Tag: Massachusetts
Harvard Square: it is not a square in the sense you may think of a town square. Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a neighborhood. It is a place …
Winter travel: Perhaps you are on the way to visit friends and family. Maybe you travel to get a way from winter’s cold, or to embrace it. Perhaps your …
Boston Public Market: it is a place where creativity and community flourish. When I am in the Boston area, I always enjoy visiting, sometimes to meet up with friends, …
The United States: in the current state of turmoil and division, that almost seems a misnomer. Almost. Across the years, my colleagues and i have taken you to many …
Acorn Street. You may have seen its cobblestones or red brick walls as backdrop to an advertisement or a fashion shoot. Do you know the backstory of this street …
Every year, there are all sorts of Christmas trees across the city of Boston: large ones, small ones, ones glimpsed through windows of homes, store window creations, ones for …
Printing. People are able to create all sorts of documents, choose fonts, make layout on computers, and share these quickly — across the world if they so choose. In …
The Harvard University campus — the whole Boston area, in fact — is filled with world class museums. The Fogg, the Busch Reisinger, the Museum of Fine Arts, the …
Do you remember Make Way for Ducklings? Robert McCloskey told the tale of a duck family with eight small ducklings who make their way (with the help of a …
“In Loving Silence.” This is the pin I wore on New Year’s Day, which I spent at Kripalu, in the Berkshires. It was a most different way to celebrate …
by Kerry Dexter As you follow the Freedom Trail or go about your business in the changing landscape of old and new buildings that make up downtown Boston, at …
Despite the famous catch phrase ridiculing a certain sort of Boston accent, you’ll not be parking any cars in Harvard Yard. Harvard Yard is a fine place to visit, …