WordFest, Wharton and a Weekend in the Berkshires

by Amanda Festa  

Although the heat does not seem to be going anywhere anytime soon, as Labor Day inches its way closer, it is clear that summer is slowly winding to a lazy sun-drenched close.  The teachers and students among us are ticking down the days until school starts up once again and the rest of the population is busy lamenting the limited number of beach days left.  But just because summer is saying sayonara doesn’t mean there is not plenty on the horizon.

After all, there is nothing quite like autumn inNew England.  With the leaves changing color, a drive down the interstate be...