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New metro line to connect Back Bay and Seaport

Posted on September 6, 2013 | 6 comments

Today, the Boston Globe reports that a forgotten and unused train track that was used to carry freight about 100 years ago could potentially connect the Seaport District to the Back Bay.

“The state, with no fanfare, has set aside tens of millions of dollars to launch an innovative train service on a dormant rail line between a pair of the city’s most vital neighborhoods: the Seaport District and the Back Bay.

The service should be ready to go in just two years, the planning done without any of the drawn-out permitting processes or neighborhood histrionics that impede so much progress in Boston.“

Read more about this in today’s Boston Globe, here.

I would LOVE to see this happen. What are your thoughts?

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Boston music festivals in September

Posted on September 5, 2013 | Leave a comment

With the start of the academic year, the city of Boston has come back to life with an influx of tens of thousands of college and graduate students. In the weeks that follow a series of free music concerts / festivals will take place. Here are a few you may want to check out.
Following the success of the first Boston Calling Music Festival in May, a second show, featuring 18 artists / bands over two days returns to City Hall Plaza on Saturday, September 7th and 8th.

More information about the artists / bands can be found on their website, www.bostoncalling.com.

Although The Boston Freedom Rally on The Boston Common is all about legalizing marijuana, there is more than just a haze of pot to take in at this two day festival on September 14th and 15th.

Venture down to The Boston Common and check out the more than a dozen bands that will perform.

Details about the two day rally and music acts can be found on the organizer’s website, masscann.org.

The Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival celebrates its 13th season.

Head down to the South End on Saturday, September 28th along Columbus Avenue between Mass Ave and Burke Street in the South End from noon to 6 PM to check out this festival.

Outdoor performances are open to the public and free of charge. More information about the artists / bands can be found on their website, http://www.beantownjazz.org.

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Welcome back college students

Posted on September 1, 2013 | 3 comments

September 1st is known as move-in day here in Boston. With 60+ universities in the metropolitan area, most apartments have a September 1 lease to accommodate the massive student population.

Allston, Brighton, Fenway, Kenmore as well as parts of Back Bay and Beacon Hill are most significantly impacted but really there is no safe neighborhood. Double parked UHaul trucks and discarded furnishings lining the curbside can be seen nearly everywhere.

Although the summer officially does not end until the third week of September, the influx of students moving into their apartments revives Boston and signals that autumn has arrived.

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Boston Comedy Arts Festival

Posted on August 31, 2013 | Leave a comment

The fifth Boston Comedy Arts Festival, starts next week and runs from Tuesday, September 3rd thru Sunday, September 8th. The event will include Kevin McDonald (from Kids in the Hall) as well as Cambridge’s own Jimmy Tingle.

Need a good laugh and want to find out more details about this festival? Check out the Boston Comedy Festival website, www.bostoncomedyarts.com

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Boston Ballet one day sale today

Posted on August 26, 2013 | Leave a comment

Use the code: BBONSALE50 today and save some $$$ when you purchase tickets to one of the Boston Ballet performances for their 50th anniversary.

To read more about the 2013 – 2014 Season and to purchase tickets link to bostonballet.org.

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Red Bull cliff diving in Boston on Sunday

Posted on August 24, 2013 | Leave a comment

Tomorrow, the Red Bull cliff diving competition returns to Boston. This amazing world competition that takes place in Europe, South America and Asia makes its only stop in North America in Boston on Sunday, August 25th.

Competitors dive from a platform erected atop Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art on Fan Pier in the Seaport district. If you’ve never seen this spectacle, I’d encourage you to come down and check it out. The competition commences at 2pm ET and is free to the public.

I’ve included below a quick video from the first diving contest in Boston from 2011.

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Fireworks over Boston harbor August 31st

Posted on August 18, 2013 | Leave a comment

If you are not one of the tens of thousands moving out of your apartment on August 31st, you may want to head down to Boston’s waterfront. Earlier this week Mayor Menino announced the return of summertime public fireworks on the waterfront.

