Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and you’ve left yourself no time to bake that apple pie you promised to contribute to your inlaws’ dessert spread. You’ve weaseled your way out of similar situations in the past, but if you show up again this year with a Mrs. Smiths, you’ll cement your reputation as a future unfit parent. [...]
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Boston Kids Spill the Beans: Best Boston Nabes for Trick or Treating
Halloween is looming in the very near future and I happen to have the inside scoop on the best nabes in and around Boston to score quality (read king size) candy in mass quantity (read several pillowcases worth). I am unapologetically excited about the holiday and have been crafting my beet (as in the root [...]
Arlington’s Robbins Library: A Community Cornerstone
I had heard tell of Arlington’s Robbins Library. Tales of its golden rotunda, its in-tact and working fireplaces, its sunlit children’s section and tambourine playing librarians had come up in passing conversation. I paid such conversations as much heed as daily debates I have about oxygen levels in middle earth and unicorn migration routes through [...]
Paladar; Communal Wine and Dine in Boston’s Beacon Hill
“The people who attend are perhaps the most important ingredient of the evening.”
Brooklyn Boots It
Hike up your socks, Brooklyn, tie your booties good and tight, and throw on your most ironic T. It’s a Sunday night in October in Williamsburg Brooklyn’s McCarren Park and only the best of Brooklyn Kickball League’s teams are still in the running for the much coveted Chuck D cup and the title (among lesser [...]
Neighborhood Gardens: A Sense of Community Worth Fighting For
New York’s community gardeners range in age, income level, race, and ethnicity–thus contributing to the communal nature of the effort.
The High Line: An Urban Sky Park Manifests and Unites the Nabes Below
A friend pointed out to me that New York, the most vertical city in the world, is taking its next big step in moving more of our life to the sky. What does this mean for New York communities? Perhaps the High Line Park, a new vein of transport and recreation alive with culture and [...]
