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Red Bull Cliff Diving returns to Boston

Posted on July 25, 2013 | Leave a comment
© Romina Amato/Red Bull Cliff Diving

© Romina Amato/Red Bull Cliff Diving

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

Adam Ezra GroupBoston’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.

Here’s a song I’m fairly certain the Adam Ezra Group will perform tonight for everyone.  Note it’s not exactly work safe.

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Flashback Friday

Posted on July 19, 2013 | Leave a comment

Flashback FridayImage of the Charles River at Norumbega Park, Newton in 1919 photographed by Leslie Jones. The photo is courtesy of the BPL archives.

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Free fitness classes in Boston

Posted on July 18, 2013 | Leave a comment

Hitting the gymGym memberships can be costly, but during the summer months Boston has so many free classes throughout the city you needn’t spend any money to get into shape. Yoga, Zumba, Crossfit, Boot Camp, Pilates and Running Clubs all offer affordable ways to get / stay in shape and meet people.

Free Fitness Classes At The Esplanade

Monday: Marathon Sports Running Club run at the Esplanade
Tuesday: Healthworks Zumba at the Hatch Shell
Wednesday: Yoga at Fiedler Field
Thursday: Reebok Crossfit class at Fiedler Field
Friday: Pilates at Fiedler Field
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FREE FITNESS CLASSES at post office sq

Monday: Morning Yoga and Evening Zumba
Tuesday: Morning Pilates and Evening Boot Camp
Wednesday: Morning Boot Camp and Evening Yoga
Thursday: Morning Pilaties
Friday: Morning Yin Yoga
DETAILS HERE
 

Free classes are also being hosted around the city including along The Greenway, City Hall Plaza and in East Boston.  For additional details about free, outdoor fitness classes (most run through the end of August) link to BostonMovesForHealth.org calendar.

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Fork Lift Food Fest starts Thursday

Posted on July 17, 2013 | Leave a comment

outside the box 2013Starting this Thursday and running through Sunday, July 21st is Boston’s Fork Lift Food Fest; hosted in conjunction with Boston’s music festival, Outside the Box.

Boston’s Fork Lift Food Fest – July 18 – 21

The Fork Lift Food Fest features local restaurants and celebrity chefs in City Hall Plaza. In addition to a lot of great food, check out the Wine & Beer Pavilion (for those 21 and over).

More information is here.

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Boston Festival: Outside the Box

Posted on July 10, 2013 | 1 comment
Boston Outside the Box Festival

Mighty Mighty Bosstones perform Sat, July 20th on The Boston Common

Mark your calendars and make plans to check out Boston’s first annual performing arts festival, Outside the Box.  This free festival starting later this weekend on Saturday, July 13th will run for one week through Sunday, July 21st and turn the Boston Common and City Hall Plaza into performance spaces, with over 200 events showcasing the best of Boston and Massachusetts.

OUTSIDE THE BOX FESTIVAL – JULY 13TH – 21st

Outside the Box Festival includes a line up of 200 artists. To see the full line up of artists link here, and to see the schedule of this 9-day festival link here. In addition to attracting some amazingly gifted artists, from July 18th – 21st a festival within a festival featuring some of the city’s best local restaurants and celebrity chefs will take place in Boston’s City Hall Plaza. For more information about the Boston FoodFest link here.

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Free Shakespeare on The Common

Posted on July 8, 2013 | Leave a comment

BostonThe Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) free production of William Shakespeare’s play, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, started this past weekend and runs through July 28th.

Free performances run from July 6 – 28

For details about performances: www.commshakes.org/performances

About The Two Gentlemen of Verona:  Believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591, this comedy is considered by some to be William Shakespeare’s first play. The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between friendship and love, and the foolish behavior of people in love.  More about the play may be read here.

