It's the last week of January, so it's time to buckle down and work on the birthday list. I'm a bit behind, but it's been hard to be motivated when buried in snow. I completed my second item last night: Watching Apocalypse Now (#28 on AFI's top 100 movies list). Shudder. It seemed like... Continue Reading →
Flaming Dessert, Stargazing, and a Hot Air Balloon Ride
Am starting to think about this year's birthday list. The first three things to pop into my head are: 1. I usually eat something I've never tried before. I've never had a flaming dessert, or drink. Anyone know of a place in Boston that serves such a thing? 2. For the past three or four... Continue Reading →
35 to Go
A new year has begun. Which means A) It's time for a crash diet, as I ate way too many cookies at Christmastime. And B) It's time to start thinking about the seventh annual birthday list. I'm off to a good start; I completed the first item on January 1. I was visiting Daisy for... Continue Reading →
ABCs of Ageing Gracefully
My trip to Ptown was fun. The highlight was the whale watch...we saw lots of whales. They came so close to the boat that we could hear them making noises. I wish I could have been a bird in the sky watching an entire boatload of people run from one side of the boat to... Continue Reading →
Victorian Boston, Pesto, and Gertrude Stein
Well, I had quite an interesting wrap-up of the birthday list. I toured a historic house in the Back Bay neighborhood yesterday. The house has been preserved rather than restored, so you really feel like you are stepping back in time. Three generations of the Gibson family lived in the house. The one son left... Continue Reading →
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