News Announcement

Manchester, April 29 - Members of the Locavore movement will host a local food and craft expo at the Radisson in Manchester to promote New Hampshire agriculture. The expo will feature a number of restaurants from Manchester, Nashua, and Portsmouth including Brookstone Grille, Diner 137, The Beanstalk, and Cotton. There will also be a large exhibit by Lush, providing samples of handmade natural cosmetics and ingredient lists so that anyone attending can make their products at home. Gail McWilliam-Jellie, the state director of agricultural development who has partnered with the NH Farm to Restaurant Connection, will be the guest speaker.

The event is scheduled to begin at 9 AM and end at 2 PM.

On Writing by Stephen King

I love memoirs because they lack reservation. Stephen King's is a great example. His name used to have a negative connotation for me because I started to read Misery a few years ago and it didn't hold my interest. Quite frankly, I couldn't help but think that the author must have been a creep. However, in light of this memoir, he's proven to be a pretty awesome creep. I felt fortunate to learn what he has to say about writing because every bit of it is useful. Every word was meticulously chosen to convey just the right meaning. It's like an inside look at the mind of a genius English major. Definitely worth more than eight bucks.

You're So Vain

I went shopping the other day with my mom and sister. We were in HomeGoods looking for a mirror to put in our Hampton Condo (my mom wants to start renting it out and she said nobody will be interested if it doesn't have a mirror and a TV, both of which it is currently without). We found a nice mirror that we thought would look even nicer as a pair. My sister, an avid shopper, said that she 'd seen that very mirror at the HomeGoods in Salem. I had already begun to wish I stayed home. After a long ordeal with an incompetent cashier I was put in charge of the go-buy-it-before-anyone-else-duty. The next morning I trekked to the mirror section in the back of the Marshalls/HomeGoods in Salem. Upon searching high and low, I came to terms with the fact that the subject of my quest was nowhere to be found. Defeated, I turned towards the door. As I walked along I couldn't help but notice how many people were in the store. It was roughly 12:00 PM on a Wednesday afternoon in the middle of March and all sorts of shoppers filled the aisles; moms with baby carriers strapped into their carriages, handsome Spanish speaking amigos with piles of silky button-up shirts hanging over their forearms, grey haired couples forgetting their years of scrimping and saving, and teenage girls too naive or too stupid to realize that they should be saving that "extra money" while saving is still an option. Then something interesting caught my eye -a jacket. But it wasn't just a jacket, it was THE jacket that I have been waiting for all my life (did I just jump on that teenage girl wagon?). I tried it on, and it fit me to the 'T', so I smiled. I surprised myself by smiling. If the jacket had not been sent to me from Heaven, I don't think I would have smiled. It was, though, because the price tag read $3.99, marked down from $400.00.  I tell you this tale while wearing the jacket,  in all it's glory, but forever in search of the matching mirror. At least I'm still smiling.

Business Announcement (of my dreams)

Good news everyone! I became a millionaire after winning the lottery last Tuesday. What's more important is my most recent investment; I've purchased Jewell and the Beanstalk! For those of you who have been missing out, this is a delicious and cozy restaurant located on Somerville Street in Manchester, NH. Not only does The Beanstalk cook everything from scratch and use 100% locally-grown ingredients, it also serves as a showroom for the local craftsman and artists who wish to sell their pieces; the walls and shelves are filled with affordable, yet heart-stopping pieces for your home, handmade jewelery, knitted and crochet hats and scarves, and more!

If you wish to join the festivities and be fed like Kings and Queens (or just relax in the back and read a book) feel free to stop in. We're OPEN weekdays 7:00 AM-9:00 PM and weekends 5:00 AM-1:00 PM.
We'll also be participating in the Locavore Expo at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester on April 26th from 8:00 AM-1:00 PM -we'll be serving sample dishes and displaying a preview of the goods we sell in our store. Check it out!