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Boston Children’s Museum: Updated and Not-to-Be Missed
Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 17 August 2011
The Boston’s Children’s Museum generates enthusiasm and creativity in kids of all ages. This museum has been a popular stop for Boston’s parents for years. A recent update has lightened the facility, breathing new life into this excellent museum. As you enter the museum, there's a new glass facade with sweeping views and an airy feel. My kids immediately noticed the climbing structure that now spans three stories. Previously, the structure was enclosed and had rambled, so you weren’t always sure where your kids were. For kids ...
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Long Time Courting: Alternate Routes
Blog: Music Road - 9 August 2011
Alternate Routes:that is the name of a tune, a set, and a new album from the band Long Time Courting. It also works to give a hint of the music within, and the routes the four women of the band took to get to it.
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From One B-town to Another
Blog: Vermont's Insider Guide to Kid Friendly Fun - 11 July 2011
Boston is only 3.5 hours from Burlington. We don’t take advantage of visiting this city as often as we should, but with a little advance planning and some major social media smarts, we were able to swing 48 hours in southern B-town that yielded us tons of fun. Using twitter, I spied a special on [...]
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Holocaust Memorial in Boston – Have you been here?
Blog: Vagobond.com - 10 June 2011
Like other war and death sites, this one is somber and eerie. Have you been here? What was your experience?
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Celtic Kenya musical connection
Blog: Music Road - 11 May 2011
Kenya, Boston, Ireland, Scotland -- there’s connection there, and a connection shown through music in the album Lullabies for Love. Many of the musicians you’ve met here along the music road, along with a few who may be new to you, have joined together to offer you a fine range of Celtic tinged lullabies, to benefit One Home Many Hopes in Kenya.
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Spring in Boston: Sports, Revolution & Art
Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 15 April 2011
Spring in Boston is downright fun! Not only are the flowers blooming, but everything seems to come to life, making it a perfect time to visit. Especially after this winter with the endless snow, everyone is ready to come out of hibernation. Like all good things, it should be kicked off with a bang and for Boston, that’s this weekend!
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A Table of Slow, Local Food in Cambridge
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 5 April 2011
Green travelers (or residents) visiting the Boston-Cambridge area looking for excellent food can indulge at Henrietta's Table.
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5 Unique Things to Do in Boston
Blog: Todd's Wanderings - 28 February 2011
Boston is not only a visually stunning city, it is also home to the Red Socks, Beer and Lobster! The city of Boston is one of my “second” homes. From historical battle fields, to Irish pubs, a mix of colonial and modern architecture, the fusion of blue collar values and lofty academics leaves me feeling relaxed and welcomed. The city is smaller than most capital cities and boasts a host of unique neighborhoods.
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Long Time Courting: help kickstart their recording
Blog: Music Road - 16 February 2011
Long Time Courting is a four woman band, based in the Boston area, whose members each bring a love of traditional Irish and American music as well as an interest in contemporary material to a group that has been delighting audiences across New England for several years.
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How I left Hawaii and Started Living
Blog: Vagobond.com - 27 December 2010
Before I left the USA, I decided to see some of the things I might regret missing just in case I never returned...By train across the USA.
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Boston Celtic Music Festival on the way
Blog: Music Road - 27 December 2010
January in Boston is usually a time when the weather is unpredictable, maybe cold, might snow, a time that draws people to think of staying indoors. That plays a part in why the Boston Celtic Music Festival takes place then.
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Pat O’Brien’s: Yankee Hater HQ
Blog: Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website - 27 October 2010
It ain’t easy being a Boston sports fan in this city.
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Legal Sea Foods in Boston
Blog: Dotted Route - 26 October 2010
One of the definitive things that my brother and I wanted to do was to eat seafood in Boston. It's close to the ocean, it's one of the historic port cities of America, and who doesn't like seafood? I looked up a lot of seafood restaurants in Boston and the one name that came up time and time again was Legal Sea Foods. Yelp said go there. Wikitravel said go there. So we had to go there.
