YUMMY RUMMY

Newfoundland Screech Rum

A post by Mark McCarthy: Perhaps my favorite story from this Christmas involves a bottle of Newfoundland ‘Screech’; an empty bottle at that. Last week we had more then a few people over to help celebrate the season and while I wasn’t surprised to see so many rum drinkers – I was rather taken aback…

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CHEESE PLEASE

I recently hosted a media awareness program for Newfoundland’s department of tourism that included a sunrise tour of Cape Spear, a national park located at the most eastern point of land in all of North America. We captured beautiful photos and enjoyed a great start to a most promising day with one of the girls…

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IRELAND’S EYE

A post by Regina McCarthy: We embarked on another successful quilting tour in September of this year – completing the last of the British Isles with our trip to Ireland (Scotland -2014, Wales – 2013 and England in both 2010 & 2012) . Of course there are so many wonderful needlepoint displays in Ireland that…

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GEORGIE PORGY

I met a couple of interesting fellows from New York City on one of my many stays at Fisher’s Loft Inn last summer. We had a great conversation before supper but when they told me they worked as Opera Managers – I shared a Newfoundland opera story that I thought you might also enjoy; especially…

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I SEE

A post from Jim McCarthy: I’ve often heard people complain that there’s nothing but trees to see on Newfoundland’s Trans-Canada Highway. Really? Based on the drive we enjoyed last weekend I’d have to think this sounds like another good reason to travel with a qualified, local guide when you visit this province.     Undoubtedly,…

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