Tag Archives: boston

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Hey good lookin’

What have I got cooking? I’m so glad you asked. I survived my first semester teaching, in no small part due to the number of evenings spent eating Old Bay fries and making ridicu­lous doodles with my design peeps: I met a 6-hour old Mollie Danger, the world’s … Read More

Brimfield food vendors

Pawtucket: 1, Brimfield: 0.

I spent a morning at the Brimfield Antique Fairs this week. Weekdays are the days to go, I’m thinking. The crowds were manage­able, the parking wasn’t completely sold out, and the booths were notice­ably more full than when we went on the last day of the … Read More

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More images of the Granary Burying Ground

As promised in my earlier blog post, I’ve uploaded the rest of my pictures from the Granary Burying Ground. My favorites were the ones where the stone­mason has left his guides visible, so you can see the under­lying struc­ture of the text. This one is … Read More

Tremont Street, Boston

Accidental discovery: Granary Burying Ground

I stum­bled on the Granary Burying Ground this weekend, after an ill-fated attempt to catch a ferry from the Long Wharf out to one of the many harbor islands around the Boston shore­line. Its one of those places that a tourist might know about from their guide­book, … Read More

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Somerville ArtBeat 2010

I spent an after­noon in my future neigh­bor­hood a while back, and encoun­tered the Somerville ArtBeat festival by acci­dent. Most of Davis Square was blocked off, and the streets were jam packed with food and craft vendors. One jewelry booth really caught my eye, and only partly … Read More

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Gainfully employed, woohoo!

After three years of living on a student schedule, I have finally returned to the working world and gotten a “real job.” I eased into it, though, working two days a week for a month before offi­cially starting last week. The company is called Memento, Inc, and we serve the banking … Read More