Simon Dufty: A Hotelier’s Hotelier
Simon Dufty looks the part of the perfect Englishman, except that no man from Jersey would ever call himself English. For 40 years, this impeccable and unflappable gentleman has worked in the hospitality business, and today he manages the delightful Le Fregate Hotel in St Peter Port Guernsey. On the weekends […]
Guernsey: A Delightful Bailiwick Well Worth Exploring
Last night I flew from Gatwick to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and today I got a chance to tour a bunch of fun places on this 24-square mile island. Though it’s only five miles long, Guernsey doesn’t feel small…there are many beaches that show off wide swaths of odd-looking rocks […]
World Travel Market Brings Out, Well, The World
I learn so much when I come to London for World Travel Market. There is nothing like it, a convention where every country in the world is actively involved and exhibiting. Just about every US state, too, is represented, and preaching to the 51,000 strong throng and the 5000 exhibitors. […]
London and Guernsey Are Next Week’s Destinations
[wpgmza id=”3″] On Monday night I’ll board a Norwegian Air Shuttle Dreamliner and hit London for World Travel Market at the Excel Center. It’s an overwhelming show with so many people to see I’m sure I won’t see them all. But it’s always fun to be a part of one […]
Jane Trigere: A Force for Good is Gone
I first met Jane Trigere about 30 years ago, after she and her husband Ken Schoen moved to town from Easthampton in 1994. They bought the old firehouse, and quickly turned it into Ken’s bookstore, filled with tomes relating to Judaica, his specialty. Jane was very vocal about her opinions […]
Chuan Jiao Bistro: Amherst’s Newest Chinese Restaurant
About a year ago, my weekly lunch friends and I ate at the Ichiban, the newest Japanese/Chinese restaurant in Amherst, right next to the uber-popular Miss Saigon on North Pleasant St. The restaurant was cavernous, with two huge rooms and few diners were seated with us. Fast forward to late […]
One Ferry Street: Rejuvenating a Decaying Mill to Glory
Easthampton will soon see a depressing and abandoned mill turned into a huge new housing and retail complex starting next year. The news is more good for this up and coming community, which has seen so many great new developments in the past few years. The story on MassLive yesterday detailed […]
Tag Sale Day in Deerfield This Saturday
Back in 2008, when I owned the GoNOMAD Cafe, we celebrated the first ever Tag Sale Day in Deerfield. I had gotten the inspiration after visiting Hopewell, NJ and saw so many tag sales. When I had the cafe, it was a natural gathering place for tag-salers, and we did […]