Wenham Lake Park Lunch Shack, 1988

Imagine yourself on vacation, driving along a country road, when a rumbling tummy tells you it’s lunchtime. Since you have no set schedule you can drive along until you find that perfect, hidden jewel of a lunch spot.

When you come across a run-down shack, with peeling paint and outdated menus, you just know they will have *the best* ice cream, hot dogs, and burgers you have ever tasted! This is a spot that every local knows, and when you come again next year you will go again… if only you can remember which road it’s on.

That’s the feeling you get when you look at Nancy’s Wenham Lake Park lunch shack, named for Wenham Lake, just waiting for vacationers to find it.

It’s the “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” details in Nancy’s pieces that make them stand out. And in this example, a wink to her occasionally dark sense of humor appears in the form of a friendly mouse on the counter checking out the specials.