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Joe Pace
Apr 23, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #83: Dinnerhorn & Bratskellar Pub, Portsmouth
The Sagamore Creek springs from the earth behind Peverly Hill and Banfield Roads in Portsmouth, and wends its way east past the Mirona...
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Joe Pace
Apr 22, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #82: Brickyard Park, Exeter
A long day at the diamond with the boys yesterday reminded me forcefully of my own early experiences coaching youth baseball, more than...
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Joe Pace
Apr 21, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #81: Mount Washington Hotel, Carroll
Built in 1902, the Mount Washington Hotel is the granddaddy of the grand hotels that once dotted the New Hampshire in the 19th and early...
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Joe Pace
Apr 20, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #80: Kingston 1686 House, Kingston
Talking about senior prom the other day got me thinking about...well, about junior prom. 25 years ago next month, we decked out the...
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Joe Pace
Apr 19, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #79: The Powder House, Exeter
The first shots fired in the American Revolution weren't at Lexington and Concord in April of 1775. They happened four months earlier, in...
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Joe Pace
Apr 18, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #78: The Connie Bean Center, Portsmouth
It was the fall of 1997. I had graduated from UNH in the spring, and was working for the Greater Seacoast United Way when one of the most...
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Joe Pace
Apr 17, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #77: Luka's Greenhouse, Hampton Falls
Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Senior Prom was approaching for the EAHS Class of 1993. Our junior prom had been at the Talbot Gym on...
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Joe Pace
Apr 16, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #76: The Jimmy LaPanza Lounge, Portsmouth Brewery, Portsmouth
I make no pretense of being part of the downtown Portsmouth scene. My folks were born there, and so was I - the first place I lived was...
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Joe Pace
Apr 15, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #75: Shaker Village, Canterbury
During my studies of the early American republic era in college, I was fascinated by Second Great Awakening, the burst of evangelical...
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Joe Pace
Apr 14, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #74: Stratham Hill Park, Stratham
Stratham Hill Park is a special place for those of us who grew up in town, a place so close to our hearts that the 1991 microbursts that...
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Joe Pace
Apr 13, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #73: Mei Wei Restaurant, Durham
I've been pretty clear for a long time that the Szechuan Taste in Exeter is my true love when it comes to Chinese restaurants, a love...
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Joe Pace
Apr 12, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #72: Loaf and Ladle, Exeter
Ah, the Loaf. A staple of Exeter's downtown for decades, the iconic yellow sentinel hugged the river (a little too snugly at times)...
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