Mexicans honor their dead relatives and friends during Dia de Muertos by visiting cemeteries, spending time with the souls of the departed and giving them offerings and saying prayers to them.My mom was a Spanish teacher, and she loved teaching her...
Take a turn onto Brandy Brook Avenue from the main road that heads into Saranac Lake, and you'll find a large dirt lot and a modest building with a smartly-decorated-but-otherwise-unassuming facade. Behind the building's rustic exterior, a little bit...
An initiation hike I had some friends visit this past weekend, and so like I often do with first time visitors, I took them on a hike up Baker Mountain. The mile-long hike is relatively easy and the payoff view from the top is splendid. Wren, my dog,...
Learn from a local father and paddle sport business owner how he spends a day on the water with his family!
Don't stay inside this winter Climbing a mountain in the winter requires a lot of preparation and a bunch of gear. It's fun, beautiful, and rewarding but it's also a lot of work. The good news is snowshoeing doesn't have to be hard. In fact, if you...
This coming weekend - specifically Friday, Sept. 27 through Sunday, Sept. 29 - artists around the northern Adirondacks will throw open the doors to their studios and invite us in for this year's version of Artist at Work Studio Tour. Each year on this...
Is it possible that one of the world's oldest sweeteners could turn out to be one of the healthiest? New research is shedding light on the possibilities of one of the world's oldest treats; maple syrup. Maple has been enjoyed in the Adirondacks for...
It was warm when we left the house..."Why don't we just have a fire in the backyard? Then we could sleep in our bed afterward," Eric suggested. I shrugged, trying to come up with a good reason to sleep on the cold, hard ground instead of our nice warm...
As the fall foliage drifts away into the history books and winter is still a few weeks away, some ask what we do for fun during the in-between time? We fully embrace the arts and indoor events this time of year! Of course we still get outdoors as...
Whether you like dogs or love dogs, there is no breed quite like the Adirondog. Known not for its purity of form but rather its purity of heart and love of adventure, dogs that enter (or live within) the Blue Line all qualify as Adirondogs. Some...
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