Dave Demarey's otherworldly secret garden in Westhampton

At first glance, the house and yard seem unremarkable - no different, really, from any of the others that dot this stretch of road leading to the Westhampton town common. But the clues are there. That house, that yard, are remarkable.

No Reservations: Buon appetito!

I used to go to Turners Falls for dinner at the Shady Glen diner. And the few times I've eaten at the Rendezvous, I've liked the food. But I never thought about traveling to Turners Falls for fine dining. Until now.

Chef's Tidbit: A mix and match meal

Let's face it: Not everyone has time to cook from scratch.

But using a mix of store-bought and fresh ingredients is a good way to make food taste homemade.

First Person: Magically delicious

It's a bad time for leprechauns. There are few government programs to assist them - even under a Democratic administration - and there is the whole green card issue. Sorry, I couldn't resist a green card joke, the topic being leprechauns and all. I guess that lowers the humor bar here considerably. Take my leprechaun - please.

User Friendly: The heart of the matter

I dreamed last Sunday night that the world was attacked by a group of computer hackers and every computer everywhere suddenly sparkled with the kind of static that was common in the '50s and '60s on TV sets when the dial (Yes, Virginia, there was a dial) was between one of the four stations that most people could get. I picked up my phone to call my colleague, David, to ask if his Mac was equally affected or was it just a Windows thing.

Michael Louis Shaughnessy

Pssst ... Mick Shaughnessy's got something of a secret, or at least a bit of background people may not know about - his ancestry is as much Italian as Irish. But Shaughnessy, of Northampton, has the right sort of name for the role he'll be playing this weekend: marshal for the Northampton contingent of the Holyoke St. Patrick's Parade, which takes place on Sunday.

Hot Buttonz: 'Final Fantasy XIII' falls flat

During the 1990s, the Square brand was synonymous with the role-playing video game. A generation of gamers got hooked on the challenging quests, quirky characters and sweeping story lines of Square RPGs like "Chrono Trigger," "The Secret of Mana" and, of course, the "Final Fantasy" series.