After you’ve picked thirty bushels of apple. You’ve baked them, mashed them, cooked them and eaten them with peanut butter or cheese, then you might move onto pumpkins, maybe a few spooky venues. But once you get bored of those, here are some unique Fall-time activities:

1. Wolf Hollow – odd, sexy and dangerous. Watch wolves in their natural habitat. Learn about them, see them run in packs. This one of kind location is a perfect Fall activity. Just bundle up in a blanket and sit and watch them. It’s located in Ipswich. It’s open every weekend and it’s less than $10 a person to get in.  Children $5.

2. The Center Church Crypt – Connecticut is probably not high on your list of great Goolish places to visit this October, but it should be.  Here, there is a fascinating crypt tucked away in the subterranean underworld of the Center Church, where you can see tombstones dating back as far as 1687.The crypt that is tucked away beneath Center Church holds the identifiable remains of 137 people, among them city founder Theophilus Eaton; Benedict Arnold’s first wife, Margaret Arnold; James Pierpont, one of the founders of Yale College; and the grandparents of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes. It is believed that about 1,000 unidentified individuals are also buried beneath the church. (more…)

Sure we could list all the fruit and veggies you can pick in Carver, but what fun would that be? The real fun is the stuff we found underground in Carver – for the eager and the doomed — the stuff you might not know about this cranberry & iron town unless you’ve unearthed it “virtually.”

#1 Like, did you know…. Carver has its own Marylin Monroe celebrity impersonator. She goes by the name Memory Monroe and she really looks the part. We found her on GigSalad. What’s GigSalad? nearly 50,000 unique visitors stop by every month to find an entertainer for their next event. Check it out. And don’t forget to see the picture of Memory Monroe and tell us what you think. Does she look the part?

#2 And you know we had to look for Carver ghosts sightings online.  And you know we found some. On Ghosts in America, a site that got nearly 60,000 unique visitors last week. How do we know that. We looked it up on Compete.com. A great site to check our the strength of a site including your competitor’s sites. My favorites ghosts are the fishing ghosts and for your Twi fans, the vampire near the river and the lady in the canoe.  See the list of ghosts sightings or report your own Carver spirit.

#3 And if you’re not brave enough to fly solo on your paranormal adventure, you can hire a paranormal team out of Carver to go on a real ghost hunt. The Dead of Night Ghost Tour in Carver promises you an overnight in the haunted john Alden House where you’ll learn the tools of the trade on a professional ghost hunt.

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Tonight the virtual view heads away from the South Shore and roams freely out into the world wide web. My mission? all that is good for you (including a few things that you probably didn’t want to know…but are still good for you anyway). are our top 5 favorites:

5. Complete Running Network. This blog covers training, injury treatment and prevention, equipment, motivation, racing and more. They’ve created a Running Blog Family, which they claim is the most comprehensive list of running blogs (1037). That’s a lot of blogs!

4. Delish – a great food recipe site that offers a section on Healthy Comfort Food Makeovers.

3. The Real Age Test – we already know our birth age and many of us can guess our mental age (I’m about 8 years old most days)…but do you know your biological age – the age your body really is due to wear and tear (aka “on the inside”)? This quick test will give you the answer. Don’t be shy…go for it. And for those brave souls who do, share it here with your comments (you can keep your number secret).

2. Feline Cat Diet – this amazing cat miracle diet will have you laughing on the floor in stitches.  It’s a joke of course, but one of the funniest things I’ve ever read, especially if you know anything about cats.  Read it and tell us what you think.

1. The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl: Shauna, a.k.a. Dietgirl, chronicles her own personal journey so that other dieters know they are not alone in the process, and that no matter how difficult or easy an article may make losing weight sound, the journey for each individual is different.

If you know of a great healthy site that you love or laugh about – post it here and share with our audience.

If you have made a lifestyle change towards living healthier, share your story here.  We want to hear about our audience’s successes, challenges, favorite advice, tips and suggestions.  So let her rip!!!!

Tiffany, Stan, Laura and I have the night off and we’re repeating one of our favorite shows tonight: DUX.  It gives us a chance to spend some time with our loved ones, prepare a kick-ass show next week and give YOU a chance to hear all about Duxbury. While we won’t be live, you can always email us here to give us your feedback and to check in with us. We’d love to hear from you!

What’s up in DUX? We spoke with the folks over at Island Creek Oysters about their world-class operation and their upcoming Island Creek Oyster Festival, an afternoon-long, sustainable event, on Sept 12. This festival is spectacular! It’s the fourth year the folks at Island Creek are throwing a major bash on Duxbury Beach and you’re invited – tickets are still available. ICO invited 18 of Boston’s most celebrated chefs to dish up small plates for the crowd. This years festival will highlight the best in local oysters, food, live music and cold beer. Ticket sales support an amazing cause: The Island Creek Oysters Foundation which supports tons of local charities.

Just down the street from the world headquarters of The Island Creek Oyster Company is a wonderful school called Bay Farm Motessori Academy. We learned a ton about the montessori system and about the amazing programs that are available at Bay Farm. Bay Farm is an independent, co-educational school serving kids aged 12 months to 14 years old (8th grade). Some of the keys of the montessori system include mixed-aged classrooms where kids can learn from those older and younger than themselves, encouraging independence and fostering healthy social development in a hands on learning environment.

In addition to the strong education curriculum the school is alive with music, art and drama. Throughout the year the campus is a buzz with theater and dance performances as well as live exhibits of the student art projects. This is one special place that really fosters growth and development.

It’s an exciting year for Bay Farm because they are opening a brand new middle school. Not many montessori schools in Massachusetts offer this option but after years of research and planning, forums with current students/families and future candidates, the board of trustees voted unanimously to open the middle school and are excited to welcome the schools first crop of seventh and eighth graders to the Bay Farm family.

Interested in learning more? Drop Head of School (and a good friend of SSLive) Kevin Clark a line. And though school starts this week, you can arrange a tour of the campus anytime.

I am obsessed with our local farmers markets. It is my quest to visit all of the markets on the south shore, and so far I’ve been to 5. After all, I need to balance out my cupcake crusade with good, healthy food!

Here’s a list, by day, of all the local markets. It’s the season of the harvest – take advantage!

TUESDAY: Bridgewater – 3-6 @ Spring & Broad/Rt 128

WEDNESDAY: Hingham – 10 – 2 @ Hingham Square/Duxbury – 12:30 – 4:30 @ Tarklin Com. Center/Rt. 52

THURSDAY: Cohasset – 2:30 – 6:30 @ the Common/Plymouth – 2:30 – 6:30 @ Stephen’s Field / 3A

FRIDAY: Quincy – 11:30 – 5:30 @ Parking lot across from Court House/Hull – 3 – 7 on Nantasket Ave till Sept 11

SATURDAY: Hanson – 8 -11 @ Thomas Mill/Weymouth – 9-1 @ Town Hall on Middle Street/Braintree – 9-1 @ Town Hall Washington Street/Plymouth – 9:30 – 1:30 @ Courthouse Green/Hanover – 9-2 @ Mall/Hingham – 10 – 2 @ Rt 3A Bath House Lot

SUNDAY: Carver – 12 – 4 on Rt 58 across from town hall