Well, that figures. I go to San Francisco, and Boston has an earthquake.

I can't believe I haven't posted these yet! Photos taken with my new Nikon S8000 from the CVS Family Section in left field, section 32, row 7, seat 12.


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Since it was cold and rainy this morning (yay, April in New England!), I took the T into work. It's a pretty fun trip since we moved to our new office; Aquarium Station has an entrance inside our building, but the Blue Line is the least convenient line to access from the Red Line. I have to go two stops on Red, change to Orange, go one stop, change ( Read more... )

Absolutely fascinating article in today's Boston Globe...The unsullied traditional Christmas of yesteryear, it turns out, is every bit as manufactured as the bright plastic products we see in the stores.

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So the cover of this week's Boston Weekly Dig is, in a word, awesome.


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...but tonight in Boston, the moon jumped over the milk.


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maggiesox posted over the weekend lamenting the destruction of the Littlest Bar in Downtown Boston. In her post, there were differing comments as to when the bar was going to be torn down to put up condos; some people said it hadn't happened yet. Well...my engraver is in the Diamond Building, and the windows in his hallway overlook the construction site, ( Read more... )

Walking on Sunday to Back Bay from Southie, I passed this little tableau on Arlington Street:

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But not the actual game, because I live in Boston, and the only way I can see my team play in person is to fly to another city and buy tickets in their ballpark.

Still, I had to go out on the Green Line today, so I figured I'd go walk around Fenway before Game 1 of the ALCS.


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( Scene of fatal bar fight wins 2nd chance! )