Through Boston Cares, I've been volunteering at the Prison Book Program for the past year or two. Because education and reading are so important to me, I find it very meaningful to do something to help a prisoner trying to educate him- or herself. Yesterday was the Boston Book Festival, and I volunteered during... Continue Reading →
Need Ideas for the Weekend?
If you live in Boston and like books, you should attend the Boston Book Festival. If you live in Boston and like vegetarian food, you should attend the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival.
It’s Fall
It's fall...I've accepted that it's fall, albeit a few weeks late. This weekend, I brought out my sweaters and baked pumpkin muffins. I've been baking these muffins for about 20 years. I received a muffin recipe book when I was a teen—maybe for my birthday,... Continue Reading →
Molly and Davy and Peter
I was in the same room as Molly Ringwald the other day. I was in the same room as the darling of John Hughes's films. Films that I've watched countless times. Films that I own on videotape but haven't gotten rid of. So Molly just publisher her debut novel and came to my neighborhood... Continue Reading →
Hugh and Saul
I subsist on beanie weenies* so I can go out and do things like watch Hugh Laurie play the blues and watch Saul Williams talk. If you know who Hugh Laurie is, you may be thinking, what? He's an actor. He's Gregory House. He's Bertie Wooster. Yes, he is those characters. But he is also... Continue Reading →
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