Ideas sightseeing Cape Cod/Boston in a very short time.
May 23rd, 2012, 06:40 PM
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re. poison ivy: My house sits on 2.75 acres of wooded gloriousness in Chatham and nobody, in the 50+ plus years of my living in the house, has Ever gotten a serious case of poison ivy! In our experience, many (most) (all) of our visitors spend most (all) of their time on the beach where there is no poison ivy but where there are sharks. The sharks have only one point (not three), which is to eat.
May 23rd, 2012, 06:55 PM
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ggreen, they can actually run a gamet of colors, mostly read, but yellow and orange also fall into place as the leaves turn, especially when you add oak and sumac to the mix. I have a lot in my woods, so see it climbing and spreading in the autumnal months and my landscaper is now treating it to keep it at bay. It is too dangerous for me to try to cut the vines off of some trees, even in the winter months.
Bowsprit? basta? I don't know what that means. Is that a compliment? How wonderful that your Chatham house doesn't have poison ivy/oak/sumac. But you must admit that it is rampant in the cape, especially in the dunes, as a person that has lived on the cape for over 50 years, you cannot deny what the authorities warn visitors about time and time again.
Well, anyway, I hope the OP has a great time planning the family trip. When you get closer to plans I look forward to offering further advice near whatever accomadations you choose. So nice that a fodorite offered to let you park the van at their house. Very cool.
Bowsprit? basta? I don't know what that means. Is that a compliment? How wonderful that your Chatham house doesn't have poison ivy/oak/sumac. But you must admit that it is rampant in the cape, especially in the dunes, as a person that has lived on the cape for over 50 years, you cannot deny what the authorities warn visitors about time and time again.
Well, anyway, I hope the OP has a great time planning the family trip. When you get closer to plans I look forward to offering further advice near whatever accomadations you choose. So nice that a fodorite offered to let you park the van at their house. Very cool.
May 23rd, 2012, 07:23 PM
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And don't forget to put out the word to visitors to watch out for the Browntail Moths up here! Oh my Goodness! Strange creatures and flora surrounding them at every turn! Oh my! (better head to Vegas, lookinglass)
May 23rd, 2012, 07:42 PM
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Thanks gomiki! I forgot that about Hallet's. Too bad!
I'm sorely tempted to tell OP to take a significant detour to Tiverton, RI, just for the ice cream at Gray's-! At least they're open year round...
// As for poison ivy, call me a wimp but I really dread it, especially in the fall. When I was a kid, I could roll in the stuff and not get a single mark - totally immune. Then one summer on the Cape when I was about 13, I got it without knowing it, and managed to spread it everywhere because I scratched it and mosquito bites indiscriminately. Geez, just writing this I can picture the field and the back of the house where it happened!
After that, I had a couple of really severe bouts of it. Twice they were in the fall, once when the leaves had changed to autumn hues, and once when the leaves were dried up - but the oil remained. I think it must have been growing on a stone wall I climbed over. That time, I unknowingly rubbed it on my *face*! More recently, my mother got a bad case after clearing out underbrush in her backyard. Ugh, it gives me the heeby-jeebies just thinking about it...
I'm sorely tempted to tell OP to take a significant detour to Tiverton, RI, just for the ice cream at Gray's-! At least they're open year round...
// As for poison ivy, call me a wimp but I really dread it, especially in the fall. When I was a kid, I could roll in the stuff and not get a single mark - totally immune. Then one summer on the Cape when I was about 13, I got it without knowing it, and managed to spread it everywhere because I scratched it and mosquito bites indiscriminately. Geez, just writing this I can picture the field and the back of the house where it happened!
After that, I had a couple of really severe bouts of it. Twice they were in the fall, once when the leaves had changed to autumn hues, and once when the leaves were dried up - but the oil remained. I think it must have been growing on a stone wall I climbed over. That time, I unknowingly rubbed it on my *face*! More recently, my mother got a bad case after clearing out underbrush in her backyard. Ugh, it gives me the heeby-jeebies just thinking about it...
May 23rd, 2012, 07:49 PM
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sigh. more poison ivy: I love the stuff on the dunes. It's hearty and it stops erosion. It's easily spotted, changes its 'spots' in the fall though and doesn't always have 3 leaves. It's obvious and often marked on walking trails. It's easily avoided. (stay away from the underbrush)
Ticks, however, will get ya. Check your body carefully!
Ticks, however, will get ya. Check your body carefully!
May 23rd, 2012, 08:41 PM
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Actually blowing off Boston completely and all my other suggestions. . . which were fabulous. . . . . could work too.
Those that suggested Tiverton and Newport RI. . . The trees, the landscapes. And the impact of history and how the tenement lords built their summer mansions. . . there is plenty of history both nautical and otherwise
Tiverton and Newport would be interesting places to visit, plenty going on in Newport year round Mansion wise, and could be lucrative for the jazz duo to investigate new venues.
So many right answers to your dilemna.
Those that suggested Tiverton and Newport RI. . . The trees, the landscapes. And the impact of history and how the tenement lords built their summer mansions. . . there is plenty of history both nautical and otherwise
Tiverton and Newport would be interesting places to visit, plenty going on in Newport year round Mansion wise, and could be lucrative for the jazz duo to investigate new venues.
So many right answers to your dilemna.
May 23rd, 2012, 08:44 PM
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I'm not sure what the sighing is about. Is p.i. a frequent topic/complaint in Cape threads in the forums? This is the first I've seen it mentioned.
