Boston, Mass – Daddio and I took the twins on an “play date” to the Museum of Fine Arts. This was not something we dreamed up ourselves or organized with friends: I wouldn’t dare. This is an organized program offered…
New England’s Best Trips
Look what came in the mail! If you ever needed an excuse for a road trip, here it is… An excerpt from New England’s Best Trips You’ve read the history books, seen a few photos, maybe enjoyed a bowl…
Boston Tea Party Ships
I finally found a legitimate reason to suck up the $25 (!) admission fee and check out Boston’s newest attraction. A decade after being destroyed by fire, the Boston Tea Party ships are once again docked at Griffin’s Wharf, alongside…
Flatbread Company: How to entertain house guests during a hurricane
Somerville, Massachusetts – I know it was the perfect storm and everything, but was it really necessary to shut down the entire state? No school, no museums, no nothing. I was desperate to find something to keep my Finnish house…
Mr Autumn Men
Stow, Mass – Autumn is in the air, and everybody in the greater Boston area is in a good mood. I thought it was just in the pink house, or maybe on our street, but then I read this hilarious…
Leaf-peeping by Bike
Boston – The sky is blue, the air is crisp and the leaves are aflame with gold, crimson and orange. It is autumn in Boston — and a perfect day for a bicycle ride. Boston’s compact and relatively flat geography…
Making Tracks to Great Destinations
Carver, Massachusetts – Twin S and Twin V are loco for locos. They are on a first-name basis with Thomas the Tank Engine and all of his friends – and let me tell you, Thomas has a lot of friends.…
What’s New on the Boston Art Scene?
Boston, Massachusetts – When the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) moved to dramatic new quarters on the South Boston waterfront, it foreshadowed a phenom. A half-decade later, Boston’s most prominent and prestigious artistic institutions are upgrading their contemporary offerings in significant ways. In…
Boston for Children
An excerpt from Lonely Planet Boston Boston is a giant history museum, the setting for many educational and lively field trips.Cobblestone streets and costume-clad tour guides bring to life the events that kids read about in history books. Hands-on experimentation and interactive…
Camping on Cape Cod
Summer on ever-popular Cape Cod, Massachusetts conjures up images of traffic-clogged streets and jam-packed beaches. “That’s the problem with peninsulas,” lamented Dennis Moran, who drove 320km from Russell, Massachusetts for a week of seaside living. “There’s only one way in…