Whitman Interestings

~ not only is the Toll House the birthplace of the chocolate chip cookie, it also was a part of my family. My brother was a chef there. I was, briefly, a coat check girl.( made $11.00 in tips one night! BIG stuff for 1978!) And my sister's first wedding took place there( and it is also where I had my first, second, third....taste of a Pearl Harbor!)
~ there is a very cool museum( officially known as the Whitman Historical Society and Museum) pertaining to all things Whitman located in the Bostonian Shoe building, and it's definitely worth a look see!
~ Colebrook Cemetery is a great place for a walk, ecpecially in the fall when the leaves are turning. It sits across from the old East Junor High/Holt School,and abuts Hobart's Pond. It's tree lined paths and small undulating hills make for the perfect place for an after dinner walk, or a place to go when you just need to clear your head. Plus, it is fascinating to read some of the really old headstones, and wonder at the lives they are eulogising, how did they live, and what did Whitman look like say, hundreds of years ago?
~ the Bully. It is a street, if you will, that runs along Hobart's Pond, and starts on Essex street and ends at the old Regal Shoe Factory on South Ave. Once a place known as a hangout for illicit/illegal doings in the 70's and early 80's, it is now closed off to cars, and therefore another pick of mine for places to enjoy a good walk. It is also a favorite fishing spot in town, ( go to Sam's Bait Shop for your bait) and little kids will get a kick out of seeing the turtles bobbing their heads in and out of the water.