VIRTUAL NEW ENGLAND A Vernacular Tour With Links

Introduction

From New England? Stranded in some other place? Never even been to New England? Well, on this page, it doesn't matter, because you too can experience at least a smidgeon of what it is to live in New England. You'll get the newspapers, the towns, the stores, the food, and a lot more, all accessible through links or my own commentary. Also guaranteed: MAJOR LAUGHS!

Why read what I have to say? Well, up until Fall 1996, I'd lived in New England my whole life. I'm all of 23 years, I know, but still, that is something, isn't it? Anyway, growing up, I developed the native ability to complain, whine, and simultaneously brag about not only my home state (Massachusetts) but the region in general.

Since moving down to Georgia, I can't count the number of times I've bragged to someone about how "awful" something was, e.g. "Think that's a pothole? I'll show you a pothole! Back home we have ones that'll swallow your whole car!" And now, like it or not, it's time to hear me exercise these well-honed instincts for mixing fond affection, blatant whining, and -- dare I say it? -- exaggeration. On to the tour!

Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont

NOTE: If, in reading this, you think my English is sloppy, you're right. However, I don't want to hear you bitch at me. I wrote this way to mimic the way I talk -- the way I learned to talk in N.E. So I tell it like it is -- with broad strokes.