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Northshore October 2025
When he was a kid, Rob Blood often traveled with his parents to the Pioneer Valley in western Massachusetts. The family always stayed at a motel—probably a classic Howard Johnson’s—with a giant domed indoor pool.  But even more than that amazing pool, Blood treasured the drive from Marblehead with his parents and sister piled into a wood-paneled Jeep Grand Wagoneer. “I remember those times with great nostalgia,” recalls Blood, founder of Lark Hotels, which operates dozens of properties throughout the Northeast, Florida, and California. Choosing the cassette tape to listen to on the car stereo, license plate games, and especi
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