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Photo Friday: Boston, Massachusetts

By on April 19, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts, North America, photo friday, USA

TweetI don’t have a special connection with Boston. While I loved the city, I only got to spend less than two full days there, which wasn’t nearly enough. But I have friends from Boston and some who still live there. I don’t even consider myself a runner, despite running a race every month this year. [...]

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Photo of the Day: Cape Cod, MA

By on August 4, 2010 in family, Massachusetts, photo friday, road trip, USA

Tweet Is it just me or is this exactly how you imagine Cape Cod to be? We didn’t stay for long, but long enough to realize we were a little too grubby to stay here for long.

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East Coast Road Trip: Salem, MA

By on July 25, 2010 in family, Massachusetts, road trip, Salem, USA

Tweet It’s not a place to spend more than a day, but the spooky Salem as a good stopover en route to or from Boston. Everything is witch-themed (t-shirts, restaurants, etc.), since the town is the site of the 1692 Witch Trials. The stop was especially necessary for Rachel, who was reading The Crucible for school. Definitely walk [...]

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East Coast Road Trip: Boston, MA

By on July 22, 2010 in Boston, family, Massachusetts, road trip, USA

Tweet On our Great American Road Trip, we did something no other traveler should attempt- trying to see all of Boston in one day. We had to make sacrifices, but we all mentioned at least one thing we wanted to do. For my dad, it was Fenway, home of the Boston Red Sox. This much was no brainer. [...]

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East Coast Road Trip: Plymouth, MA

By on July 19, 2010 in americana, Massachusetts, Plymouth, road trip, USA

Tweet Plymouth may just be the most anticlimactic American monument in existence. The rock itself is in a gazebo surrounded by a fence and couldn’t be bigger than four by five feet tops. The fake rock we made for my third grade Thanksgiving play was more impressive. I couldn’t find the epic picture of my third grade [...]

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