November

Day Trips

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November Day Trips

These days we are all looking for ways to trim our budget and with the holidays just around the corner that can be a real challenge. So how can you give your family & friends one of kind, personalized gifts without blowing your budget? Gift baskets! On this trip we will learn the art of selecting and assembling the perfect basket for every occasion! We will start the day with a visit to G & L Christmas & Gift Barn in Windsor, CT. Watch a gift basket making demonstration where we will receive valuable tips on selecting gifts, basket arrangement and presentation, and a cooking demo featuring some of their many local food products. Then explore the 14 room barn filled to the brim with unique gifts, Christmas decorations and crafts and sample some of their cheeses, dips & mulled cider. To get your basket started everyone will receive a $5 gift card! Next head to Publick House for a hardy New England lunch with choice of roast turkey or Yankee Pot roast. After lunch, the Publick House’s renowned chefs will delight us with a cooking demonstration that will be valuable during the upcoming holiday entertaining season. Finally, we will step back in time with a visit to the Old Country Store & Emporium. Throughout 175 years of continuous operation, it has been a landmark of West Mansfield Village; this quaint country store is chock-full of gifts, candles, crafts, knick-knacks and decorative accessories. Still stuck for gift basket ideas? We’ll bring along several books filled with gift basket ideas for you to look through while you’re on the trip, and we’ll raffle off two books during the bus ride back to the Cape. Give yourself the perfect gift – a day filled with shopping, food & fun with friends, all while making a dent in your holiday shopping! $ 85

Cameron Mackintosh presents a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, LES MISÉRABLES, with glorious new staging and dazzlingly reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. This new production has been acclaimed by critics, fans and new audiences and is breaking box office records wherever it goes. The New York Times calls this LES MISÉRABLES “an unquestionably spectacular production from start to finish.” The London Times hails the new show “a five star hit, astonishingly powerful.” The storytelling is clearer, the perspective grittier and the motivations more honest. Based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel, LES MISÉRABLES is an epic and uplifting story about the survival of the human spirit. The magnificent score of LES MISÉRABLES includes the classic songs “I Dreamed a Dream,” “On My Own,” “Stars,” “Bring Him Home,” “One Day More,” “Master Of The House” and more. You’ll have time for lunch & shopping before the 2:00 PM matinee at Providence Performing Arts Center, orchestra seating $ 119

Enjoy the fantastic WWII- era swing band “Eight to the Bar,” known for its outstanding instrumentalists and sophisticated musical and vocal arrangements, highlighted by female vocals. With the support of independently-produced albums and videos, Eight to the Bar has cultivated a large, enthusiastic following that has put them in clubs from Disneyland to Disney World. Swing, boogie woogie, rhythm & blues, soul, and Motown hits set against a backdrop of huge American flags, and a stage splashed in red, white and blue! In addition to this fabulous show at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, we will enjoy a delicious three-course lunch with either roast turkey or home-style meatloaf and a petite bottle of wine. $ 99

Diana, Princess of Wales, touched the world with her compassion, style and human warmth. This exhibition is a celebration of her life, her works and her legacy to the world. Before her untimely passing, she made a mark on the world which will be forever remembered, and “Diana: a Celebration” showcases this unique life and the legacy which remains. This remarkable exhibition shows Diana's legendary sense of fashion, showcases her engagement to HRH Prince Charles and the subsequent magnificent royal wedding. Diana's childhood is also featured in the exhibition, showing how this rather ordinary little girl grew to be one of the worlds most respected and revered women of her time. Some of the highlights of this sparkling exhibit include a tiara gallery, over 28 outfits including Diana’s unforgettable wedding gown & train along with numerous photographs & mementos. In addition to the exhibit, you’ll enjoy some free time at Foxwoods Casino, a $15 food coupon (or lunch buffet) and $10 Keno bet. $ 62

The aroma and taste of fresh-baked bread, warm from the oven, a delicious home-cooked meal at a historic Bed & Breakfast, and products that will connect you with long-forgotten memories – these are some of the simple pleasures you’ll find on this getaway. Prepare for the holidays with new recipes, tricks & tools on our visit to King Arthur Flour. We will visit the company headquarters & baker’s store, packed with everything you need for baking, from hard-to-find ingredients, innovative gadgets, and top-quality pans, to easy mixes and a huge selection of baking basics. They will give us a holiday bread-making demonstration complete with coffee & samples, and then we’ll enjoy a delicious lunch at a local Bed & Breakfast, the Parker House Inn. The 1857 Victorian style Inn was Senator Joseph Parker’s home, and is now a National Historic Site and chef-owned property that has won the Editors Choice, “Best of New England” award from Yankee Magazine. We’ll stop in downtown Quechee to visit the Simon Pierce Factory, where we can watch the glass-blowers and shop for hand-blown glass & pottery, and top the day off with a visit to the Vermont Country Store to browse their shelves for hard to find and long-forgotten items – a great place to find a gift for that hard-to-buy-for person on your list! $ 99

Before you begin cooking & cleaning for your modern Thanksgiving, experience Thanksgiving as the Pilgrims did. Step aboard the Mayflower II, a full-scale reproduction of the original Mayflower, to get a sense of what the Pilgrims journey was like, and then visit Plimoth Plantation, a re-creation of the farming and maritime community built by the Pilgrims on the shores of Plymouth Harbor. In the Village, the year is 1627, just seven years after the arrival of Mayflower and the townsfolk you meet are costumed role players portraying actual residents of Plymouth Colony. You will be invited into authentic, native homes, smell food cooking over open fires and learn about the intricate handmade crafts at both the Pilgrim and Wampanoag settlements. Then an evening of entertainment and hospitality awaits you as you sit down to a "groaning board" dinner filled with the finest food that the season has to offer. Your Pilgrim hosts, the residents of 1627 Plimoth - will spice up your dinner conversation with tales of England - old and new. Discover the table manners and recipes that traveled across the Atlantic with the Pilgrims, as we dine on some familiar (roast turkey & corn pudding) and not so familiar (stewed pompion and a chine of roast pork) traditional Thanksgiving dishes. $ 125

Discover the magic of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas The Musical, a production that has delighted thousands of families on Broadway and across the nation. Inspired by Dr. Seuss’ beloved story and featuring the hit songs “You’re a Mean one, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas,” The Grinch discovers there’s more to Christmas than he bargained for in this heartwarming holiday classic. Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is “two sizes too small,” decides to steal Christmas away from the Whos, an endlessly cheerful bunch, bursting with holiday spirit. The Associated Press says, “This Grinch brings the Dr. Seuss classic fancifully to life – you might find your heart growing a few sizes, too,” and The New York Times says Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas The Musical is “100 times better than any bedside story.” Enjoy free time for dinner & shopping before the 5:00 PM performance at the Providence Performing Arts Center, 1st balcony seating $ 85

Commemorate the 10^th anniversary of the tragic attacks on our country with a visit to the new 9/11 Memorial, which will open in September, a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993. The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools are each nearly an acre in size and feature the largest manmade waterfalls in the North America. The pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. The names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed into bronze panels edging the Memorial pools, a powerful reminder of the largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil and the greatest single loss of rescue personnel in American history. We will also visit the 9/11 Museum Preview Site located across the street from St Paul’s Chapel. The 9/11 Museum, set to open in 2012 has opened the preview site to allow guests to view the still growing collection of artifacts, photographs, personal effects and memorabilia & remembrance honoring the victims of the terror attacks. You will have free time in the area to explore St Paul’s Chapel before returning to the Cape. $ 75