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Pops by the Sea
Sunday, August 1
Pops
by the Sea is
Cape Cod's single
largest cultural event and is celebrating its 25th anniversary
this year! The annual concert
on Hyannis Village Green is the only Cape Cod appearance of Keith Lockhart
and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. This year’s special celebrity
guest conductor will be the sensational Idina Menzel.
Ms. Menzel is a Broadway
powerhouse and winner of multiple Tony Awards. She played Elphaba in the
international blockbuster Wicked and will be performing hits from
Wicked as well as Rent. The program will also include the Cape
Cod premiere of “The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers,”
honoring Massachusetts native sons John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy.
Pre-show entertainment features prominent local musical performers prior to
the main performance by the Pops.
Your package includes
shuttle transportation to the Hyannis Village Green (from DENNIS or HYANNIS
only), reserved festival seating for the show
and a delicious box picnic lunch to enjoy during the performance.
Avoid the
traffic and parking nightmares downtown with this stress-free way to enjoy a
classic Cape tradition!
$ 70
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Block Island Cruise, Island tour & Lobster Bake
Friday, August 6
Explore
beautiful Block Island, with its picturesque scenery of bluffs and gently
rolling hills, grassy moors and bayberry covered fields. The island is known for
its nature walks, great beaches, wildflowers, historic lighthouses, and miles of
stone walls and rolling terrain. Only 12 miles off the coast of Rhode Island,
Block Island has been referred to as the "Bermuda of the North" with old
New England charm. We will take the morning ferry to Block Island, where we
will enjoy a tour of the island and a New England Lobster Bake on the
front porch of the National Hotel, which overlooks the harbor and the
Atlantic, including clam chowder, salad, steamed lobster (or filet mignon),
mussels, potatoes & corn on the cob. You will have free time to explore the
island on your own before our return ferry departs.
$ 119
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Boothbay Harbor & the Spruce Point Inn Resort & Spa
Sunday, August 8 – Tuesday, August 10
You
will fall in love with this beautiful waterfront resort, ranked by Conde
Nast Traveler as one of the 50 top American getaways. The regular rate
for these rooms is $ 299 per night! I worked closely with the
sales staff to find a date and pricing that works for us both, so don’t miss
this opportunity! Located on 57 beautifully and naturally landscaped acres on
Boothbay Harbor, you’ll find lush gardens, sweeping views of the Atlantic
Ocean, gorgeous rooms, an award-winning restaurant and loads of
activities. There is a full service spa with private garden and hot tub,
fitness room, two pools - an WATERFRONT saltwater pool and
heated freshwater pool, three whirlpool spas, tennis courts, croquet,
shuffleboard, horseshoes, a putting green, kayaking, fishing and bike riding
available on the property (there is an additional charge for spa treatments).
We’ll enjoy a narrated 1-hour Boothbay Harbor & lighthouse cruise and an
authentic Downeast Maine TWIN Lobster clambake on Cabbage Island,
cooked in seaweed, covered and steamed from top to bottom to capture all the
flavor and sweetness of Maine lobsters and clams. This authentic meal includes
fish chowder, TWO luscious lobsters, tender steamed clams, corn on the
cob, onion, Maine potatoes, blueberry cake and coffee or tea (cash bar is
available). We’ll take a guided tour of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens,
where you’ll find stunning ornamental gardens, exceptional natural beauty,
waterfalls, and incomparable stonework and sculpture set along the rocky coast
of Maine. You’ll have free time for lunch and shopping in downtown Boothbay
Harbor before our coach takes us back to enjoy the afternoon at the resort,
or you can remain downtown and take the hotel shuttle back when you’re
ready. We’ll be treated to a BBQ dinner at the resort, including
baby-back spare-ribs, BBQ chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, and much more.
Before returning to the Cape, we’ll stop for lunch and great discount outlet
shopping in Freeport at L.L. Bean’s, with discount coupons from
the Freeport Merchants included.
Package Includes:
Two nights at the Spruce Point Inn Resort & Spa, two buffet breakfasts, harbor &
lighthouse cruise, Cabbage Island twin lobster Clambake, BBQ dinner at the
resort, tour of Botanical gardens, shopping in Freeport with Merchants coupon
package.
$ 499 per person, double occupancy
$ 180 single supplement
www.sprucepointinn.com www.cabbageislandclambakes.com www.mainegardens.org
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Concord’s Literary Past
Thursday, August 12
We
will visit Emerson House, the home of Ralph Waldo Emerson. The house was
a center for meetings of Emerson and his friends, and still contains original
furniture and Emerson's memorabilia. It was here that Emerson wrote his famous
essays "The American Scholar" and "Self Reliance," and that he entertained
Bronson,
Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, and many
others. Enjoy Orchard House, home of Louisa May Alcott. Here she wrote
her classic work, “Little Women” and also set Little Women in this home, causing
guests to comment that "a visit to Orchard House is like walking through the
book”. Next we’ll visit The Wayside, the only home owned by Nathaniel
Hawthorne, author of “The Scarlet Letter”, and “The House of the Seven
Gables”. Before Hawthorne bought it, the house belonged to Louisa May Alcott’s
family and is currently preserved by children's author Margaret Sidney. The
Wayside is the only National Historic Landmark lived in by three literary
families. Before departing Concord we’ll stop at The Concord Museum
the one place where all of Concord's remarkable past is brought to life. The
Concord Museum collection is a distinguished one containing numerous examples of
17th, 18th, and 19th-century decorative arts, all with histories linking them to
Concord. Lunch at the historic Colonial Inn is included (choice of their
famous Chicken Pot Pie or Baked Salmon) originally built in 1716 as the home of
one of Concord’s first settlers, and then home to Henry David Thoreau.
