As previously stated, it feels like this winter’s been a long one. And despite my glorious getaway to San Diego in February, I have been hankering for some additional travel. I’ve got one trip on the calendar and am dreaming of a couple of others, but mostly, this March, I am staying local. So I’m […]
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March is for local adventures.
Posted in musings, tagged adventures, Boston, cocktails, delight, Isabella Stewart Gardner, joy, libraries, museums, spring, theatre, whimsy on March 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Local adventures: back to the Gardner.
Posted in musings, tagged adventures, art, Boston, friendship, Gardner Museum, history, Isabella Stewart Gardner, museums, summer on August 29, 2022| 3 Comments »
Earlier this summer, one of my dear friends moved away (sniff), and we made a serious effort to soak up some time together before she left town. One afternoon in late June, she texted with a question: would I like to join her and her daughter at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum that week? Of […]
Local adventures: my month of ushering.
Posted in musings, tagged 1776, adventures, American Repertory Theater, art, Boston, Cambridge, Common Ground Revisited, Huntington, Lyric Stage, plays, theater, theatre, ushering, volunteer, volunteering on July 27, 2022| 1 Comment »
Back in the winter, Lyric Stage (my favorite local theater company) tweeted about needing volunteer ushers for their early spring production, The Book of Will. I’d never even thought about ushering before that, but I signed up and happily showed up early to hand out programs, direct patrons to their seats, and see the show […]
Local adventures: the North End.
Posted in food, travel, tagged adventures, bookstores, Boston, Italian American, neighborhoods, North End, shopping, summer, wandering on July 21, 2022| 3 Comments »
On a recent Saturday afternoon, I took myself to Boston’s North End for some wandering, before meeting a friend and her kids for ice cream nearby. I’ve long enjoyed an occasional meal out there – the neighborhood is justly famous for its Italian food – but in the 12 years I have spent in Boston, […]
Local adventures: art in conversation.
Posted in musings, tagged adventures, art, Boston, gallery, MFA, museums, paintings, sculpture, summer, weekends on July 18, 2022| 2 Comments »
Last month, my guy and I headed to the MFA on a Saturday (thank goodness for library passes). Both the permanent collection and the rotating exhibits there are stunning, and we love an occasional afternoon spent strolling among the art. We spent most of our time in the New Light exhibit, which brings together new […]
Local adventures: the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway.
Posted in musings, tagged adventures, bicycles, bike ride, bikes, Boston, Cambridge, cycling, daily life, nature, summer, Watertown, weekends on June 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »
My guy and I love a good bike ride, and he, in particular, can rarely resist a new trail. So when a friend of his told G about a recently completed project that links Cambridge with Watertown – and takes you from a busy retail area to the quiet of Fresh Pond – we had […]
Local adventures: new digs for a beloved florist.
Posted in musings, tagged Brattle Square Florist, Cambridge, changes, florist, flowers, Harvard Square, small business, summer, transitions on June 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »
This weekend, my guy and I took a Sunday bike ride from his house to Harvard Square. We wandered the weekend farmers’ market, savored BLTs from our beloved Darwin’s, and checked out a new arts and vintage market (where I scored a gorgeous pair of earrings). He headed home after that, but I had one […]
The return of local adventures
Posted in musings, travel, tagged adventures, Boston, brunch, daily life, events, joy, seasons, spring, theater on March 11, 2022| 2 Comments »
Last week, I hopped a Green Line train after work to go hear my friend Louise Miller have a books-and-baking conversation with fellow author Vallery Lomas. (I met another friend there, and we sampled treats afterward, and I hugged Louise and convinced my friend to buy her lovely first novel.) The weekend before that, I […]
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