Caffe Vittoria
Located in the Italian section of Boston’s North End, Caffè Vittoria is the city’s first Italian café. If you’re looking for authentic biscotti, tiramisu, cannoli,…
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Eclectic, Inclusive Key West Cemetery
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; you can learn a lot about a city by visiting its cemetery! Key West is no…
Putzing around Ramrod Key at Boondocks Mini-golf
This is my year of golf on Route 1. I may as well start at the bottom and work my way up in 2023, don’t…
7 Mile Bridge From Marathon to Little Duck Key
I’ve driven some long ones, including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge The San Mateo – Hayward Bridge and the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, but the Seven Mile…
Key West Garden Club Higgs Beach West Martello
A fort designed for war has been transformed into a peaceful oasis. After the War of 1812, the US government sought to fortify the…
Clean Duds for Decades in Key West Then & Now
John Margolies documented this establishment in 1985 for his Roadside America project. Remarkably, the building remains mostly unchanged in 2023, although the neighborhood around it…
Sign of the Month for February, 2023 Key West
Drinking is an important tradition in Key West. Think of Tennessee Williams, Jimmy Buffett, and Ernest Hemingway…. The Parrot is one of those places where…
The Key West AIDS Memorial – Florida
The Key West AIDS Memorial was built in 1997, and at its opening the Memorial included 730 names, which were residents in Key West island. …
Then and Now – Adams Theatre – Quincy, MA
The Adams Theatre in Quincy, MA originally opened in 1941. It was turned into a theater from a skating rink. The 800 seat theater was…
Then and Now – Lincoln Theatre – Quincy, MA
The Lincoln Theatre in Quincy, MA originally opened in 1920 as the Casino Theatre. It was owned and managed by J. Alcide “Al” Beaumier, a…