Finding the best situations
If you’re drawn to salt air, small-town charm, and that unmistakable feeling of “I could stay here a while,” then Scituate deserves your attention. This local’s guide to Scituate, MA shares all the tea! This is one of those South Shore towns that doesn’t try too hard. It just is. A working harbor, a strong sense…
If you’re exploring the South Shore of Massachusetts, the coastal towns usually get all the attention. But the inland South Shore towns are where a lot of people actually land. You’ll often find more space, less traffic, and a bit more house for your money, while still being close enough to the coast to make beaches part of…
When you spend time on the South Shore, you start to realize it’s not one thing; the South Shore is coastal towns and inland towns. It’s a stretch of coastline, yes, but it’s also inland neighborhoods, winding back roads, marshes, and those blink-and-you-miss-it town centers that somehow hold everything together. Some towns lean into the…
Book review of “The Stargazer of Nantucket” launching on June 9, 2026 by author Julie Gerstanblatt, your first Nantucket beach read of 2026, and Nantucket writers retreat. In March of 2025, almost a year ago now, I was in the very beginning of my “creative pivot” after my corporate job was eliminated. The questions of…
Native is a glorious shop in Scituate Harbor that sells fair trade, handmade jewelry, art and artifacts from around the world. I’m always a little jealous of Marie’s travels; she was in Nepal last year! My favorite event in February is the “Works of the HeART” community art show at Native. It’s open to everyone…
Yacht Rock and coastal New England just go together, especially in the summer! There is nothing more South Shore than seeing the band Yachtley Crew at the Music Circus in Cohasset. Tickets for the show on August 2, 2026 just went on sale this week, and you know we are booked! Don’t miss Yachtley Crew…
The Lyman Estate Greenhouse in Waltham, Massachusetts, on the historic Lyman Estate grounds, is just about 40 miles from Scituate. Built in the early 1800s, they’re some of the oldest greenhouses still standing in the country and were used by the Lyman family to grow fruit, flowers, and other plants that couldn’t survive New England…
One of the many things I love about Scituate is the proximity to Boston and the Cape; we’re about 30 miles from both. Last Sunday, we enjoyed a gorgeous November day in Sandwich, the first town encountered after crossing the Sagamore Bridge. Sandwich is the oldest town on the Cape, and it’s known for 1800s…
When my mom and her partner visited us in September, we found the Cross Street Flower Farm, and what a find! From their website “Our flower fields at the historic Jacobs Farm explode with color from early Spring through late fall. Our farm tells the story of the seasons through flowers, beginning with Tulips and…
Every change is driven by a catalyst. Sometimes expected, sometimes unexpected. Sometimes welcome, but usually a blessing in disguise. Which means spending a lot of time saying “WTF” and “Why me” before it makes sense all leading to the pivot on the South Shore. On December 9th 2024, I woke up to a new meeting…