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...crave live music, head to Palmer Vineyards along Sound Avenue, where the owners offer a full calendar of social events throughout the summer and fall. Bob and Lorraine Palmer's place is also a historic gem. A ramshackle 18th century farmhouse came with the property. Even though it was in dire shape, the Palmers couldn't bear to tear it down. Instead, Lorraine renovated the house with period furniture and detailing, right down to the pineapple-print wallpaper. One of the biggest events of the year is the spring Yard Sale Weekend, when the Palmers sell their excess wine...
...sure, admiring tourists have been journeying there since Christopher Columbus, who in 1493, sailed past the 10-mile-by-5-mile gem and dubbed it Graciosa, Spanish for "graceful." (Vieques is an old Indian word for small island.) Lately, conference planners have been smitten by the place and have scheduled executive retreats at the Martineau Bay Wyndham resort...
...this point, the two of us had learned to pay close attention during Walsh postgame pow-wows because the man was a gem of a quote waiting to happen. His commentary alternated between the hilarious (he once complained about Harvard parents “clawing at you, trying to shove chocolate chip cookies down your face” between games in Ivy League doubleheaders), the profound (an emotional reflection on outfielder Joe Llanes’ battle with testicular cancer) and the sublimely hackneyed (Walsh’s references to the “baseball gods” were heartfelt enough...
After nearly two decades of sitting in a cramped safety deposit box, a 16th century manuscript called crucial to understanding Mexican history has resurfaced—and scholars from Harvard are joining an effort to decipher the long-lost historical gem...
GARETH PENNY Gem Dandy...