$ 99
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Cape Cod Canal Jazz Cruise
Sunday,
August 15
We will begin with a tour of the Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center, lead by a Park Ranger. Topics will include the Canal’s features and how the Corps ensures safe navigation through the waterway. It includes real-time radar and camera images of vessels transiting the Canal. We will also watch the 20 minute film presentation “Canal Story,” to learn about the history and operation of the canal. It includes historic photos of the Canal’s construction and reconstruction. Afterwards, we will enjoy a delicious lunch at the Dan’l Webster Inn. Then board our ship for a 3-hour Dixieland Jazz Cruise on the Cape Cod Canal. While listening to the live Dixieland jazz by Lee Childs’ Bourbon Street Parader’s, you will see many points of interest on the Canal, including Taylor Point, Mass Maritime Academy Training ship, Gray Gables and more.
$ 95
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Schooner Lannon
Tuesday, August 17
Enjoy
lunch at Gloucester House Restaurant (choice of baked haddock or
stuffed chicken breast), then take a two hour narrated cruise aboard the
schooner Lannon to get a taste for what it was like to sail on a fishing
schooner a hundred years ago. Relax on the deck of this beautiful 65-foot
schooner as she sails out of Gloucester harbor. Some of the sights we will
see in the harbor area are Ten Pound Island and lighthouse, Watch House Point
Fort, Hammond Castle, and Eastern Point Light. We’ll stop in Rockport, MA
for shopping and to see the scenery that has inspired many painters,
boutiques, restaurants and artists galleries.
$ 105
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“How Sweet It Is!” Matunuck Oyster Farm, Lobsterbake Lunch & Riverboat Cruise
Saturday, August 21
Travel
with us to Rhode Island where we will visit Matunuck Oyster Farm and
learn about sustainable aquaculture and the farming of local shellfish.
During our tour of the farm we will see many different shellfish in various
stages of growth. Then we’ll don our waders (optional) to get an up
close and personal look at the oyster farm and literally immerse ourselves
in the process of shellfish farming! Before departing the farm we will be
treated to an oyster & champagne tasting. After our morning on the farm
enjoy a lobster lunch with all the fixings (or choose prime rib) including
clam chowder, clam cakes, shrimp cocktail & corn at Cap’n Jack’s
Restaurant in Wakefield. Top the day off with a relaxing narrated
riverboat cruise. This cruise gives you an opportunity to see some of the
most beautiful scenery in all of New England! You’ll view the Historic Point
Judith Lighthouse, the protected waters of the Harbor of Refuge, a
working fishing port, as well as a glimpse of Block Island.
$ 125
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Waterfire
Saturday, August 28
Waterfire
has become a true New England summer classic. Enjoy a guided bus tour of
Providence, including historic Benefit Street. Then enjoy time for dinner
(on your own) on Federal Hill or at Providence Place Mall before
experiencing "Waterfire." Nearly 100 bonfires illuminate the waters of
Providence River during this magical outdoor event. Walk the cobbled
riverbank walkways leading to Waterplace Park as the fire-stokers glide
through the water in gondolas, lighting the wooden fires. The dramatic
fires dance on the waters and fill the air with the scent of burning cedar logs
as music from a variety of cultures and rhythms echo from the Venetian-style
bridges.
$ 55
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St Anthony’s Festival
Sunday, August 29
For
nearly a century Saint Anthony's Feast has been celebrated in the North End of
Boston during the last weekend of August. Begun by Italian immigrants from
Montefalcione, Italy, in 1919, it has become the largest Italian Religious
Festival in New England. Italian foods, a grand parade at noon, festivities,
games and continuous entertainment highlight this exceptional Feast on the
beautifully-decorated Endicott and Thatcher streets in the heart of Boston's
historic North End.
$ 55
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September 2 – Red Sox at Baltimore’s Camden Yards & Washington DC
Tuesday, August 31 - Thursday, September 2
Cheer
on the Red Sox from out excellent seats at Camden Yards (sections 214 & 258),
take a guided tour of Washington DC and visit the exciting new museum in
DC, the Newseum, on this getaway! The Newseum is a 250,000-square-foot
museum of “news” that blends five centuries of news history with
up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits. You can sit in the “hot
seat” and be the reporter in the interactive newsroom, experience the Berlin
wall when you stand next to eight 12-foot tall sections of the Berlin Wall
and it’s 3-story guard tower, visit the 9/11 gallery, view a
collection of Pulitzer-winning photos, and see
"Press Box: The History of Sports
Reporting," a 25-minute
documentary with some of the greatest moments in sports history. You will LOVE
this museum and the phenomenal view from the rooftop deck of the Capital.
Our guide will meet us for a four-hour tour of Washington DC to see the
Lincoln, Korean War, World War II and Vietnam Memorials, and have a
photo stop at the White House. Those that have toured the city before can
enjoy some free time at the Smithsonian Museums. Package Includes: Two
nights accommodations at the Four Points Sheraton BWI Hotel, two full
breakfasts, baggage handling, two ball games at Camden Yards, guided tour of DC,
Newseum admission.
$ 449 per person, double occupancy, $ 115 single supplement
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