So here’s a story about something that happened to us a while ago when the U.S. played Portugal in the World Cup.
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Tag: Boston
Two historic ships on this stormy day
Two gorgeous old historic ships are in the news this week. Both of them were built here in Massachusetts (although more than 40 years apart), both of them are among the last surviving examples of classic American wooden shipbuilding, and both of them are ships I have visited more than once over the years. One is the oldest vessel in the United States Navy, and the other is the last surviving wooden whaling ship in the world.
Happy 4th of July everyone
Here in Boston we had some scheduling insanity due to the weather predicted for today. Even though the big Boston Pops fireworks event was moved to Thursday the 3rd from Friday the 4th, the festivities still began early and then ended with a bit of chaos when the bad weather blew in shortly after the fireworks ended.
And wow, did the weather get ugly.
May, June & July 2014 concerts – mark your calendars
It’s time for the summer concert season in Boston. Mark your calendars now, there’s some great stuff happening.
This list is from Julia Cavallaro and Matthew Hall of Musical Offering
Saturday, May 31 at 4:00 PM
Sunday, June 1 at 2:00 PM
C.P.E. Bach’s Playlist: Works by C.P.E., J.S. & Telemann
Musical Offering (musical-offering.org)
May 31: First Church in Cambridge, MA
June 1: St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields, Lincoln, MA
More Info: musical-offering.org/season-3
Sunday, June 22 at 8:00 PM
Gesualdo Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday
Zefiro Ensemble (zefiroensemble.com)
St. John’s Church, Jamaica Plain, MA
Directions: goo.gl/maps/xC45s
Tickets: $10 at the door
This is from Julia and is AGO/Pentecost/awesome related.
Wednesday, June 25 at 7:30 PM
Thursday, June 26 at 7:30 PM
A Praetorius Organ Vespers for Pentecost
Canto Armonico; Ulf Wellner, dir. (cantoarmonico.org)
Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Orchestra
First Lutheran Church of Boston, MA
More Info: agoboston2014.org/2013/09/lutheran-vespers
And then we have Meravelha and SoHIP.
Veni Creator Spiritus – SoHIP Summer Concert Series
July 15, 2014 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
St Peter’s Church 320 Boston Post Rd Weston, MA 02493
July 16, 2014 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
The Chapel at West Parish Cemetery 129 Reservation Rd Andover, MA 01810
July 17, 2014 time TBA
Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury St Boston, MA 02116
Go out and enjoy all the music the summer has to offer!
~Kelly
Speaking of rocks…
Yes, I guess you could say that geology is a hobby of ours. There are certainly some aspects of geology that interest me more than others, just as there are some that interest Kelly more. And one of the things about geology that really really interests me is studying impact craters, and there have been some interesting developments in recent weeks.
Send some love to Keytar Bear
If you live in the Boston area, odds are at some point you have seen Keytar Bear performing in or near an MBTA station. He’s one of those quirky things about Boston that I love so much.
But he will not be performing for a while, to the loss of all commuters.
@MetroBOS thinks we’ve “lost the marathon spirit”
Twitter is hilarious. It has the tremendous power for good and also the power to do some really horrible stuff. Then stuff like this happens.
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Boston Strong all over again
Yesterday there was another tragedy in our fair city. A fire broke out in the Back Bay, one of the more tightly packed areas of the city, both architecturally and in terms of traffic. It quickly went to 9 alarms, sent 18 people to the hospital, destroyed the 4 story building where it started, and killed 2 firefighters.
9 city blocks were closed through this morning as 40+ mph winds whipped the fire into a frenzy. Backdraft type conditions made the fire merciless and the brave men and women kept fighting even when they knew that one of their comrades lay dead at the bottom of the building. Even when the fire leapt through the roof and reached for the sky, when floors collapsed and sprayed the surrounding houses with showers of embers, and when the smoke was so thick we could see it from Cambridge, they fought on for hours.
Internet in Greater Boston – fewer options for more money
Greater Boston, and especially our home of Cambridge, is undoubtedly one of the technology capitals of the United States, and certainly of the East Coast. And yet Kelly and I have struggled for years to find a decent, reliable Internet provider for a reasonable price. Currently we are using Comcast, because we simply could not get reliable service from Verizon no matter how hard we tried. It was depressing, but at least we figured it probably wouldn’t get any worse.
And then earlier this week I read that our Internet/phone/cable provider, Comcast, is going through yet another merger.
Sigh. No good can come from this.
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Refusing to learn from experience
Sometimes, there is some wisdom in doing something yourself so you can actually understand it. Regarding the winter weather debacle in Georgia, this is NOT one of those times. This is not the sort of thing you want to figure out for yourself, any more than you want your architect to forget about silly things like plans so you can just “play it by ear”. Learn from the wisdom and experience of others. Hell, learn from your own experience, Atlanta. It’s been only 3 years since your last winter storm nightmare. Besides, your traffic is gridlocked in perfect weather on a normal day. I have been there, I know. Whenever I was driving to Macon for the weekend, I avoided Atlanta completely. What made you think having everyone go home at the same time during a snowstorm was a good idea?
The Books are Taking Over... 