Autumn in New England brings beautiful, crisp days and brilliant colors to the trees. I think this year’s foliage has been particularly brilliant. The past couple of weeks I’ve been taking photos around the city, mainly in Arnold Arboretum and collected them in a photo gallery called Autumn Color.
I also had the delightful serendipity of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boston’
2 Nov
Photopost: Autumn Color
19 Sep
Concert Review: Yo La Tengo
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a rock concert, especially on my own, but I couldn’t miss seeing Yo La Tengo. So I took a Dad’s night out to the Wilbur Theatre on Sept. 16th where New Jersey’s finest band entertained a crowd of with a large number young hipsters and colleges [...]
30 Aug
Boston By Foot Tour of the Month – Preserving Boston’s History
Today I took Boston By Foot’s August Tour of the Month focusing on the Historic Preservation movement entitled Preserving Boston’s History. The tour featured many familiar Boston landmarks and the guide informed us how historic preservationists saved many of them from the dustheap.
I’ve put a gallery of photos from the tour on my website.
Highlights include:
the [...]
30 Aug
Photopost: Drumlin Farm
When I was a kid I liked to visit farm museums where I could see all sorts of farm animals and a different way of life from my suburban upbringing. I’ve written about a couple of these magical places before – The Stamford Museum and Nature Center and Old MacDonald’s Farm. As an adult I’ve [...]
22 Jul
Charles River Basin Walking Tour
I promote a lot of tours on this blog, but if there’s one tour you must take this summer it’s the Exploring the Charles River Basin tour offered by Boston By Foot guides (including myself). The tour steps off at 2 pm on Sunday, July 26th from Nashua Street Park just opposite the exit from [...]
17 Jul
Beer Review: Samuel Adams Boston Brick Red
Beer: Samuel Adams Brick Red
Brewer: Boston Beer Company
Source: On-tap
Rating: * (5.4 of 10)
Comments: This is a special release just for the Boston area. Unfortunately, it’s not that special a beer. I got a pint at the Union Oyster House. It’s color is obviously a deep brownish-red, with not much head nor any aroma discernible. [...]
16 Jul
Forest Hills Cemetery Lantern Festival
Tonight we attended the 11th Annual Lantern Festival at Forest Hills Cemetery right here in Jamaica Plain. This is the first time we’ve attended since moving to JP as last year I was violently ill at the time the festival occurred. This year we had just as good a reason not to go and that [...]
9 Jul
Boston By Foot Waterfront Tour
Celebrate Sail Boston ‘09 with a Boston By Foot walking tour of the Boston Waterfront. Meet at the Sam Adams statue in Dock Square by Faneuil Hall on Friday, July 10th 2009. The ninety-minute tour steps off at 6 pm and will cover much of the made land that once was the waterfront in colonial [...]
2 Jul
Benjamin Franklin in Boston
Does the name “Benjamin Franklin” bring to mind an elderly man with a bald pate and a pot belly? Well, Ben Franklin was a boy once too and his boyhood was spent right here in the city of Boston. Come learn about Benjamin Franklin’s early days and influences on the Boston By Foot walking tour [...]
28 Jun
Seashore Trolley Museum
As a Father’s Day treat, Susan & Peter took me to the Seashore Trolley Museum in Arundel, ME. Admission was free for Dads with their children and Peter was free himself by virtue of being under five.
Click for complete gallery of Seashore Trolley Museum photos.
There are two surprising things about the Museum that stand out. [...]
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