Category: Places
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The Beach Town
A classic strip: hotels, beach shacks, the pavilion, arcades, bars. People flood the streets, most in cutoff jean shorts and flaunting gaudy tattoos. The signs are worn, and the paint is peeling. But its rich in flavor. A beach town, no matter how old and worn, is a beautiful thing. I’m at Misquamicut State Beach…
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Puppy’s First Beach Trip
Yesterday, I took my 10-year-old ‘puppy,’ Penny to the beach for the first time! It was adorable- she had no idea what to do with the water, so she would run in, only to run back out as the waves attacked her. She rolled around in the sand a lot too. Don’t worry- I gave…
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Scituate Harbor
I love the little things. I love sitting under the gazebo on the harbor; eating icecream; and watching the boats, selecting which one is ‘ours.’ I love running down to the beach in the middle of the night, jumping in the ocean, being with my friends. I love Scituate and every moment I’ve spent there.…
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Spontaneous Rafting
Kim thought that we were both insane; looking back on the situation, I think she was probably right. But, as we ran in our bathing suits down the street across the hot pavement to the beach shack, we thought SHE was insane- how could buying a massive beach raft ever NOT be a good idea?…
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Questing on the South Shore
Whenever my friends and I go hiking, I usually end up relating our trek to some mythical or historic quest (i.e. we’re on our way to destroy the One Ring! or we’ve been commissioned by the president to map out this new land with the help of our Indian guide!). Purposeful adventures, the sense of being part…
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the world’s biggest everything
“WORLD’S BIGGEST STORE,” proclaims what probably is the world’s biggest billboard on a store (that’s an exaggeration; if I thought this sign was obnoxious, it was only because it was the first one I saw). The massive sign graces the side of Macy’s Department Store in Herald Square- ten floors of overwhelming everything. ‘Overwhelming’ actually…
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