Category: travel

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

I visited the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site today. It’s well worth the trip if you’re at all interested in Olmsted himself (he was the designer of Central Park, Prospect Park, Boston’s Emerald Necklace and countless other beautiful landscapes across America) or landscape architecture in general. The (free!) tour was very interesting and covers the interior and exterior of the site.

If you’re really interested, you can also check out their archives on flickr. 90,000 images from the archive!

At the Olmsted Hour At the Olmsted Hour

At the Olmsted Hour

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Around Boston: Congratulations to SRV

On the heels of my own visit, I’m pleased to see the new, Venetian style restaurant SRV win Best Italian category in Boston Magazine’s Best of Boston listing. We really enjoyed our recent visit. I can’t say it made me forget I was in Boston (my recent trip to Venezia is still to fresh in my mind) but our meals were phenomenal, the menu is true to Venice (see the squid ink risotto with cuttlefish and tuna belly in saor pictured below) and the all Italian wine list was top notch. Not pictured is the baby octopus from the Cicchetti menu, which was potentially the best thing I had all night.

We’ll be going again, for sure.

Tuna in saor

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Squid ink up in here

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Rome Through My Eyes and Feet

I mentioned Rome in a recent post. I love Rome and have spent a lot of time there over the past few years. I’ve studied and explored the hell out of the city and have been keeping track of what I’ve learned on Pinterest. Check it out if you’re planning on visiting Rome or just want to relive the glories of La Citta Eterna.


I’m hoping to start to put together similar resources for Boston. I’ve got some other things going on this summer, so we’ll see how it goes. I’ll definitely have some time over the winter.

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