Street Food

There are at least half a dozen vendors that sell food from the carts in Downtown Crossing. I used to work with a woman who always warned "beware the street food!" because she had gotten sick once from food she'd bought at one of these carts. I've never tried the food, but you can get hot dogs, roasted nuts, lemonade, tacos, and probably even more I don't know about!

High Speed Trolley

This is one of the Mattapan-Ashmont trolleys. The trolley runs from Ashmont, at the South end of the Red Line, to the Mattapan station with about six stops in between (including Milton, which is my stop!). The cars are originally from the 1940's and were rehabbed for this trolley line. There's a lot more info here, but I wanted to share a quick little snippet:

This short trolley operation, unique in the MBTA because it still uses PCC trolley cars, runs from Ashmont to Mattapan, the end of the line. This route, only a few miles long, has 6 stops along its way to Mattapan. It was built on a railroad right of way to help speed trolley cars into Boston from the Dorchester area. At only 2.2 miles the line is one of the shortest existing trolley lines, but it is surprisingly scenic considering its location on the border of a major city.

It's Red Again

This one is from the beginning of the month, when Starbucks still had their red holiday cups....it's just taken me a while to get around to Photoshopping it how I wanted to!

The Tortoise & The Hare

These sculptures are by Nancy Schön, who also sculpted the Make Way For Ducklings statues in the Public Gardens. These guys are next to the fountain in Copley Square - just near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. They were unveiled on the 100th anniversary of the Marathon, in 1996.

In Loving Memory of Ethel Naunton Julian

This is a little garden tucked away at Trinity Church in Copley Square. The name in the subject is on the plaque located on a wall in the garden, but I can't find anything about the garden or Ethel on the website for further info.

Boylston Construction

On the wall of the walkway through the construction at the Boylston T stop.

Industrial Real Estate

I don't know anything about this sign, except that I love seeing it glowing it's bright red against the twilight sky when I walk to South Station on my way home after work.

Click to enlarge - it's better that way...

The Old and the New

I had lunch in town today with Cowbark and a friend aka Wallaby next to this building. Cowbark loves the cheeseburger they have on the menu. I'll definitely go back and have it again!

This is a shot of the "back" of Faneuil Hall (circa 1742) and the two "newer" building behind it, 60 State St (ca. 1977, left) and 28 State St (ca. 1969, right).

Peak Hour Traffic Jam.......

...in the parking lot of Alewife Station!

Every work day, between the hours of 5-7pm, commuters not only sit in their cars on the roads around Greater Boston, but also in parking lots. Alewife's main parking lot offers 4 levels of parking, on most days, the queue to pay & exit extends to the 3rd level. In this pic, you can see the headlights of the cars waiting on the first 2 levels.

The road on the far right is where Route 2, 3 and 16 meets in Cambridge.

Black and White

Sorry for all the tree posts folks, but I've only been out at night recently and I've got limited flash capabilities on the camera :) This is a tree in our neighborhood which is really clinging to its' snow! It's big and I liked how it looks under the streetlights, so there you go!

Snowy Days

There's this tree outside my office building that is covered in snow and frost (yes, still) and STILL has leaves on it! Not a lot, just a few sad hangers on, but I still walk by it every day and am amazed that they hang in there through snow, sleet, wind, rain, etc.

About to Enter the Big Dig

This was taken early evening, coming from the south, on I93 going into the Big Dig

Meet Sheepie!

We recruited a good friend of ours to take some photos while she's taking a break from the working world...she lives out near Alewife, in Cambridge, so you'll get to see a whole new part of town!

It's Terminal

Logan Airport, Terminal C