romantic getaway in newe englande

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I am trying to get away for the weekend with my gf at some point in the next month or so. I am thinking of New England or maybe upstate NY. Anybody have any good ideas for cities/town and also places to stay in this region? Possible places I've been thinking of -- portland, boston, rockport, hudson valley. Probably small town/city type thing, but again boston could be good too. I'm open. My max is probably about $150 a night for lodging. Thanks.

― mike mills, Monday, 30 January 2006 17:23 (twenty years ago)

If you can work out where the hell it is...
which states are part of new england

― beanz (beanz), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

it's not "new england" by the standard definition, but i like kingston a lot, and i know for a fact that there are a couple of B&Bs in the area.

― dancing chicken (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:36 (twenty years ago)

i've stayed here -- nice house, good breakfast, cute dog, and the people who run it are very nice.

― dancing chicken (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

Michael,

I think you might enjoy the Berkshires or Western Vermont. If you go to Boston, consider staying in Cambridge.

All the best,
Your friend Peter

― peter holsapple (gabbneb), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:55 (twenty years ago)

thanks for the kingston idea ms. chicken. too bad the b&b's website is down. I shall give them a call.

Any other ideas?

― mike mills, Monday, 30 January 2006 18:33 (twenty years ago)

kate from the b52's place in/around woodstock!

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 30 January 2006 18:34 (twenty years ago)

kate's b&b might be too expensive for mr. mills' price range (although she sang on one of his albums, so maybe she'll cut him a deal!)

― dancing chicken (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 30 January 2006 18:37 (twenty years ago)

Burlington, VT!!

Cute, bustling "city" on Lake Champlain, right between Vermont's Green Mountains and not too far from New York's Adirondack mountains. Good place to use as a base for excursions into "cuter" Vermont.

If you're looking for wilder nature and more roughneck charm, get thee to New Hampshire and go poking around in the Whites Mountains.

Woodstock, VT, is aggressively quaint. Norwich, VT, is perfect in so many ways. Basically, VT and NH both are totally fucking awesome.

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 30 January 2006 18:44 (twenty years ago)

burlington is nice, yeah.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 30 January 2006 18:53 (twenty years ago)

what about stockbridge?

― norman rockwell, Monday, 30 January 2006 20:21 (twenty years ago)

I have heard that portland is really fun.

― hazyjane, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:07 (twenty years ago)

stockbridge is bad iirc

― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:10 (twenty years ago)

ydnrc, imho.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

GO TO LOWELL

― audrey horne, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 20:24 (twenty years ago)

somewhere on cape anne, MA.

portland is okay. they have cool food not bombs punx there, and a few decent used bookstores.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 20:36 (twenty years ago)

just sing her "at my most beautiful"

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 22:50 (twenty years ago)

if you go to burlington go to Mcneills brewery....the definition of romantic.

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 11:02 (twenty years ago)

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