I've lived in the same general area of Boston for 16 years and have never owned a car. That partially explains why it took me so long to check out an ice cream (well, frozen custard) shop that is not accessible by subway. As a passenger in a car, I would ride by this ice... Continue Reading →
New England is a great place to live if beer is your libation of choice. New breweries seem to be popping up all the time. Don't ask me why it took me a few years to make it to Trillium Brewing Company, even though it's a 15-minute walk from my office, because I have no... Continue Reading →
I read #89 of the Modern Library's list of top 100 novels: Loving by Henry Green. This is an upstairs-downstairs story set in an Irish country house during World War II. The story is almost completely composed of dialogue. I had trouble getting into it at... Continue Reading →
I spent two enlightening afternoons at two of Boston's more off-the-beaten-path museums: the Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation and the Boston Fire Museum. The Russell Museum gives a historical overview of Massachusetts General Hospital, or MGH, as we locals say. Founded in 1811, MGH is the third-oldest hospital in the U.S. ... Continue Reading →
I've lived in Boston for almost two decades and yet I'd never heard of the New England delicacy known as Richie's Slush...until a few coworkers started raving about it in the office. Some of us hadn't heard of Richie's (I wasn't the only one), so we asked what it was like. One of the raving... Continue Reading →
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