FWIW, poison ivy is not just on dunes and not always marked - I guess that was the point I was trying to get across in recounting my early experiences from before I knew what to look for. But you're right, the chance the OP and family will encounter it in a day and a half out of Hyannis is pretty low.
And Hallet's is not Hershey's ice cream. It used to be Hood and now it's home made from Richardson's dairy - not shabby ice cream by far. Back when they served Hood, it wasn't ever so much about the quality of the ice cream as about the character of the place in which you ordered it. I'll be interested to see what it's like now that they're reopening.
Bowsprit, do you have recommendation(s) for good ice cream during the off-season on the Cape? My longstanding favorite, the Four Seas, is not open past mid-September.
FWIW, poison ivy is not just on dunes and not always marked - I guess that was the point I was trying to get across in recounting my early experiences from before I knew what to look for. But you're right, the chance the OP and family will encounter it in a day and a half out of Hyannis is pretty low.
And Hallet's is not Hershey's ice cream. It used to be Hood and now it's home made from Richardson's dairy - not shabby ice cream by far. Back when they served Hood, it wasn't ever so much about the quality of the ice cream as about the character of the place in which you ordered it. I'll be interested to see what it's like now that they're reopening.
Bowsprit, do you have recommendation(s) for good ice cream during the off-season on the Cape? My longstanding favorite, the Four Seas, is not open past mid-September.
May 24th, 2012, 02:58 AM
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Back to the trip. In Hyannis, across the road from the hotel where Grand Cru is located, just past Cumberland Farms gas station, is Cooke's Seafood, consistently rated one of the best on the Cape and reasonably priced as seafood goes. They now remain open until Thanksgiving. I strongly recommend them. Many of the waterfront seafood joints will have closed by the time you are there.
May 24th, 2012, 05:23 PM
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Bowsprit, do you have recommendation(s) for good ice cream during the off-season on the Cape?
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Nope. Sorry.
re. Hallett's: Yes, you're right it was Hood. Not wonderful. The atmosphere is 'Olde Time Cape Cod' at Hallett's,'tis true.
My 'sigh' simply marked my impatience before your reply re. the likelihood of a visitor having a serious encounter with 'PI': "But you're right, the chance the OP and family will encounter it in a day and a half out of Hyannis is pretty low."
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Nope. Sorry.
re. Hallett's: Yes, you're right it was Hood. Not wonderful. The atmosphere is 'Olde Time Cape Cod' at Hallett's,'tis true.
My 'sigh' simply marked my impatience before your reply re. the likelihood of a visitor having a serious encounter with 'PI': "But you're right, the chance the OP and family will encounter it in a day and a half out of Hyannis is pretty low."
May 25th, 2012, 08:04 AM
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Boston is an incredible city. You will be glad if you visit it.
The only two hotels we have stayed in there are:
1. Marriott Courtyard in Brookline (a great walking neighborhood with restaurants, shops, and T-station right there). This hotel offers underground 'secure' parking for a fee.
2. The Park Plaza, which is an historic building downtown, right near the Freedom Trail, the harbor, etc. Valet parking is expensive there, but there is also a parking structure across the street. This hotel gets bad reviews for some smallish rooms, but we stayed on the concierge level to get a larger room, which was well worth the extra cost. Because at the time, the hotel offered a complete breakfast buffet on the concierge level, and a full cocktail hour with appetizers each evening (enough for a light meal). Plus a concierge desk is on that floor for personal assistance.
(In any event, I suggest you haul the expensive musical equipment up to your hotel room.)
The only two hotels we have stayed in there are:
1. Marriott Courtyard in Brookline (a great walking neighborhood with restaurants, shops, and T-station right there). This hotel offers underground 'secure' parking for a fee.
2. The Park Plaza, which is an historic building downtown, right near the Freedom Trail, the harbor, etc. Valet parking is expensive there, but there is also a parking structure across the street. This hotel gets bad reviews for some smallish rooms, but we stayed on the concierge level to get a larger room, which was well worth the extra cost. Because at the time, the hotel offered a complete breakfast buffet on the concierge level, and a full cocktail hour with appetizers each evening (enough for a light meal). Plus a concierge desk is on that floor for personal assistance.
(In any event, I suggest you haul the expensive musical equipment up to your hotel room.)
May 27th, 2012, 01:35 AM
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Thanks for the hotel suggestions PeaceOut. I will check them out. I don't know if you remember the Hammond organ from the 60's and 70's era, but my DD plays one of those. They are super heavy take a lot to shift and they won't be taking it into the hotel room. The SIL's guitar on the other hand goes everywhere with him so won't be left in the van.
May 27th, 2012, 07:02 AM
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Please get in touch with me at socialworker71 at gmail.com if at any point you decide that you want to use our driveway for parking your van, nelsonian.
Is the organ the only other equipment besides the guitar? No speakers, amplifiers, etc? The organ does not sound so enticing to thieves, (for what I know about music gear, which is nothing!) but I do remember a story in the Globe from some years back where all of a musician's equipment was stolen from his vehicle.
Is the organ the only other equipment besides the guitar? No speakers, amplifiers, etc? The organ does not sound so enticing to thieves, (for what I know about music gear, which is nothing!) but I do remember a story in the Globe from some years back where all of a musician's equipment was stolen from his vehicle.
