mrylmbt: Welcome to the forum! I used to read the forum and everything on the
www.winnipesaukee site before I moved here and it was like this "sinful pleasure" I saved for the end of a harrowing work day. I was struck by the number of events that go on around here all year round. Lots of the local newspapers, Weirs Times, the Laker (in the summer with some other issues the rest of the year) and of course this site point out events. Just the other day, my mom pointed out (she moved up here from Massachusetts in December) that she was surprised by the number of events that occur here - highly varied ones too. Sometimes just standing back occasionally and looking at the Lake and mountain scenery and noticing all those things one by one that you take for granted in the background of a "vista" is fun and eye-opening in and of itself.