Posted on October 15, 2009 in Community Highlights
If there’s an upside to these autumn cold fronts, it’s that ski resorts across the country have been enjoying their earliest openings on record. With options--and snowdrifts--growing by the day, where will you head for fall’s first run?.. Continue reading IgoUgo Members Rate Resorts Open for Fall Skiing
Posted on September 30, 2009 in Community Highlights
When he concluded one of history’s most famous trips, little did Christopher Columbus know his October arrival in the New World was perfectly timed; today the weekend that commemorates his trip is an ideal excuse for a fall getaway... Continue reading 6 Columbus Day Trips Recommended by IgoUgo Members
Posted on September 22, 2009 in Community Highlights
We’ve never been so happy to see summer go. Not that we didn’t celebrate its holidays and bask on its beaches—we did, and loved it—it’s just that this year, fall’s foliage is expected to be unusually vibrant across the country... Continue reading 10 Favorite Fall Foliage Drives
Posted on June 26, 2009 in Community Highlights
For the first time since early 2008, longtime member berky is back, bringing us journals from down south in New England—south of berky’s Canada home, that is. We love her picks for things to do in North Conway, New Hampshire, among other places... Continue reading A Canadian in New England: berky's Favorite Places
Posted on February 2, 2009 in Community Highlights
It’s Groundhog Day all over again, and six more weeks of winter have been decreed. On the bright side, that’s ample time for a ski trip, and we love the new piste picks from Lenuca, ScarlettO, Huggins, and Rigoulene—one is even called Badger Pass... Continue reading Six More Weeks of Winter? Let's All Go Skiing!
Posted on December 23, 2008 in Community Highlights
As a pre-holiday treat, two IgoUgo members whisked their respective families away to kid-friendly locales. Get tips for family trips as cool grandmother zabelle spills the (Boston baked) beans and mh75 takes a bite out of (chocolate in) Hershey, PA... Continue reading History and Hot Chocolate: Kid-Friendly Getaways
Posted on August 22, 2008 in Community Highlights
Intellectuals and innovators have always made tracks to Boston, and the latest IgoUgo member to visit is no different. While a schoolgirl crush inspired her first trip, her many returns trail a newer passion: Boston in winter. Revolutionary, indeed... Continue reading IgoUgo's Week in Travel: Make Way for Boston
Posted on June 18, 2008 in Community Highlights
From socialite-studded Southampton to family-packed Ocean City, it can be difficult to claim a spot at the beach—or anywhere else—before Labor Day in the Northeast. To help, IgoUgo members name favorite places short on crowds and commute time... Continue reading Alternative Northeast: 15 Summer Getaways
Posted on March 21, 2008 in Features
Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber went to Tuscany to start a dance company, but they ended up with the seeds for a successful osteria in Vermont, too. The husband-and-wife team explain how (and where!) to find your own passion for food... Continue reading Pane e Salute: Bringing Tuscany to Vermont
Posted on October 18, 2007 in Community Highlights
If you’re thinking about visiting Boston, go this weekend: Sox fans are cheering, fall leaves are peaking, and the Head of the Charles Regatta rows into town... Continue reading Boston Welcomes the Head of the Charles
Posted on September 19, 2007 in Features
Every summer, IgoUgo Editor Charlie Davidson and his family spend their time off watching the sunsets on the idyllic beaches of Nantucket. This year, he spent 10 not-always-sunny days on this island where, as the locals say, fog happens... Continue reading Postcard from Nantucket: A Sea-Food Diet
Posted on August 28, 2007 in Features
A non-traditional wedding in a traditional New England beach town provided IgoUgo Project Manager Cia B. the excuse she needed to continue her summer lobster-roll bender. She liked 'Gansett's rolls almost as much as she liked its laid-back attitude... Continue reading Postcard from Narragansett: A Not-So-White Summer
Posted on May 17, 2007 in Features
What would you do with a day back on your old turf? Facing this question in Boston, an IgoUgo editor mixes some old favorites with a sampling of new ones, making her question why she’d ever left—as all the best visits should... Continue reading Postcard from Boston: The 1-Day Way