Hullabaloo and the Nimrod Too

On the evening of January 28, 2014 the town of Falmouth commemorated the 200th anniversary of the bombardment of the town by the British ship HMS Nimrod. The Nimrod was a man-of-war that patrolled New England’s waters during the War of 1812. She was the most feared ship in these waters at that time and …

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Welcome Spring!

It has been a long, cold, snowy winter but spring is here. Last weekend we turned the clocks ahead and now we have sunlight later in the afternoon. The green flower shoots are beginning to poke their leaves through the soil and the buds on the flowering trees are growing larger. If we do have …

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Cape Cod Beach Review 2014

Cape Cod Beach Review: The Best Beaches on Falmouth’s Coast Falmouth is surrounded with beaches on three sides and with the waters of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. With  its many outlets and bays, we boast of over sixty-eight miles of coast line and beaches. We have more beaches than any other town on Cape …

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The Antique Flatiron Collection

I grew up in Rocks Village, Massachusetts in the Deacon Phineas Nichols House. The house was built in 1740 and is a classic example of pre-revolutionary architecture. It has a central chimney with five fire places. The flooring is pumpkin pine and some of the boards are 24″ wide.  Before my parents purchased it, the …

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Liam Maguire Becomes an American

On Thursday February 27th Bill and I were invited to a private party at Liam Maguire’s Irish Pub & Restaurant. It was an absolutely wonderful affair. That morning the four Maguires; Liam, with his wife Deb and their sons Rory and Shea, traveled to Faneuil Hall in Boston to be sworn in as an American …

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Cycling Cape Cod

Cycling on Cape Cod, Quite Time yet an Active Holiday Each spring and fall the Palmer House Inn has the pleasure of hosting the cyclists from”Escapades Bike Tours”.  Escapades is a small company that provides high quality bike trips to very special places throughout the US and Cape Cod is one of them. Cyclists experience …

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