When you’re on a cruise ship — especially when you’re in a luxury cabin on the tenth floor — you don’t expect to wake up and discover your stateroom filling slowly with water. And yet, this is exactly what happens on our first full day at sea on...
Every culinary guide book on the region claims you can’t come to Maine without trying the lobster (of course) and a whoopie pie. So when we stumble on Pink Pastry, with a pile of whoopie pies in the window, who are we to resist? Whoopie pie, for the...
Americans will tell you the lobster in Maine is the best in the nation, perhaps in the world. Canadians claim their lobster is better, because each crustacean is fished from colder waters. On our cruise from Boston to Quebec, we find ourselves...
How many guides would witness the birth of their first daughters on Saturday … and still turn up on Sunday to take you on a tour? At least one: Craig “Woody” Wood of Bar Harbor Coastal Cab and Tours. Woody looks like a lighter, brighter, friendlier...
Clyde and I are on a sweet, seven-day cruise from Boston to Quebec. While the more personal stories are here, don’t forget you can get the scoop on the best dining and touring to be had in the Great White North over at MillionMileMark.com...
While touring Nova Scotia, we stop in at a Tim Horton’s. Tim Horton’s — named for the hockey player who launched the chain — is a Canadian icon (and continues to be considered this, despite having recently been purchased by Burger King). What...
Some observations, forty-eight hours into a relationship with Apple’s Watch: Think of the Watch as an extension of your iPhone. Your iPhone is still working away down there in your pocket, of course, because it’s handling a lot of the...
As movies go, Maggie is pretty much doomed. Adults looking for a gentle, emotional film that explores tough questions will be turned away by the fact the movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger. Teens looking for a zombie-laden slaughterfest will be...
Sunny Day walks pretty well on a leash these days — except when we encounter birds, people, or other dogs. Then, inevitably, he wants to strain and pull forward on his leash. In these situations, controlling 40 pounds of pure muscle can be a...
