So it wasn’t exactly well-planned on our part. Want reservations for a campsite on one of the busiest late summer weekends of the year? Get those well in advance or get ready to make a lot of hopeful calls to the state parks for last minute openings. We did the latter. Coastal state parks with [...]
How lucky to have had the week here in this rented place near the clam flats in Rockland, Maine. Especially with the home temperatures in Boston holding steady in the mid to low 90s. Today here on the coast? Cool and misty in the mid 60s. Yesterday here, Downeast? Warm and bright in the low [...]
A much appreciated break from the humid weather today. Still warm, close to the low 80s I think, but much more comfortable. Mid-afternoon, after my school appointments, I changed my clothes and headed out to my car, where I happened to run into the downstairs neighbor stepping out of hers. Looking tired. She asked where [...]
So S. and I are going to do it. Thanks to a pretty great temporary membership deal through the Groupon website (20 full-access visits for less than $30), get ready for us, Beacon Hill Athletic club! Time to get in some better shape for summer travel. We strolled into the Brookline Village location this late [...]
You know it’s been a pretty good Memorial Day weekend when: The weather’s been perfect, ranging from the mid 60s to mid 70s. Even a welcome short burst of heavy rain Saturday afternoon, causing friend C. and me to duck into stores along Centre St. instead of the planned walk around the Jamaica Pond. Trying [...]
Feeling pretty lucky to have that back porch these days– with the electric grill primed up for use, the small patio table wiped down (man, all that pollen), and the potted plants–a hanging fuscia basket and a surprisingly healthy honeysuckle plant–rounding out the sense of home extended outdoors. A grilled dinner in the early to [...]
Sometimes an early to mid evening walk through the nearby Arboretum, among the lilac bushes in particular, is all you need to shake off a day. A lovely time to be out. Reminds you to enjoy the spring.
A great bike ride today with friend L. and a few others, literally taking the full day. Let’s just say that I wasn’t planning on the 55 mile ride that it turned out to be. Beginning from Jamaica Plain to Somerville, and then out on the Minuteman Bikeway to its end in Bedford, and on [...]
You have to love, and then feel the pain of, and then love again the first bike ride of the spring season. A good meet up with former Watertown roommates for a late breakfast in Newton Center. Then pumped up the bike tires, wiped down the frame and went on my way this afternoon. Bright [...]
AMC Fall Foliage Bike Trip to Western Massachusetts
How nice to mix the requisite fall visit out to Western Massachusetts with a weekend bike trip through the AMC. Staying in a charmingly converted barn in Hancock, MA–on the border between Massachusetts and New York. Right in the Berkshires and close enough to see the Taconics. Brisk morning starts but warming up both days [...]