If you have an interest in ancient history, then the present showing of relics, artifacts and even of some of those entombed by the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius, are on display at the Museum of Science. When the city of Pompei was reduced to piles of ash and ruins in 79AD, the riddle of...
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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his supermodel wife Giselle Bundchen live in the Back Bay in a spectacular townhouse said to be worth in excess of $10 million. Recently, the Brady’s have apparently moved to a smaller Back Bay location but just down the street or around the corner from their present Beacon Street...
State Police Must Make Esplanade a Safer Place
It is impossible to know exactly how many thousands of people use the Esplanade on an average day for running, bicycling, boating, walking babies in carriages, walking dogs, playing with children in the small areas reserved for them and on and on. Arguably, the number resides somewhere in the thousands. During an average weekend...
Steve Jobs
The death of Steve Jobs at 56 brings to an end the life of an extraordinary American inventor. Ironically, the i-Phones held by so many millions across the face of the earth announcing his death were designed by him. He was an artist in a way. He chose to work outside the box, was...
Columbus Day 2011
At the time he lived and sailed during the 15th Century there was no man dead or alive who was more gifted at navigating the seas than Christopher Columbus. When speaking or writing about him, the same things have been chronicled about him throughout the centuries. He was brave. He was bold. He was...
Hub Protest
Sitting in your Back Bay condo or apartment and watching the news or hearing about the protests going on in the financial district makes you wonder – what is it all about? If you own a business in Back Bay or are employed in the Back Bay in any of its hotels or fine...
Francona, the Sox and the Way of the World
All weekend, wherever you went in the North End on Hanover Street for a coffee and some conversation, the firing of Red Sox manager Terry Francona was at the top of the A-list of breaking news. Bostonians tend to treat sports as though sports was about important world events. Francona’s end was like the...
September in the City
A walk down Beacon Street or Commonwealth Avenue at the end of September when the weather is warm and the leaves are falling is a preferred state. To be in shortsleeves enjoying a stroll past some of the world’s finest architecture and brilliant bronze statuary when the fall is upon us is a very...
Car-free Week Sept. 18-24
September 22nd, has become Car-Free Day in great metropolitan centers of population and business throughout the world. The intention of the car-free holiday is to inspire the use of mass transit, and forms of transportation other than those relying exclusively on the internal combustion engine. Boston and Massachusetts has taken Car-Free-Day a step further....
The Walk Against Cancer
More than 9,000 men, women and children converged on the Back Bay on Sunday as participants in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk Against Cancer took place As usual, it was a huge success honoring friends, family, co-workers, and patients facing all forms of cancer. Over the past 22 years, the Walk has contributed...