I've been a Vermont inn owner for ten years and I still come across a few new inns each month that I've not heard of before. If memory serves, I think I read years ago that there are 1800 some...
Photo credit: www.central-vt.com/moose "Montpelier, Vermont, the nation's smallest capital city had an unexpected visitor Monday, July 19th as a moose wandered leisurely during the lunch hour. This picture was taken by an administrative assistant at Vermont State Housing...
Just received this interesting info in my e-mail. Looks like Obama’s getting ready to dig some more cash out of hard working people’s wallets to pay for his insurance program. Grab your...
If you're wondering what's going on in the state...
Come watch the US Soccer team play Algeria with us on Wednesday morning.
What: World Cup Viewing Party - US v. Algeria
When: Wednesday, June 23, 9:30 am
Where: Medium Conference Room
Who: You! + friends
What: Bald Eagle v Fennec...
I remember when the Sunday edition of the Burlington Free Press used to have 5 or 6 pages loaded to the hilt with jobs. This was back around 1999. IBM was booming and tech jobs were hotter than the...
If you're...
One of central Vermont's most popular events is taking place this weekend. The 31st annual Quechee Balloon Festival features about 20 hot air balloons which launch twice a day at 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. In some...
Stowe Alpine SlideThis Saturday, June 19, Stowe opens its summer attractions including my favorite, the Alpine Slide. This adventure starts with a chair lift ride to the top of Spruce Peak Mountain. At the top, you are given a plastic...
While just listening to On Point - my favorite public radio program - the topic dealt with the internet and wired lifestyle and the brain. The guests drew a couple of deep conclusions that actually verbalize something I have...
As I write this, it is late-May in Vermont and the temperatures today are pushing into the 90’s. Lilacs are still in bloom but won’t be around much longer in this hot weather. Despite the...
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I am taking my own advice to consolidate and prioritize and in doing so need to shift my energy to other areas right now. I am going to take some time away from my Vermont public relations business this...
I am often asked to consult and/or implement in this area and as my schedule continues to be insanely busy and I am committed to my own well being this summer and taking some time for myself and The Mitch,...
One of the new Vermont travel blogs I've been reading for the past few months is called Love Vermont. It's written by Katherine Kerrigan who describes herself as a "girl who fell in love with a state and a state...
Fear Not! It will be back! As I spend this snowy day with The Mitch doing wedding errands and long term preparations for our 2011 extravaganza, I think of the lovely spring we are having - minus the...
The New York Post calls it a "Facebook for Travelers." I call it an excellent transition for a travel writer using the online media industry to create a much more powerful tool than Trip Advisor to create interest and...
The Inn at the Round Barn is one of my favorite places in Vermont. It's in a beautiful valley a few minutes drive from the village of Waitsfield. It's not only a great place to stay but also the perfect...
Here's a great way to get a personalized tour of the most picturesque parts of Vermont and also get some help in photographing it all. It's like getting two for the price of one! Steve Mermelstein is a professional photographer...
As a follow-up to last week's posting about the Burlington VT Discover Jazz Festival, I wanted to add that the festival has a Facebook page and a Twitter account. They are a great way to keep up to date...
Usually, Easter is celebrated by attending a decadent Vermont brunch and this year we narrowed down the options to The Village Porch in Rochester, J. Morgan's at Capitol Plaza in Montpelier, Norma's Restaurant at Topnotch Resort in Stowe, or G's...
I love the Hampton Inn. I know I am supposed to support small business, but I also support well run business. And the Hampton Inn folks have done it right. Whenever they went through their last renovation,...
If it's not the world's first Twitter Pub Crawl, it definitely is Burlington VT's first. And who else but Magic Hat would put on such an event. It's scheduled for April 22, 2010 at 7:00 pm and it is structured...
UNIX, Python, jQuery, and git. Do you speak our language?
Developers at Medium will interface with a wide variety of technologies and platforms. Applicants should be comfortable in the UNIX development environment and with the following:...
CSS, HTML, Javascript, and Photoshop. Do you like to build the web?
Front-end Engineers at Medium breathe life into creative concepts and bridge the gap between the design and development teams. Applicants should be comfortable with creative...
The line up for this year's annual Burlington Discover Jazz Festival has been announced and ticket sales are available at the Flynn Center ticket website. This year's jazz performances start June 4 and go through June 13....
Approximately 100 quilts will be on display at the 12th annual Franklin County Quilt Show this weekend. You can find the show at the St. Albans City Hall, 100 North Main. St Albans is about 30 miles north of Burlington...
I love tea. This probably stems from my mom and I's post homework weeknight chats when I was in high school when she would bring me tea and we would gossip about all sorts of things. My dad...
Bob-White Systems Offers Micro-Dairy Technology, Equipment, & ServiceLocal, safe, organic, pasteurized, farm fresh milk can now be produced locally on Vermont farmsteads, homesteads, and micro-dairy farms using the technology, equipment, and services provided by Bob-White Systems.Bob-White Systems is bringing the...
Medium is looking for experienced Ruby on Rails programmers to join our development team. You should *really* like programming for the web, writing maintainable, sustainable code and have a strong desire to learn how to improve your skills. The work...
There are a lot of websites out there about New England travel. But there is one that is simply the best. And that's because it is managed, edited, and written by a public relations trained journalist who takes...
We're excited to present DevChatt, a free, technology-focused conference and expo for software developers, engineers, technologists and technology enthusiasts.
The conference takes place this Friday and Saturday, March 26-27 in various spaces on Main Street and...
I have been keeping my eyes and ear peeled for seeing if my prediction would come true about everyone so focused on social media that the commitment to quality starts to slip and I have seen it in my own...
A crazy cat lady is another talent to add to my interesting assortment of activities and shenanigans. In addition to relishing in this role with my award winning beast Fee, my vocal sour puss Tela, and my naughty bombing...
Why?I'll tell you why...I am not political, although I do know how the world should be run :). But my energies have to be on my life purpose and mission: to help people think out of the box by...
Hotel and other Vermont hospitality descriptions are often the brunt of jokes at the presentations I give around the state because they all use the same language and try very, very hard to tell potential visitors how "sophisticatedly unparalleled" they...
Attention businesses in Rutland and Killington, Vermont!!!In case you haven't heard, the awesome, fun, and rockin' band moe. is having their super rockin' winter/ski music festival snoe.down in Rutland/Killington this year March 26-28, 2010. This is the first year...
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