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Where the Hearts Are

Where the Hearts Are

It’s been said the heart of the home is the kitchen. Here are some hard-beating examples that, depending on your own heart, may be hard to beat. *    ...

Where the Hearts Are

It’s been said the heart of the home is the kitchen. Here are some hard-beating examples that, depending on your own heart, may be hard to beat. *    ...

Home Improvements

Home Improvements

Technically, in real estate, any positive attribute that rates above a necessity can be considered an amenity. Here are five listed homes whose amenities, ranging from the special to the...

Home Improvements

Technically, in real estate, any positive attribute that rates above a necessity can be considered an amenity. Here are five listed homes whose amenities, ranging from the special to the...

Made in America

Made in America

Artisan’s Marketplace, a jewel box of a shop located on Route 10 in Plainville, reminds me of an era when shopping for something special was itself a special experience. Devoted...

Made in America

Artisan’s Marketplace, a jewel box of a shop located on Route 10 in Plainville, reminds me of an era when shopping for something special was itself a special experience. Devoted...

Floral Fixation

Floral Fixation

One of my favorite harbingers of spring is the annual opening of Cheshire’s Tower Farms. From April through December, the garden center offers a parade of botanical delights from daffodils...

Floral Fixation

One of my favorite harbingers of spring is the annual opening of Cheshire’s Tower Farms. From April through December, the garden center offers a parade of botanical delights from daffodils...

Items of Import

Items of Import

According to The Japan Times, “zakka” emerged in postwar Japan as a catch-all term for “everyday tools and objects such as kettles, brooms and buckets.” In 2001, the International Herald...

Items of Import

According to The Japan Times, “zakka” emerged in postwar Japan as a catch-all term for “everyday tools and objects such as kettles, brooms and buckets.” In 2001, the International Herald...

World Pieces

World Pieces

According to Akil Tanriguden, proprietor of the upmarket Re-Unique Art & Antique Center in Old Saybrook, a certain magic happens when someone enters his shop. “Say you come in looking...

World Pieces

According to Akil Tanriguden, proprietor of the upmarket Re-Unique Art & Antique Center in Old Saybrook, a certain magic happens when someone enters his shop. “Say you come in looking...