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explore Adventure Time to Play The Other Cape Cape Cod is an American landmark. For many, northern neighbor Cape Ann is too. By Brion O’Connor ★ photos by Liz Mackney When I moved to Boston’s North Shore almost 30 years ago, I heard talk about residents of Cape Ann who never left. They entered the world at Addison Gilbert Hospital, and many later departed from there, spending their entire lives on this picturesque granite thumb that juts into the Atlantic Ocean without once venturing over the Annisquam River to the mainland. I figured the story to be mostly urban legend. “Oh, no, it’s true,” a salty bartender told me over a cold beverage at the Crow’s Nest, long before Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm made this Gloucester joint a must-see attraction. “Think about it; why would anyone want to leave?” Good question. East of the Annisquam, Cape Ann is made up of Rockport — a town best known for high-quality granite, the arts, and a stubborn, long-time adherence to Prohibition — and the nation’s oldest seaport, Gloucester. Combined, they offer an abundance of natural and man-made riches, enough to nurture mind, body, and soul from cradle to grave. But ignoring the outlying towns of Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Ipswich that make up the commonwealth’s “other” cape would be a regrettable oversight. This intriguing patchwork of marshland, farms, Clockwise from top: rockport Harbor, buoys, and painter on Thacher island captures North Tower lighthouse usairwaysmag.com aPril 2013 35 http://www.usairwaysmag.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of US Airways - April 2013

US Airways - April 2013
Table of Contents
CEO Letter
From the Editor
Did You Know?
Making It Happen
Hot Spots: Best Ballpark Food
Hub Crawl: San Francisco International Airport
Wine & Dine: 20 Wines Under $20
Wine & Dine: True Brew: Puerto Rico Coffee
Great Tastes: Luna Red
Great Escapes: Couples Resorts
Adventure: Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Great Escapes: Fairmont San Francisco Hotel
Adventure: High Springs, Florida
Gear Up: Golf
Special Section: Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Travel Feature: Grazing in Venice, Italy
US Airways Feature: 50+ Year Employees
No Strings Attached: Brad Paisley
The Rise of Hotel Restaurants
Phoenix Flair
Celebrate New Orleans: Art. Culture. Music.
Great Dates
Puzzles
Readers Resource Index
Your US Airways Guide
Video Entertainment
Audio Entertainment
U.S. and Caribbean Service Map
International Service Map
Airport Terminal Maps
US Airways Fleet/Customs & Immigration
Passenger Info/Contact US Airways
US Airways MarketPlace®
Window or Aisle?

US Airways - April 2013