Tag: Boston
Sometimes, you don’t have much time. When a major art or history or science museum is nearby during a trip, but you only have an hour or so to …
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, …
Boston to the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Shanghai, in China, to New Zealand. India to Austria, Oregon to Germany to California to Kenya to Texas to Cape Breton: …
Across the years, I’ve spent a good bit of time in the Boston area. Almost all of that time, though, has been spent across the Charles, in Cambridge, Somerville, …
“I often describe my style of presenting as gathering people in my house, with the broadcast signal extending the walls of my living room,” says Brian O’Donovan, host of …
Pumpkins, spooky tales, haunted places, legends, and ghost stories are part of Halloween. Hearts and flowers: those are part of Valentine’s Day. Easter brings thoughts of bunnies, baskets, eggs. …
There’s the Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Memorial Hall at Harvard, the Longfellow House, where George Washington had his headquarters in 1775. There’s First Parish Church, the historic houses along …
The fiddle is one of the world’s more portable instruments. It is also one whose sound is often heard as recalling the human voice, and certainly often found in …
Roasted butternut squash, creamy goat cheese, the tang of asiago cheese, caramelized onions, a hint of sage — sounds like a tasty combinations, doesn’t it? How about seared portobello …
I’ve never been very interested in seeing the exhibit Bodies, although I’ve had countless opportunities to go. I’m not sure why, exactly — a couple hundred bodies, preserved with …
Somerville, Massachusets, of a winter evening… Often there are musicians up in the front corner playing a session of tunes. There are plenty of places to sit and relax, …