The smell of woodsmoke wafting from a backyard is one of the surest signs of summer. Whether you’re throwing an elaborate bash or just cooking up dogs and burgers for the fam, the first step is usually buying a bag of charcoal and dusting off the grill. Grilling is a big part of Good Grocery,…
2020 was the year of the chicken. Specifically, it was the year of the baby chicken, purchased in late March by people who suddenly found themselves with more time on their hands, newfound concern about food security and a need to focus on something other than the deadly pandemic sweeping through the country. Chicks, like…
Given the abundance of notable events in a life — 35 years and counting in my case, everything from the last episode of “Seinfeld” to COVID-19 — you might assume that the Ridiculous Deck Guy would have been quickly displaced from memory, tossed into the dustbin of forgetfulness. Nope. Though my encounter with him was…
Most people do everything they can to keep rabbits out of their gardens. “I’m the only person I know who put a bunny in their garden,” Audrey Bernstein said with an expressive shrug during a conversation at her Poker Hill Flower Farm in Underhill. The accomplished singer and voice coach is also probably the only…
If you didn’t know it was there, you’d most likely miss the little house at 32 Peru Street. Ditto the diminutive dwellings at 31 North Union, 79 Lakeview and 52 Ward in Burlington’s Old North End. All are sandwiched between or tucked behind larger, more imposing properties in the Queen City’s most diverse and densely…
Carol Stenberg has lived in her New North End home in Burlington for three decades, but only in the past few years did the 65-year-old architect consider where she wanted to spend her later life. With a partner in southern Vermont and a professional practice mostly in Maine, she wanted to keep a base in…
It’s summertime, and the livin’ is easy … or at least a lot easier now that Vermonters have nearly beat back the coronavirus, masks are off and hugging is OK again. Also, sunshine. Some of us are finally scheduling trips to visit long-unseen relatives or vacation in some exotic locale. But often the best place…
