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Winter's journeys and music
Blog: Music Road - 3 January 2012
Part of the work of winter is change. There are new beginnings, and looking for different horizons. The work of winter also includes quiet, reflection, and meditation, perhaps to integrate the lessons of the turning season, perhaps to find the light to follow those new paths. Music makes a good companion, for whatever directions this early part of a new year is taking you.
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music and the unexpected
Blog: Music Road - 19 August 2011
Whether you look first for patterns or for things that break a pattern, you will often find things you do not expect. Perhaps a happy surprise, perhaps a difficult one, perhaps something that is disconcerting, or maybe, joyous. Musicians consider all these things in their work, of course, and there are ways music both fits and breaks pattern, too.
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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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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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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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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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Visiting Jack
Blog: GoBackpacking - 22 December 2010
He and his friends were digging life like we all want to: with a knife and fork and swallowing it whole.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog.Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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Irish Christmas in America tour
Blog: Music Road - 3 December 2010
Irish Christmas in America is a show filled with lively fiddle tunes, songs, carols, stories, and dance that share the spirit of Ireland at Christmas. Stories are funny and serious, and so are the songs and tunes. From the anticipation of Christmas Eve through the funny antics of Wren Day, it's all to be enjoyed. Oisín Mac Diarmada of Irish group Téada is the producer and the fiddle player with the tour which includes his bandmates from Téada along with guests including harp player Grainne Hambly and piper Tommy Martin.
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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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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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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.
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USA Road Trip Day 7: Albany > Boston
Blog: Dotted Route - 3 September 2010
Waking up in the Fort Orange Club is a different experience than the nocturnal experience. It is an amazing thing what a little sunlight can do to change the aura and feel of a place. Gone are the dark hallways lit by red exit signs. What is up with that anyways? We have green exit signs in the West Coast. Why would anyone want creepy red auras at night?
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Unique Boston Travel Experiences
Blog: Ottsworld - 27 July 2010
My first trip to Boston was only 12 years ago. I was 28 and was finally starting to venture out of the ‘safety’ of the Midwest. I was excited to see the city where American history came alive; I wanted to walk the Freedom Trail, see the where all the famous events [...]
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Photo of the Week – Boston
Blog: Ottsworld - 23 July 2010
Doing something a little different this week and instead of one photo, I’m bringing you a photo walk I did while staying in Boston this summer. I walked around the historic neighborhood of Beacon Hill where cobblestone streets and gas lamps take you back in time. Then I took a wander through the famous Boston [...]
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Southie Trail
Blog: Ottsworld - 20 July 2010
When traveling to Boston 80% of the people stick to the Freedom Trail re-familiarizing themselves on stories of American independence while being herded through the heart of the city. However I like to separate from the herd, and that’s just what I did as I explored a neighborhood off the tourist trail, South [...]
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Love Travel, Love Beer, Love Life
Blog: Ottsworld - 15 July 2010
When you travel, your life is enriched in so many ways. Every time I travel to a new country and immerse myself in it, there’s at least one thing from the ‘foreign’ culture I wish I could bring back and add to my own American culture. The concept of pulling the best out [...]
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kickstart an Irish music recording
Blog: Music Road - 13 July 2010
Shannon Heaton is a top class flute player, singer, composer, and performer. You’ve encountered her work in Irish music here along the music road before.Shannon most often performs in a duo with her husband Matt, and with the quartet Long Time Courting. She also has a plan to record a solo flute album. Part of the way she’s financing this is through a Kickstarter project.
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I travel solo for the company.
Blog: Solo Traveler - 1 July 2010
I often meet people as I travel but this one day on Cape Cod was better than any I have ever experienced. Meet Skip, Jeanette, Laurie, Jim and Brad.
