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Gear Report: Winter Biking Apparel
in BikingWednesday I finally got to test out my new biking apparel with some actual winter weather (not the 69 degree temperatures last week that had me back…
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Martin Luther King, Jr. the Pillow Fighter
Yesterday at St. James's, Harvey Cox was our guest preacher as part of a sermon series on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Cox first met…
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Classical Music Graffiti, or the Promise of Placecasting
Earlier this week I noticed that a fellow patron of the JP Licks men's restroom felt inspired to jot "Gustav Holst 9 planets" on the baby-changing table…
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Geni and the Shakuhachi Funk Sextet
Last night Cathy, Edward, and I took in a great show by our new friend Geni from St. James's at Ryles in Inman Square. In addition to…
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Placeblogger.com Launched
Yesterday Numenius gave me the heads up the Lisa Williams went live with her directory of place blogs at placeblogger.com. Congratulations, Lisa! It's quite an accomplishment to…
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Paying Attention to Darfur
in DissertationThis week I've been reading Richard Lanham's book The Economics of Attention, and it's given new meaning to the phrase "paying attention." Lanham points out that if…
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Drivetime: Videoblogging the JP-Allson-Cambridge Commute
Over lunch today I attended the Brain Gain luncheon hosted by the Harvard Business School where Katie Livingston-Vale talked about what's happening in educational technology at MIT.…
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Graffiti, Somerville/Cambridge Style
This afternoon I noticed these two pieces of street art on Summer Street in Somerville, one a spray painted portrait of Nome Chomsky and the other a…
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A Day on the Franconia Ridge Loop
Saturday we spent the day on the Franconia Ridge Loop, the best trail I've been on so far in New England. It's got everything–peaks, waterfalls, 360 degree…
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Jamaica Pond in Color
Sam Blackmon has a new site call The Jamaica Pond Project. Heres how he describes it: Life on a Smaller Scale We live in Jamaica Plain, a…
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Recipe for a Tasty Fall Evening in JP
Last night we had friends over to JP for the Lantern Parade around Jamaica Pond (a few pictures here), a community event featuring lanterns made by kids…
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Eastern Point Lighthouse
Yesterday we took a pleasant bike ride around the Eastern Point area of Gloucester, a peninsula that sticks out into Gloucester Harbor. I've driven around the loop…
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Birthday Colors
Yesterday evening I biked by this tree in Eliott Street Park and couldn't help but stop and take a photo. There wasn't anything subtle about it–just brilliant…
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Segway at the Sweet Finnish Cafe
This morning I'm sitting in Sweet Finnish, one of my new coffeeshops here in JP, and I just watched a man pass by on the far sidewalk,…
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Views from the New Bike Route: Chestnut Hill Reservoir
The Chestnut Hill Reservoir is the final body of water that I reach just before arriving at BC, about 20-25 minutes after I leave home. After I…
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Views from the New Bike Route: Brookline Reservoir
The Brookline Reservoir, at the corner of Lee St. and Boylston (Rt. 9), is the second body of water I pass on my way to work. This…
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Arson at Pondside Reality
in NeighborhoodEarlier this week as I was coming down Centre Street back to my apartment, I was shocked to see that Pondside Reality, where Yorgos helped us found…
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Views from the New Bike Route: Jamaica Pond
One of the best perks of living in JP is the ride from here to work each morning. The 20-25 minute journey takes me down the backroads…
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Home in Jamaica Plain, or Coming (Nearly) Full Circle
This morning I'm sitting in Emack and Bolios on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, working on the introduction to my dissertation. I've been working on a section…
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Carmina Burana at the Sanders Theater
Friday night we took in a free performance of Carmina Burana Harvard's Sanders theater. Our friend Arnie was in the chorus, so it was a good chance…
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Consummation of a Potentiality
in NeighborhoodA few days ago, I found an Jamaica Plain apartment for September, and I’m looking forward to beginning a new phase in my Boston life before too…
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Car-less at Last
in BikingIt’s symbolic that the day after I got my new bike from Bikes Not Bombs, I was also able to get rid of my car–sometime yesterday the…
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New Wheels from Bikes Not Bombs
After riding my old blue Crestone for 10 years, last night I donated it Bikes Not Bombs and rode home on an even older Bianci the built…
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Headed to Jamaica Plain
in NeighborhoodI’ve known for a few months that I’d be leaving the Quint house at the end of the summer, but it’s only in the last few days…
