By Kathie Farnell Photos by Jack Purser The community of Mystic, Connecticut, famous for the Mystic Seaport (and the ‘80s movie Mystic Pizza) welcomes visitors with a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. The Inn at Mystic, a small luxury inn overlooking Long Island Sound and the Mystic River, offers comfortable, upscale accommodations along with …
By Dorothea S. Michelman Mention Connecticut’s Farmington Valley, and visions of neat, white-steepled churches, the vibrant hues of New England’s fall foliage and perhaps a horse-drawn sleigh ride along a winding road may well come to mind. Just a few miles west of Hartford, and a two-hour drive from either New York City or Boston, …
by Mary Gallagher Halfway between New York and Boston and easily accessible by Amtrak or highway is a vacation destination with all you love about New England and more! We spent an all too short weekend exploring the “whaling” industries 350 year history in New London, a port city of only six square miles, located …
By Kathie Farnell Mystic, Connecticut, a region steeped in the history of the sea, also offers visitors a chance to experience everything from the lives of Native Americans to the life of a Hollywood legend. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall honeymooned here, back when the elegant Inn at Mystic was a private home. The world’s …
