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Celebrate the Season!

No, not that season. The one we’re in right now. Autumn.

Somerville is celebrating the final SomerStreets of the year on Sunday October 19th with the Monster Mashed UP Festival. Major streets will be closed, ghosts and goblins will walk among us, and fun will be had by all. Also, there will be pumpkins, face painting, a parade, costume contests (for pets and their people) and, you’ve probably guessed it by now, craft vendors.

I’ll be there in my tent with all sorts of things to tempt you. Things that make great host gifts, things that make gifts for yourself, and yes, things that make great holiday gifts as well.

Details are here. Please come! It’s a rain or shine event. We’re hardy New Englanders after all, and this is only Autumn. Winter is, as they say, still coming.

See you there!

~Kelly

Back to School Shopping with Local is for Lovers

Somerville Local First, Local is for Lovers, and Arts at the Armory bring you:

Local is for Lovers Market- Back to School

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Boston! Live Jazz near YOU

From the always awesome David Scott comes a list of performances in the greater Boston area that you, yes you, should attend. Dave is an amazing performer and he’s always working with amazing performers. If you haven’t heard him before take a moment to check him out.

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Brimfield 2014 – The Loot – Part 2

We’ve showed you the books, the jewelry, and the metal-ware. Now it’s time for everything else. It’s amazing how much great stuff we got that was SO inexpensive. It’s also amazing that we’re going to be able to fit it all in 3 posts.

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Calling all Boston area Geeks, Nerds, and Star Trek fans!

Tribbles like you’ve never seen them before! Captain Kirk with cleavage!

Um, what?

My friend, Karen, is performing in this.

Karen’s pretty cool even when she’s not dressed up as Captain Kirk but this – this is really cool. Also, FREE. Come one, come all. Details are here. If you missed this at Arisia 14, this is your last chance.

~Kelly

Brimfield 2014 – The Loot – Part 1

Geoff and I found a lot of great things at Brimfield this year. Unlike past years we didn’t go looking with extremely specific things in mind. This helps tremendously because you tend to happen across things that you can use or give as gifts and spend more time browsing and less time hunting. I’ve managed to photograph most of the items. We’re going to break them up into a few posts over the next week or so because listing them all at once would be insane.

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This is the most inspired musical performance I’ve seen in a long time

Seriously, I was amazed. A friend tweeted this to me. If these guys ever come to Boston I will see them in concert. I have a feeling they’d do well performing at Berklee.

I have to admit, I do feel sorry for their bows.

After digging through their YouTube channel there’s some really great stuff. The video with Steve Vai is pretty amazing, too. You should check it out. Preferably with the sound system turned up to 11.

~Kelly

Go out and get some culture! Concerts for YOU.

I have concert listings. Lots of concert listings. These are upcoming concerts that I’m not performing in but will try to attend. You should try to go as well. Music is good for the soul. Also, Bach rocks. And, there may be cake.

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Little boy becomes superhero for a day

This story is just amazing. It still seems like one of those things that happens in after-school specials or in one of those Hallmark channel movies.

Miles Scott, who at age five has already been fighting cancer for three years, lives in California and like many kids his age he loves superheroes. He especially loves Batman and would apparently wear the costume quite a bit. So the Make-A-Wish Foundation decided to turn Miles’ dream into reality by transforming San Francisco into Gotham City for a day.

But the most amazing part to me is how many people, many of them random strangers, became involved. Literally thousands of people.

One of Batman’s creators drew the little boy a comic featuring villain Bane retreating from Miles as Batkid. The mayor, the chief of police, the TV news, the San Francisco Chronicle, even President Obama, all got involved. And thousands of strangers (many of them carrying Batkid signs and such) showed up to cheer him on as he “rescued” people from villains that included the Riddler and the Joker.

The links I included have a lot of good photos and video. Watch, read, and try not to tear up. I dare you.

-Geoff

Happy Birthday Shakay

Happy Birthday to the best man at our wedding, Geoff’s best friend, and the guy who has stuck by him through everything. We are lucky to have you in our lives, and we appreciate it more than you know. You are a member of our chosen family, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. May this year be better than all that have come before it.

~Kelly & Geoff