Posts in category 'Just For Fun'
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Summer Isn't Summer Without An Ice Cream Cone!
When I was a kid, admittedly a long time ago, 15 cents would buy a cone from the window at The Puritan on the Daniel Webster Highway in Manchester, this after an afternoon of swimming across the DW at Livingston Pool.
Back then, vanilla, chocolate, coffee, and strawberry were the staple flavors, with maybe a buttercrunch or maple pecan on the menu for the more adventurous kids. The cold ice cream and crispy cone on the walk home made the afternoon for us — sun kissed and smelling of chlorine — so much sweeter.
There is still nothing like spending a day in or around water that isn't more special if it ends with a cone to enjoy on the way home.
Most towns and cities across the state have one or more ice cream shops and you most likely have your favorites, but it's always fun to find a new scoop shop.
Check out the New Hampshire Ice Cream Trail, produced by Granite State Dairy Promotion. The trail features around 50 ice cream shops scattered across the state, listed by region. Pick up your map at any participating shop, collect the stamps and earn prizes.
Mount Washington Valley
The Barnyard Scoop Ice Cream Shop at Sherman Farm in Center Conway is about more than the ice cream, although with 18 flavors it's a great shop to visit for a cone, frappe, sundae, fun toppings and fresh berry sauces. Kids will love the farm-themed play area with goats to pat, corn hole to play and a giant Jenga, too.
The handmade ice cream at McKaella's Sweet Shop on Route 16 in North Conway is made on-site using New Hampshire milk, cream and eggs. If you've ever wanted to try maple-bacon ice cream this is the go-to place. Standard flavors and specialty ice creams like Strawberry Fireworks made with Pop Rocks make it hard to decide what to order, which could mean a return trip!
Find your favorite soft serve or hard ice cream at Trails End Ice Cream's two locations: in Intervale across from the Scenic Vista on Route 16 and at Settler's Green in North Conway. Along with cones Trails End features sundaes, banana splits, smoothies, shakes and hand packed pints. Sprinkles and smiles are free!
Lakes Region & Central New Hampshire
Kellerhaus in Weirs Beach is the oldest (1906) ice cream and candy maker in New Hampshire. All the ice cream is made on-site, and beyond the cones in standard and unique flavors, Kellerhaus offers a make-your-own-sundae topping bar. The Colossus features a 10-scoop sundae with all the toppings — probably best enjoyed by a group of friends!
Choose from pints, quarts and cones at Idle A While Antiques and Ice Cream in Bridgewater. The unique combo of ice cream treats and antiques makes it a must-stop destination for anyone exploring the countryside on an antiquing weekend.
Enjoy views of Mount Moosilauke at Moose Scoops Ice Cream in Warren. The ice cream shop serves up scoops of both Giffords of Maine hard and Hatchland Farms soft ice creams.
White Mountains & Great North Woods
Super Secret Ice Cream is a secret no more! Located on Bethlehem's Main Street, Super Secret is a farm-to-cone shop and promises that "no weird stuff" goes into their ice cream, just New Hampshire milk and cream and ingredients made in their kitchen or sourced from local farms and trusted partners. Scoops, pints, ice cream sandwiches and more with flavors changing on a regular basis.
Wicked Good Dairy Delites at Hatchland Farm in North Haverhill is dairy farmer-owned. Ice cream is made on-site with 100 percent New Hampshire milk and cream. The ice cream menu includes hard and soft serve ice creams, shakes, floats, sundaes, frazzles, toppings & more.
If you're hoping to spot a moose or two during your summer adventuring, head to Moose Alley on Route 3 in Pittsburg at the tip-top of the state where you'll have more than a fair chance of spotting one of the gangly creatures. You may or may not see a moose, but your trip will certainly be sweeter with a cone from Moose Alley Cones at the Partridge Cabins in Pittsburg. Moose Alley Cones serves Hershey's ice cream along with frappes, banana splits and "for those who like a challenge a banana bucket!"
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Nurturing Your Inner Child
Real Estate Corner - VIBE MAGAZINE Spring 2023
By Bernadette Donohue, Contributing Author & REALTOR®
Nurturing Your Inner Child
Could an amusing and thought-provoking conundrum really be the true meaning of life? Recently, as I was showing a charmingly adorned vacation home, a seemingly silly wall hanging caught my eye. It said, "What if the Hokey Pokey Really Is What It's All About?" As I pondered this whimsical question, it began to resonate with me on a deeper level, filling me with a profound sense of...
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5 Tried and True Holiday Cookie Recipes
National Bake Cookies Day is a wonderful way to celebrate the impending holidays while you're looking at gorgeous Berlin homes for sale. This delightful day is right around the corner on December 18, so our real estate agents
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Events We Are Proud To Help With on Saturday - September 17, 2022
At Badger Peabody & Smith Realty, we are proud to be active participants in our community. There are so many events in the areas we serve every weekend and we are pleased to be able to sponsor and participate in many of them! Here are a few events we are helping with this Saturday, September 17, 2022.
The American Red Cross is having a blood draw at Little Antlers Learning Center in Plymouth, NH and we are pleased to be a part of it as a sponsor along with Mid-State Health Center. As of this writing, only 10 appointments remained to give the gift of life - so sign up today! Sue Sampson in our Plymouth office is heading up the team effort for this and if you'd l...
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You're Invited! Badger Peabody & Smith Realty - Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ!
You're Invited! Badger Peabody & Smith Realty is having an Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ!
We couldn't do what we do without you... our customers and community! Please join us at our Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ on Friday, July 8th from 4 to 7pm at our Franconia office on 383 Main Street.
Come to say hello, meet some new faces and enjoy something to eat from the grill.
We look forward to seeing you and offering our thanks.
EVERYONE is welcome.
*Rain or Shine - We'll be under a tent.
