Fenway Art Center … in the Back Bay?

I always thought it strange that the Fenway Art Center is locates in the heart of the Back Bay. It’s been there a long time too. To the right is Cafe Jaffa which is intermittently open and may have a customer or two when you walk by.
Rent can’t be cheap, L’Espalier (one of the most [...]

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Wall Drug, South Dakota

Seen on South St., Jamaica Plain MA

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iPhone: it’s all about the apps

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BTW, This is not Long Beach, CA

We got a few inches of snow again today. Boston’s hasn’t melted away all of the snow since around 12/26/2008 which, in a way reminds me more of what the weather was like growing up in New York. What’s a bit different is that this is Boston, and I’m pretty sure those are not cat [...]

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The walk to work

After the snow, rain and overnight freezing temperatures, this is what greets you in the morning.
I have a car, but I choose to take public transportation because I don’t want to me yet another solo-commuter in a car burning carbon left and right so I can listen to NPR and complain about traffic.
Days like these, [...]

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People in Boston do not

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PodCamp Boston 3 — See you there!

Just signed up for next weekend’s PodCamp 3 Boston, as a first time attendee I’m wondering what it will be like. I’ve been to twenty or so conferences over the years (most recently the Search Engine Strategies conference in Chicago) but never one that didn’t also come with a day off of work.
Let me know: [...]

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Boston Architecture

A message for the many thousands of people who are visting Boston this summer, take a breath, get off the Freedom Trail, and take a look at some buildings that were built after the 19th century! The Boston area has some excellent examples of “modern” buildings designed by world-famous architects.
Architecturally speaking, I am a fan [...]

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Boston Ranked 3rd Best American City, by Design

A June 25th article in BusinessWeek magazine highlights a study by architectural firm RMJM Hillier, the article list the top ten American cities ranked by design. The study included an assessment of cities with a population greater than 500,000 and interestingly included weighting by “number of ‘green’ buildings and level of sustainability”.
Boston was ranked 3rd [...]

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