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Well Fare and Frequent Readers...the end has come - my badge stating NH Blogger has been taken off and put away for a rainy day,... I wish you all good luck in your Granite State travel, and hope to bump into you sometime in one of my favorite NH haunts...thanks for reading, writing and passing me along...I bid farewell with a fellow NH liver, lover and traveler's words...

You're searching...
For things that don't exist; I mean beginnings.
Ends and beginnings - there are no such things.
There are only middles.
~Robert Frost, Mountain Interval, "In the Home Stretch"

Take care
Kimberly

A peek back at my favorite blogs...
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ups and Downs
nothing's fair
sensory overload
Kancamagus
going dutch
green thumb
gourds
coffee
shops
dieting sucks
and
i love you

New Hampshire Vintage Race Boat Regatta
September 13-15

[photo courtesy Vintage Race Boat Shop]

Nascar Nextel Series
September 15-16

Meredith Bay Regatta
September 22

9th Annual Autumn Craft Festival
September 29-30

131st Annual Deerfield Fair
September 27-30

Fall Foliage Train Rides
September 30-October 7

2nd Annual Fall Foliage Festival at Castle in the Clouds
September 30

Sandwich Fair
October 5-8

The 27th Annual Oktoberfest at Gunstock Mountain
October 13

Not only is the one and only Tim Reynolds in NH on Thursday September 13th, but he is in the tiniest and best venue in the state - Tupelo Music Hall in Londonderry. My heart is heaving...I have two tickets and can't go!!!! Please all that can - go...go .......GOOOOO!

[photo courtesy of DMB and Tim Reynolds site]

Our lives are just full of circles if we ever can remove our shells and venture into a new one once in a while. And so it was for me and a friend last week visiting a wine tasting at Moulton's Market in Amherst Village. I hadn't been to Moulton's since the late 80s and to my surprise, the store wreaked of small town success thanks to new ownership. What used to be a store of convenience now boasts a wall of wine choices, local produce, killer deli and a lovely wine tasting to greet its traffic every Thursday night from 4-7pm. Starting again today is the shop's infamous soup bar, boasting 10 soups a day, and its own special soupline for inquiries - 603-673-4663(GOOD).... [Try the packed-full-of-clams-bacon-potatoes-in-perfect-light-cream-broth Chowdah!]

The just-right sized shop pays tribute to our local growers and entrepreneurs, providing them with much shelf space and praise. It's deli bustles, and even if it's just beer you want, come get it. And needing much mention is the owner's desire to expand its organic food, as well as allergy free food - focusing on staple items and things for on-the-go - Gluten Free items will probably hit the shelves first. So don't hit the steering wheel and curse the guy in front of you for missing your turn into Shaw's - just keep on going and dive into Moulton's again - you will love all the surprises inside! [website soon to come as well!]

Twins Smokeshop celebrates its 10th Anniversary this Sunday from 12-6pm in huge fashion. Since its opening in 1997, it has been drawing in the biggest cigar aficionados and now it's time to celebrate all that hard work with BBQ, live music and wine! Thought you were just going in to buy the best Cuban or the Never-Let-You-Down Ashton, look again and spot the Malbec staring at you in the corner, or the Green Mountain coffee wafting overhead, then go get yourself some BBQ!

Tickets including cigar are $45, and tickets for BBQ are only $25! Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood will be jammin', while door prizes are named and fingers are licked. Oh, did I mention it's BYOB - so fill the cooler and off you go!

[photo courtesy of www.Aston.com]

You just know this is my favorite time of year - when you can feel the cold mornings under your feet and al fresco dining in the warmed evening...love it. It also happens to be the time of year when there is so much going on all over this state...it's like NH tries to celebrate the coming of autumn with fests and feasts. So here goes...

10. If you like tape and paper...

9. If you like piglets, ox pulls and fry dough......a MUST

8. If you care about Downs...an annual must

7. If you've got a thing for the Scottish...

[photo courtesy of Scott DePanfillis]

6. If you like Frost-y evenings...

5. If you have High Hopes...

4. If you love ellis folk...

3. If you love dave's friend tim who can rip like none other...

2. If you enjoy menopause?!...

and

1. If you like to run your dogs...

[I'm thinking that was sort of a strange list?!]

Friday September 7th marks the opening night of the 48th Annual Antique Show and Sale for the First Congregational Church in Milford NH - it continues into Saturday as well. Furniture, glass, silver, linens, books and much more Americana will be on display and sold.

From 5pm-8pm on Friday, the show offers a new preview with refreshments for $10 admission price. Contact the Church for information [call the church at 673-3713].

OK, so I have to remind you one last time that Merrimack, NH's annual Cardboard Boat Race, to benefit the town library, is being held at Wasserman Park Saturday September 8th from 10am-4pm. Starting at 11 in the morning, continuous live entertainment, raffles, face painting, sand castle contests and a book sale will keep the entire family afloat [ha ha!] for the day.

Thursday September 6th, the Etz Hayim Synagogue in Derry, NH has figured out how to raise money for its building fund - raffle off Red Sox Championship Series Tickets! Brilliant! The winner of the raffle will get two front row seats in the center of the visitor's dugout for the first game of the Red Sox vs. ? Championship Series. For a measly $25 each, or 5 for $100, you can buy yourself a chance to witness their 2007 victory [no I am not being presumptuous] [Photo courtesy of NY Times]

Contact Laurie Medrek, Treasurer 603-432-9352 or email at Medrke9352@aol.com for this incredible opportunity.
(In the event the Red Sox do not make the playoffs, the winning ticket will receive $500 - still not too shabby!)

Kimberly

My daughter is getting married and decided on Church Landing at Mill Falls in Meredith, New Hamspshire. Before we sign, any input on this?... the other place was Wenthworth by the Sea. Thanks

Sharon

Hi Sharon -

It sounds like you are in a win-win situation. Both places are equally beautiful, professional and experienced. One thing you might consider are sleeping accomodations - in Meredith there are many options right on the bay and you can walk every where. Wentworth has plenty of rooms, but if a guest wanted otpions, they would be bound for Portsmouth and then you would involve driving. Both towns are vibrant with plenty to offer, so after all that maybe consider menus. If I had to pick I would choose Church Landinghttp://www.millfalls.com/inns/church_landing.htm. Good luck and remember, a wedding is about the marraige not the ceremony - all will be fine!

Thanks for writing -
Kimberly