November 25th, 2008
“Listen my children and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. . . . “
In Boston’s North End you’ll find the small wooden home that Paul Revere left on April 18th, 1775 when he began the ride that made him a legend. He lived here with his wife, five children, and [...]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 4 comments
November 10th, 2008
Today’s Matchbook Monday comes from a Boston favorite.
75 Chestnut is a small pub-style restaurant in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. While it was once an elegant, high end restaurant, it reinvented itself into a popular, and affordable, neighborhood establishment with a bistro-like interior.
The menu includes pub fare (burgers, soups, salads, and sandwiches) with [...]
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August 16th, 2008
A couple hour drive west of Boston, nearly to the New York state line in Stockbridge, is the Norman Rockwell Museum.
The site was Rockwell’s home for the last 25 years of his life, and was turned into a museum housing over 700 of his paintings, drawings and studies (the largest collection in the [...]
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April 3rd, 2008
Today I have a guest post from blogging pal Susan Johnston.
With the decline of the US dollar vs. international currencies, now is the perfect time to explore domestic destinations rather than flying overseas.
Spring is the ideal season to visit Boston, because the weather is warming up and many of Boston’s most popular attractions are [...]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 1 comment
September 12th, 2006
Have you noticed how the nights are getting just a little bit cooler? And in the mornings, there’s starting to be a little crispness in the air.
When the weather gets like this, I start thinking about the fall foliage, and how beautiful nature can be this time of year.
Word is that this year’s foliage New [...]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 6 comments
June 2nd, 2006
June 2nd, 1692, is generally recognized as the commencing of the Salem Witch Trials.
Hindsight tells us that, despite the rampant hysteria running through the community at the time, none of these people (mostly women) were witches. Fear does crazy things to people.
Salem, rather than denying it, or trying to distance itself from its less tolerant [...]
By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 3 comments
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