We spend many summer weekends on Cape Cod enjoying its beautiful beaches. In the fall we don’t get to visit as often, but we look forward to getting off the beach chairs to follow our favorite biking path to the National Seashore and to engage in our other Cape Cod favorite fall activities. Another advantage […]
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TANGLEWOOD SUMMER 2026: check out full List of Summer 2026 PERFORMANCES. Attending a Tanglewood concert is our family’s beloved summer tradition! Tanglewood, (in its 88th season in the summer of 2026), is summer home of Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops and a center for advanced musical studies that welcomes nation’s leading young artists
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My family and I enjoyed our share of “below freezing” outings last year (including a Chanukah celebration on our porch!) but this December 2021 we are happy to add indoor celebrations to our list of holiday events in and around Boston. The Nutcracker is still standing (Try Cyber Monday link here for discounted tickets) We
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December is a big month for family weekend celebrations in and around Boston with lots of holiday LIGHTS and music. LIGHTING OF THE TREE. The first order of business is of course to Light the main Boston Tree in the country’s oldest Boston Common Park (December 5th this year) (you do know that our tree
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As much as I like to lead my family along on my weekend agenda, they are all grown-up enough now to have their own! So this year, my daughter was the one who decided that we are going yet again to The Nutcracker at Boston Ballet. We were lucky to be invited to the Opening
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While my favorite New England season is summer, fall comes very close second. With an ever time-consuming summer pass time (the beach!) no longer factoring into our weekends, there is time to appreciate many other outdoor celebrations in New England – within a short drive from Boston. Here is what’s on our TO DO list
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I could not believe my eyes when I opened the curtains on a Saturday morning this weekend (at the end of March!) and saw the new snow on the ground! But any flurries in the forecast have settled down in time for our mom-daughter outing to the Boston Ballet’s Coppelia. Even if the weather is
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As a family, we try to take advantage of Boston’s world class cultural attractions every chance we get. Attending Boston Pops Orchestra’s Kids Holiday Matinee at the Symphony Hall seemed festively appropriate for December holidays, but when we first attended a couple of years ago, we had no idea what to expect. So we put together
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4th of July “officially” starts a busy summer of concerts and performances within 1-2 hour drive from Boston. Here is my best of summer Open Air Events in and around Boston (many are free to the public). 1. Harborwalk Sounds series brings the city’s most talented young musicians and dancers to Boston waterfront for Institute of Contemporary
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Birthdays should be about special experiences with your loved ones and Boston is never short on things to do. Finding an activity to engage multi-age kids is a challenge, however, but I take it on happily, For my son’s recent 18th birthday celebration I came up with the following “water-themed” summer evening in Boston Harbor:
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