Saturday, August 31st at 9:00 pm

The fireworks will be a highlight of the city-sponsored Boston Arts Festival which runs from Saturday, August 31 to Sunday, September 1 from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Christopher Columbus Park.

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Restaurant Week Boston Summer 2013

Posted on August 6, 2013 | Leave a comment

Boston’s Summer Restaurant Week, starts on August 18th. Participating restaurants will offer a prix-fixe menu that includes a 3-course lunch for $20.13 and a 3-course dinner for $38.13. If this is your first time making reservations during Restaurant Week, consider the following tips:

– Make your reservations this week since the most desirable places book quickly. If possible, make reservations for Monday or Tuesday when a restaurant is likely to be less busy.

– Not all participating restaurants are worth visiting. If most of the restaurant’s main plates are < $25.00 then you’re not saving any money. Look for restaurants that normally charge a higher price point.

– Select a restaurant you have never visited. Use the opportunity to explore new places. You may be pleasantly surprised and discover a new favorite.

Want to see what restaurants are participating, learn more about the program or make a dinner reservation? Check out the website, restaurantweekboston.com.

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Matthew Ritchie to follow Os Gemeos in Dewey Square

Posted on August 4, 2013 | 1 comment

For nearly 18 months the colorful mural shown above in Boston’s Dewey Square has been one of the most discussed pieces of public art.

The Os Gemos mural was never meant to be permanent. Rather the Institute of Contemporary Art is using the Big Dig ventilation building in Dewey Square as a canvas of sorts to feature modern artists. As with the Os Gemeos mural, the next artist who’s work will be featured is expected to last approximately 18-months.

According to the Boston Globe article, British artist, Matthew Ritchie, was selected and will paint a 5,000-square-foot seascape that will be installed the week of Sept. 16. I loved the mural from Os Gemeos and will miss it but I look forward to Ritchie’s contribution to Boston’s public art.

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Flashback Friday

Posted on August 2, 2013 | 2 comments

This is an image of the construction of Boston’s Central Artery which razed and divided parts of downtown neighborhoods. This photo taken from the Custom’s Building looks out at the North End in Boston during the 1950s.

The photo is courtesy of the BPL archives.

Past Flashback Friday Posts

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Guerrilla Queer Bar take over tonight

Posted on August 2, 2013 | 3 comments

Looking to head out but want to try someplace different? Today is the first Friday of the month which means TWC’s Guerrilla Queer Bar is taking over a traditionally ‘straight’ bar. Sound like fun? You betcha… This month join the fun and check out ARC Nightclub & Lounge (formerly An Tua Nua) located at 835 Beacon Street, in the Fenway. The fun starts at 9PM.

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Summertime

Posted on July 28, 2013 | 5 comments

August starts later this week which means thousands of returning college students and cooler temperatures are now just weeks away.

Make the most of August and enjoy the final month of summer in the city. I’ll be making at least one more dash down to Provincetown for Carnival as well as spending a weekend up in Ogunquit, ME as well as Wolfboro, NH.

Do you have any plans you are looking forward to in August?

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Red Bull Cliff Diving returns to Boston

Posted on July 25, 2013 | Leave a comment

This past winter I first wrote that the Red Bull Cliff Diving contest would return to Boston this summer for the third year in a row in this post.

One month from today on August 25th that competition will return to Boston. I’ll be out of town and miss the fun, but I wanted to encourage anyone in the Boston area to mark this on their calendar to come down and enjoy this free, fun event along Boston’s waterfront. I’ve included below a quick video from the first diving contest in Boston from 2011.

Red Bull Cliff Diving – Sunday, Aug 25th

Boston Waterfront by the ICA Boston

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Adam Ezra Group at City Hall Plaza tonight

Posted on July 19, 2013 | 1 comment

Boston’s Music Festival – Outside the Box – has been hosting dozens of shows each day since the festival started last week. Later tonight the Adam Ezra Group will take the main stage in City Hall Plaza at 7:30 pm. If you get there earlier, you can also see award-winning recording artist and native Bostonian Adam Jensen who comes on stage at 6pm.