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The Happiness Chart (psst It’s really simple)
Blog: Todd's Wanderings - 20 October 2010
The Happiness Chart The Lifestyle Strategies section is all about helping you find your perfect life, showing you there are alternatives to what everyone else implies life should be (no one says it out loud). Being happy is probably the most important measure of a perfect life. If we don’t love what we’re doing, who we spend our hours, days, minutes with, how can we expect to treat others well or help make the world a little better? May people have told me to grow up, stop being so naïve. Life is harsh, it sucks sometimes and you have to just bear it and move on. True, but move on to what?
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Boston, Massachusetts: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Blog: Dotted Route - 6 October 2010
The mention of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum immediately brings up one event; the tragedy that is the theft of the many pieces of art including the three irreplaceable pieces by Vermeer and Rembrandt. For me, 'The Concert' by Vermeer is the real tragedy as Vermeer was not a prolific artist like his peers were and they stood out for their composition and color. But I was in Boston and I had to see how they are still handling their loss in what is considered the biggest art heist in history.
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Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Public Library
Blog: Dotted Route - 4 October 2010
The Boston Public Library is one of the first public libraries founded in America. And if I'm not mistaken, the actual first one founded by the government. The Boston Public Library holds tours on certain days of the week and I happened to plan my trip to the library with a tour.
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Giacomo’s in Boston’s North End
Blog: Dotted Route - 28 September 2010
After a couple of meals eating at Chinese places and random light-healthy fare in Boston, I was ready for something really hearty. I was ready for some carb-laden pasta with a rich sauce. During my research on yelp, urbanspoon, and wikitravel, one Italian eatery stood out for being recognized in each of those online sites, Giacomo's.
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A Bean in Transit
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 25 September 2010
While the world seems to grow up around me. Adults are having babies and buying houses and whatever it is that "grown ups" do, but i am content with my self diagnosis of Peter Pan syndrome. Having chosen the life of a nomad, it is understandably difficult to maintain relationships with folks from the past.
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Tea Party Homophobia Surfaces
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 23 September 2010
Whenever Tea Party people are accused of being racists and homophobic, their answer is always that they're not, uh, racist.
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Boston, Massachusetts: The Freedom Trail
Blog: Dotted Route - 22 September 2010
Take the red line subway to the Park Street station and you will be in the heart of downtown Boston. And right at the heart of downtown Boston is a large piece of green park known as the Boston Commons. It's filled with various people vying for space in this dense part of town. You have your joggers, bikers, homeless, tourists, and local residents. Like many of the large parks in the great cities of America, it is an oasis of calm amid the urban noise. Although, it bleeds more readily into Boston Commons than any other park as this park is quite small, relatively speaking of course.
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Boston, Massachusetts: The Back Bay Fens and Fenway Park
Blog: Dotted Route - 20 September 2010
The Back Bay Fens in Boston is really close to the Museum of Fine Arts. Visiting any museum can usually work up anyone's appetite. The MFA was no exception. By the time we exited the museum, it was already dark and time for some serious grub. My brother did a quick search on his Android phone and came up with two viable options close to us
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Boston, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts
Blog: Dotted Route - 17 September 2010
Most of the online guides suggest the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) as one of the top tourist destinations in the city. I wanted to go there but I didn't want to pay twenty bucks to see some art. I don't think even the Louvre in Paris is that expensive. Good thing they have a program there to gain free admission on Wednesdays after 4pm.
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Shannon Heaton: The Blue Dress
Blog: Music Road - 14 September 2010
The power of melody and love of story are two of the things which drew Shannon Heaton into a professional career in Irish music.
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Taiwan Cafe in Boston’s Chinatown
Blog: Dotted Route - 8 September 2010
After a week on the road without any kind of rice, I was ready for some Asian food. Any Asian food. It was a good thing that the couple that my brother is renting from had a good recommendation in Chinatown. It was in Boston's Chinatown area. It was called Taiwan Cafe and supposed to be run by Taiwanese people. So we got on the red line from Davis Square and got off at Downtown. We walked from the Boston Commons area to Chinatown, which is basically just down Washington Street.
