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Labor Day Grilling Recipes

Labor Day Grilling Recipes

       The end of the summer is approaching! This coming Monday is Labor Day, and that means that it is time to fire up that backyard grill! Here are a few delicious grilling recipes you can enjoy, courtesy of allrecipes.com:
      
       Savory Garlic Marinated Steaks
      
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Swimming in the Berkshires

Does your family love to go swimming?
 
How about the dog?

Luckily for us, there are plenty of lakes, ponds, and swimming holes to choose from in Berkshire County - more than 75 in fact! And with the large cargo space of Subaru vehicles, you can bring the entire family, even the family dog! Below are just some of the many places to cool off this summer. All have lifeguards, and all allow pets unless otherwise…
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Still Time to Enjoy Culture in the Berkshires

     
Even though there's just a few weeks of summer left, there's still plenty of cultural events to enjoy in Berkshire County! Haddad Subaru takes a look at five of the top cultural venues this summer, giving you the run-down on what's still available for summer programs and where you can get more information:

1. Tanglewood

Tanglewood celebrated its 75th anniversary this year!  In honor of that, 75 new trees have been planted throughout the Tanglewood property, enhancing what is already one of the most picturesque concert grounds in the U.S.  Coming up on August 26th, in…
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Chill Out With Ice Cream!

Chill Out With Ice Cream!


       Wow! This summer has been a scorcher so far! This has been a hot, hot summer so chill out this August (Family Fun Month!) by treating the family to some ice cream.  Ice Cream is an excellent way to cool everyone down while having fun - and what makes ice cream a great activity is that there is more than one way to do it. You can take everyone out on…
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Berry Picking in the Berkshires

  One of the many, many things that I love about summer is berry picking. This past June I enjoyed strawberry picking in the Berkshires but the strawberry season has since passed. Fortunately, however, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries are all in full swing! There are many places to pick berries throughout Berkshire County, so the question is "what do I do with all these berries once I've picked them?" Well, here are three delicious recipes that you can follow:
       Blueberry Buckle


       Ingredients:
           3/4 cup white sugar
           1/4 cup shortening
           1 egg
           1/2 cup milk
           2 cups all-purpose…
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Thundercake Recipe is perfect during Summer Storms


Thundercake


When my children we're at Morris Elementary School in Lenox, MA, they came home with the recipe for 'Thundercake' (from Patricia Polacco's children's story of the same title) - a chocolate cake recipe that was perfect for distracting little ones during stormy weather.

I was dubious about a dessert made with tomato puree (what's next, garlic?) but my daughters were so excited about it that we made it during the very…
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An Amazing Hot Wheels Ride!

Hard to believe that someone actually constructed a 2,000 foot Hot Wheels track!!  (clearly a dad - who's an engineer perhaps? - with waaaay too much time on his hands).  But it takes me right back to my tomboy days when a feat like this would've made me the talk of the bus stop.  My only question is, do you think this really was one continuous length of track - or did they do some…
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