JudithKD

we would drive to Riverside occasionally and have brunch here. It was wonderful, and cheap at the time as it was slightly ragged around the edges and just starting to be rehabbed. Anyway, the brunch was really cheap. (This is nearly 30 years ago now.)

Every time we went, I would fall more in love with the guy who is now my DH. He broke my heart one time by taking another woman there. :0(

We went back after we’d married, but it had finished being rehabbed and was simply a high-end slick place for brunch. It wasn’t the faded grande dame it had been. This was over 10 years ago.

I guess I’m really slightly “off.” I prefer slightly decrepid places to something very slick. I always have been more attracted to character rather than appearances.

jkd

and had lunch, which she kindly bought me! Then we went across the street to the bookstore, who’s card I have, but the name I’ve forgotten.

Then I went to the cemetary and thought I’d gone the wrong way, but I hadn’t, it was just a lot farther away than I thought!

jkd

This county covers a lot of different places.

Peterborough is the town used as the basis for Our Town and is the home of the McDowell artists’ colony. It is artistic and monied. There are bistros, a clam bar, and a few museums.

The town I live in, Bennington, is a mill town, with an active paper mill (Monandnock Papers) and a ski resort (Crotched Mountain). There’s no bistros here, just restaurants, and the only museum I know of is the historical society, in the old school house on Main St.

The county seat, Hillsborough, is a town fallen on hard times. It is currently struggling to rebuild itself.