By Jonathan Brink

Here are some photo highlights from recent whale watches since June 10th.

Looking down the back of an endangered finback whale! Note the light-colored markings known as the blaze and chevron, markings that help to ID individuals. Photo: HWWC

The powerful exhalation or blow of a finback whale, second largest animal on earth! The fastest of our baleen whales, this animal is gassing up before a deeper dive. Photo: HWWC

We were seeing the "dark side" of this finback whale! Finback whales are bilaterally asymmetrical.

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By Don Kleiner

Nature Exploration Canoe Trips have been popular for the last couple of weeks. On some of those trips I make it a point to catch a few fish and today’s trip was no exception. It took some trying but a few fish eventually cooperated.

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Big news for our friends at the Nejaimes Lenox Wine Cellar – they have doubled the size of their store. That can only mean one thing: More GREAT wine and beverage selections.

We have been sending our guests there for years, for great wine – often with their $30 gift cards in hand as a part of the Hampton Terrace Romantic Getaway Weekend Special. 

The Romantic Getaway Weekend Special begins at $229/night and includes: 

• Hampton Terrace’s trademark “Gilded Age glamour” and an experience Traditional
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Take me away to the Berkshires!

Oh. My. Goodness. A massive -- and I do mean gargantuan -- performing arts festival is set to explode in Boston. The first-ever Outside the Box will take place over nine days in July and bring 200 ...

Summer like a Boston Insider!

By Don Kleiner

The last few days have been more than warm enough for me. No fan of the heat in the first place I am ready to spend my days in the cellar when temperatures are in the eighties, today it is ninety in the office with the fan running.  I tell folks that we have ten days in the winter when it is too cold to go outside and tend days in the summer when it is too hot to go outside, these are a few of those ten. It is summer though and I actually get to spend my days on an adventure of some sort.

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There is a special place in my heart for Revere Beach. Among my earliest memories are summertime visits to the magical place. For folks who are not from the area as well as locals not old enough to ...

Summer like a Boston Insider!

Sure, you know about the Boston Pops Fourth of July Concert and fireworks extravaganza. And there's a good chance you know about Chowderfest. But did you know that Boston Harborfest, a six-day ...

Summer like a Boston Insider!

By Don Kleiner

I have been hearing rumors of stripers in the Saint George and after a great morning on the Kennebec with Captain George Harris on Tuesday I was pretty excited to give it a try. The good news is that yes there are a few the bad news is that for the moment it is like the last few summers the fish are spotty and take a lot of effort to find.

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Tanglewood continues to expand its brand with another pop show in its roster.  August 19th at 7pm, Josh Ritter, and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals come to the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood’s storied Lenox campus.

The show opens with Josh Ritter, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and author. Ritter is in the midst of a bit of a musical rebirth. Historically he has written his work on the guitar, but his more recent works move beyond the guitar and result in a complex collection of songs...

Take me away to the Berkshires!

By Don Kleiner

Perfect blue skies a moderate northerly breeze, warm temperatures and we had the place to ourselves. Unless you count a few eagles, an otter, a muskrat and a number of smaller birds. We even stopped by a beaver lodge and smelled the castor that gives beavers their name.

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