The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
The Arlington Street Church was built between 1859–1861 in Boston’s Back Bay, though its congregation (Unitarian Universalist) dates to 1729. The reason for my visit was to see the church’s 16 large-scale Tiffany windows, believed …
Having previously been dazzled by our visit to the Larz Anderson House in Washington, D.C., we made a point of visiting the Larz Anderson Auto Museum during our stay in Brookline, Massachusetts. The museum houses …
We’ve been to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston before, but decided to make a quick stop to see some favorites. We made a beeline for what we wanted to see, which of course started …
We love libraries, we love art, and we love architecture, so the “Art & Architecture” tour of the Boston Public Library’s Central Branch was a no-brainer. It was definitely worth the trek downtown, which we …
The Greek Revival style Forbes House in Milton, Massachusetts was built in 1833 for Margaret Perkins (1773–1856) by her children. It was constructed in honor of Margaret’s son Thomas, who died at age 26 in …
A highlight of our visit to the Lyman Estate was a walk through the greenhouses. Though expanded several times over the years, the oldest section of the Lyman Estate Greenhouses dates to 1793, making it …
The Lyman Estate in Waltham, Massachusetts, is a Federal-style historic house built in 1793 by Boston shipping merchant Theodore Lyman. In 1882 it was enlarged and remodeled in the Victorian style, and then it was …
Doug swore up and down that I’d been to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum with him. We searched high and low for evidence, finding nothing more than a picture of him at …
We squeezed in a visit to the New Hampshire State House in Concord while traveling between our cat-sitting gigs in Vermont and Massachusetts. This marks our 19th state capitol, which Doug is ranking here. It …
We spent two weeks this winter in Vermont cat- and house-sitting for our friend Lauryn. It was a bit cold and snowed repeatedly, but the farm was very peaceful, the farmhouse was cozy, and our …
