soundtrack in our head relevant, we’ve put together a list of Fourth of July activities — not just fireworks, but parades, fleet blessings and more. It’ll keep
We’re back with another of our 8 Great Lists. Here, we bring you 8 special South Coast happenings in December. There’s SO much going on this month that it was very hard to keep it to eight (but we did, because we’re creatures of habit and because 55 doesn’t rhyme with “great”). 1. We Love a Parade
You may be prepping for Thanksgiving right now, knee deep in peeling apples or wrestling the bird into some sort of brine-y package. Take a break for a moment and look at our 6 suggestions for post-Thanksgiving walks. Think of it as our holiday gift to you. It’s a reminder to all of us that (i) we
Over the River & Through the Woods: Post-Thanksgiving Walks Read More »
We’re well into the countdown to Halloween and we wanted to give you the inside scoop on great neighborhoods for trick-or-treating and other Halloween adventures. We asked six of our favorite realtors to give us the lowdown for their neck of the woods. Will Milbury said that Padanaram Village in South Dartmouth is a network of
Trick-or-Treat: The Best Neighborhoods & Traditions! Read More »
Welcome to the Insider’s Guide to Fourth of July on the South Coast! This isn’t our first rodeo when it comes to the jam-packed excitement that Fourth of July brings. With so many events going on, it can be daunting to decide where to go and what to do. We at South Coast Almanac have