This is Elizabeth Pain. Actually, it’s her gravestone. Seeing as how she died in 1704, there’s not much left of her. Also seeing as how the graveyards in Boston are mighty old and crowded, it’s highly unlikely that she was … Continue reading
Revere and Franklin, that is… While Paul would be pleased to know he has a whole park to hang out in, Ben might not be so happy to know that he’s currently hanging out in the courtyard of a Ruth’s … Continue reading
After our week in Boston, my mom and I rented a car and drove off to Cape Cod (the long way…we took a little detour to check out the sights in Concord). Orchard House, home of the Alcott family, Concord … Continue reading
One of the highlights of Boston was meeting up with Dawn for dinner. She insisted that we also go to Mike’s for cannoli, and who am I to say no to dessert? Since we were staying right around the corner from … Continue reading
So I haven’t travelled that much around the East Coast (New York four times, Washington DC for a few days, Connecticut and Vermont very briefly, Philadelphia for the day, and a week in New Jersey that I barely remember because … Continue reading
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
