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Shopping and Retail
Features | Retail | Insider Guides | NH Stuff | Treasure Hunt

Shop Talk

Merchants of Meredith
By Lisa Brown Friday, June 1, 2012

There are rich retail offerings in this Lakes Region town. Just my luck. I found what I didn't know I needed in Meredith.


Retail

NH Magazine Shopping in "micropolitan" Lebanon and West Lebanon
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
USA Today refers to Lebanon as a "micropolitan" area, a term that bridges the gap between rural and metropolitan areas. The same term could be …
NH Magazine Portsmouth's Seduction
Sunday, April 1, 2012
So many shops, so little time. Shopping in Portsmouth is like "retail on Red Bull." This is the city where day morphs into night and …
NH Magazine A Happening Downtown: Rochester
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Rochester: Where Shopping Can be an Education In the clutches of winter, this city of Lilacs may not be blooming, but there are plenty of …

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Treasure Hunt

Optics of a Bygone Age: A 17th-century Invention for Counting Threads
Friday, June 1, 2012
Thank you for sending me an image of your microscope. It is a great piece and it certainly reminds me of the first time that …
NH Magazine Painting inspired by the White Mountains
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Thank you for sending me an image of your George McConnell oil painting. It is a nice work by the artist, signed and dated 1910, …
NH Magazine Walking Liberty: A coin with stories of success and tragedy
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Thank you for sending me an image of your 1945 Walking Liberty half-dollar silver coin. Numismatics (the study of currency) has long been an important …

Insider Guides

NH Magazine Our Guide to Antique Treasures and Bargains in Curious Shops Around the State
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Sure you can sit on your couch, laptop on your knees and bid on a bobbin from a New Hampshire textile mill or a 19th-century …
NH Magazine Inside Multicultural Manchester
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
If you have international tastes and a domestic budget, a Queen City daycation has a lot to offer. Manchester’s federal status as New Hampshire’s refugee …
NH Magazine Art and Autumn in the Foothills of Mount Monadnock
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The Monadnock Region is the go-to place for fall beauty, right? Right. But not all the exquisite light, color and panoramas are on the trees. …

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NH Stuff

NH Magazine Celebrate the New Year
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Say good-bye to 2011 and welcome the New Year with these local ideas. 1. Champagne Flutes Cheer in the New Year in style with these …
NH Magazine Thanksgiving Trappings: Plan A Locally-Sourced Turkey Dinner
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
We have local suggestions from the turkey dinner all the way to dessert. Pumpkin PieFeeling a little overwhelmed with all the cooking and baking the …
NH Magazine Local Halloween Must Haves
Saturday, October 1, 2011
We've got Halloween covered - from candy to costumes. 1. Professional Face Paint So you've got the perfect costume, why not make your Halloween outfit …

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Features

NH Magazine A Weirs Beach Tie Dye Shop
Friday, June 1, 2012
Hippie Alert! Fads come and go - and sometimes they come back again. Take tie dye, for instance. It's back. Even tie-dyed peace signs are …
NH Magazine Video: Going Goth
Saturday, October 1, 2011
The at-first scary store that the little town of Marlborough grew to like - and even shop at. At 17, Malaise Lindenfeld moved from her …

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