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Boston ranked one of America’s snobbiest cities

Posted on July 8, 2013 | 4 comments

SnobbyI place no credence in unscientific surveys, but I do find them a lot of fun to read so of course I enjoyed Travel and Leisure’s recent survey that found Boston the third snobbiest city in the US.

Placing Boston after San Francisco (ranked the snobbiest city in America) and New York City, the magazine said visitors may “detect a certain air of superiority”.  Oy vey, that can be so true! Fortunately, I’ve found a great group of friends who don’t take themselves too seriously and are warm and friendly.  My hunch is there is a direct correlation to the wealth of a city and the “snob” level of a city.

You can see the full list of “Snobby Cities” here.

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4th of July celebrations in Boston

Posted on July 4, 2013 | Leave a comment
Fourth of July

Source: Travelocity

If you are in the United States, I hope you’ve been able to enjoy the day.  The celebration in Boston will culminate with an elaborate fireworks display synchronized to music that starts at 9:30pm ET.

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Blink! A light and sound extravaganza

Posted on July 3, 2013 | 1 comment

Blink! A Light and Sound Extravaganza returns to Faneuil Hall Marketplace for a special summer edition. You may recall that this light show that covers nearly every part of the marketplace, was first presented this past December.  It has been recreated with a summer edition featuring the song Dirty Water by The Standells and will have nightly shows through Labor Day.

Blink!More information is available soon on bostonblinks.com.  Thanks to Adam at Boston Hospitality and Tourism Industry Blog for the tip.

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This is Boston

Posted on July 1, 2013 | Leave a comment

I absolutely love this 4 minute video by Filmmaker Sean Collins who said he created this timelapse video  to pay tribute to Boston.

If you’ve never been to Boston, this clip will show you all the major sites from the comfort of wherever you happen to be, and if you are a Bostonian now living elsewhere, this will certainly bring a smile to your face and fill you with pride.

You can read the article by Steve Annear that features this clip on Boston Magazine here.

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July 4th celebrations in Boston

Posted on June 30, 2013 | Leave a comment

Fourth of July in BostonLater this week the Boston Pops and the City of Boston will host one of the country’s largest 4th of July celebrations in the United States. This will also be the first time the national spotlight will be on the city of Boston since the bombings in April so expect tighter than normal security.

Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular Event Schedule

If you are planning to enjoy the celebrations down along the Charles River have a great time.  I will be hightailing it out of the city of Boston and heading to Provincetown.

What will you be doing to celebrate Independence Day?

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The Devil Came Up To Boston

Posted on June 21, 2013 | 5 comments

Devil Came Up To BostonHere is a hilarious take on the Devil Came Down To Georgia. I suppose this is what would happen if the devil ever came up to Boston.  Love the song, but note that the F-bomb among other colorful language is laced throughout.

Special thanks to my friend (a New England transplant who actually now lives down in Georgia), Nancy Geery.

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Flashback Friday

Posted on June 21, 2013 | 1 comment

Flashback FridayLast week I featured the Boston Garden which you can see in this artist rendering of Boston by all the train tracks leading into North Station.   This “$110,000 highway in the skies” as the Boston Globe called it back in 1954 became obsolete decades ago and was replaced by the Central Artery Tunnel Project better known as the Big Dig.

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Boston’s Outside the Box Festival

Posted on June 20, 2013 | 1 comment

Boston Arts FestivalMark your calendars, because one month from today Boston will host the first annual performing arts festival, Outside the Box.  Free performances from more than 200 artists will temporarily turn the Boston Common and City Hall Plaza into performance spaces.

OUTSIDE THE BOX FESTIVAL – JULY 13TH – 20TH

To see the full line up of artists link here, and to see the schedule of this 9-day festival link here.  For all you food enthusiasts – don’t feel left out because the final three days of this festival will also have something called the Boston FoodFest which will transform Boston’s City Hall Plaza from July 18th – 21st into a foodie’s delight, featuring some of the city’s best local restaurants and celebrity chefs. For more information about the Boston FoodFest link here.

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