Life + Culture

Stories That Bring Us Home

Troy Farkas brings people together for a sense of connection in impersonal times Article by Amber Peacock-Buttermore | Photography by Kevin Edge The Seacoast was given a gift when Troy Farkas planted roots in Portsmouth two years ago. A storytelling, strategy, and connection powerhouse, Farkas is the creator and producer of the popular Seacoast Stories podcast and Seacoast Stories Dinner Club. After a difficult chapter in his life, Farkas landed in Portsmouth. He was searching for a creative...

Food + Beverage

Portsmouth Restaurants Evolve

Michael Timothy's family-run restaurant group leads its Seacoast expansion with Buckley's Market and Café Article by Angela Smith | Photography by Kevin Edge For more than three decades, Michael Timothy’s Dining Group has been building some of New Hampshire’s most beloved restaurants, from the original bistro in Nashua to Surf Seafood and Buckley’s Great Steaks. Now the family-owned group is expanding its footprint in and around Portsmouth with a new wave of Seacoast projects.  We sat down...

Travel

Chasing Winter at Mount Washington

The Glen House offers warmth and welcome in the shadow of the coldest peak in New England Article by Peggy Newland | Photography by Courtesy of the Glen House Mount Washington is a jewel in the White Mountains, sitting like a queen at more than six thousand feet and wild in its weather patterns. In 2023, the peak set a record for wind chill of -108F. So, why visit in winter? Because this frosty landscape offers an escape to a wonderland below the “frozen lady.” Think Nordic skiing on groomed...

Beauty

Medical Spa Invites Glow

New ownership extends original owners’ holistic approach and expands services in Portsmouth Article by Lara Bricker | Photography by Kevin Edge Katie Boone and Emily-Anne Boone created something that became bigger than expected. Katie began her career as a wedding photographer in Baltimore and dabbled in the restaurant industry before moving home to the Seacoast and partnering with her sister, Emily-Anne, in a business venture. The sisters, who grew up in York, Maine, launched LIIV Medical...

Arts + Culture

Lilacs and Tigers

Local artist Marisa Kang celebrates botanical beauty and brings back the Korean tiger Article by Susan Gallagher | Photography by Kevin Edge & Artist's Collection On the outside wall of Portsmouth’s Nahcotta Art Gallery, lilacs bloom, their vibrant, fanciful petals swaying in the light breeze. A few blocks away on Islington Street, a snarling tiger guards the premises of White Heron Cafe, asserting its presence. The two images are a study in contrast, yet intimately intertwined, both born of...

Food + Beverage

Chocolate and Possibility

From Imagination to Confection: The Art of Curio Chocolate Article by Rebecca Ingalls | Photography by Andy Brown With two locations in Exeter and Portsmouth, Curio Artisan Chocolate is a gallery, sensory delight, and passion project. At either location, owner Samantha Brown will invite you into her ever-evolving imagination, elegantly wrapped in the expertise of an artist. It's no surprise to learn “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” sparked her affinity for chocolate. The face of Wonka...

Fitness

A Fitness Home

A peaceful haven, FORM offers all clients a space to explore and be themselves Article by Rebecca Ingalls | Photography by Kevin Edge, Kevin Edge Photography It’s part of the human condition to crave movement—in our roots we are nomadic, adventurous, fiercely committed to moving forward. But at 6 a.m., when it’s still dark and we’ve promised ourselves a game-changing workout, the pillow tells a different story. Sure, we know the cardio, the strength training, and the flexibility will be good...

Fitness

The Way of Harmony

At Portsmouth Aikido, students learn to resolve conflict through the Art of Peace Article by Susan Gallagher | Photography by Kevin Edge, Kevin Edge Photography Seventeen-year-old Aaron Cass was adrift, floundering in a sea of adolescent pressures. His dad’s gift of the book “Zen Flesh, Zen Bones,” a collection of Zen Buddhist parables, would be the surprising lifeline that rescued the troubled youth and set him on the path to a new way of life. While reading the thought-provoking book, Cass’s...

Arts + Culture

Warm Up to Music in Winter

Find your musical getaway right at home in Portsmouth Article by Peggy Newland Portsmouth is home for local musicians, community symphony, world-renowned jazz artists, up and coming ensembles—blues, bebop, bluegrass, classical—you name it, we have it. There’s a quote around Portsmouth among musicians: “Open a door in town and find a tune.” Our summer is full of street concerts, park festivals, and sidewalk jams all in the easy zone of our sunny season. But did you know that winter is the...

Fitness

Yoga as Community

3 Bridges Yoga brings people together in a distracted world Article by Troy Farkas | Photography by Kevin Edge, Kevin Edge Photography Stephanie Paolini never wanted to become a yoga teacher. When she signed up for yoga teacher training in San Francisco in 2015, she did so mainly to learn more about the practice she’d come to love from taking five classes each week at several Boston yoga studios, and then at studios in the Seacoast, where she moved in 2014. Every morning of her 30-day...