Monthly Archives: August 2010

Saturday was Day One of northwestern Vermont’s annual celebration of Famous Pork Boners, Bloomin’ Onions and the opportunity to view a pumpkin the size of a Volkswagen — aka, the 2010 Champlain Valley Fair. I love the fair because it’s the only … Continue reading →

Speaking as a parent, I am really glad that someone finally attached an engine from a Phantom fighter jet to a big yellow school bus. It’s about time we had a bus that could reach 371 miles per hour. The visionary … Continue reading →

While the world was focused on the World Cup and national soccer supremacy this summer, the most intense competition of any sort may actually have been occurring off the coast of Washington state at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. It … Continue reading →

Earlier this summer I had one of those moments that was both humbling and reassuring. I was in Italy and I was biking alone up the sort of Tuscan hill that is perfect if it’s the 14th century and you … Continue reading →

Given the role that well-aged cheddar has long played in the history of competitive sculling, it was inevitable that eventually Cabot Cheese would enter a couple of boats in next Sunday’s annual Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival at Waterfront Park … Continue reading →