Today is Election Day and if you are a registered voter you should get out to vote. Although no political positions directly representing Beacon Hill, Back Bay and the North End are being contested, Tuesday’s municipal election features a very hotly contested At-Large City Council race. Beacon Hill’s city council representatives, District 8’s Mike...
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The Turning Back of the Clocks
This weekend marked the turning back of our clocks one hour as all of us know. That one hour taken away causes the sunset in the weeks to come near to 4:30 p.m. – a truly ungodly hour for a sunset. What’s worse is the hour of sunrise. At this point in time, we...
Does Weekend Storm Speak Volumes About Winter to Come?
Most of us heard the lament loudly and clearly over the weekend about the snow coming so early, preceding even this week’s Halloween celebration. In more ways than we care to conjure up, snow this early and so plentiful in nearly all of Massachusetts except for Boston and the coastal area, is a bad...
In Dewey Square
The protestors in Dewey Square are finding out exactly what kind of devotion to task it takes to camp outside in Boston as the winter sets in. We are reminded of General George Washington’s troops doing the same here and in Cambridge during the winter of 1775 and during a number of winters that...
At the Museum of Science
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...
Privacy, Please
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...