"Raindrop Keep Falling on My Head…They Keep Falling…"
But they only make these Giant Allium in the Public Garden, covered with droplets after a rainy day, more fascinating to photograph.
About Photo Tales & Quotes: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Photo Tales & Quotes is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme, but taken wherever we happen to be.
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April is a busy month with the Boston Marathon and other events making hotel rooms expensive and restaurant reservations scarce.
Easter Sunday April 4th & Passover April 4th-11th
On Easter Sunday, you'll find special menus in many restaurants. If you have suggestions for places not doing this or alternative dining suggestions for Easter, please add them. And, Passover is a great time to enjoy some of the special kosher foods that are easier to find at this time.
Do you have a favorite place to buy chocolate for Easter Baskets?
Patriots Day Weekend/Boston Marathon & other BAA races 18th to the 20th
The Boston Athletic Association is expecting 30,000 runners and half a million spectators for the Marathon on April 20th. There are other races and marathon related events all weekend.
There will be road closures and changes in MBTA routes surrounding the Marathon course. Here are some links to information on those aspects of the race.
If you need to get somewhere on Marathon Monday – before the roads close – try to place yourself on the side of the course that will allow you to get where you're going.
Related Posts: A collection of tips for Marathon Weekend, some from past years, that we'll be updating between now and Marathon Monday.
April 1st –New Food Truck Schedules go into effect with a few new trucks and new spots for some of your old favorites.
April 3-5 is the Anime Boston event at the Hynes Convention Center. This is a fun time to walk the area and take photos of the people dressed as their favorite characters. Most of them love to pose. If you're in town for some other reason, this is just a short lived event, not how Bostonians dress.
April 18 – GreenwaySpring Food Festival: Noon to 4:00 p.m. Some of our favorite food trucks will be on hand.
April 18 – The Swan Boats will sail out from under the bridge onto the Boston Public Garden Lagoon
April 26 – 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. - Fresh Paint, Sunday!"View Copley Society artist members at work creating their "fresh" canvases around the city."
Who Are all These Conventioneers?
Here are the dates of conventions that will impact hotel pricing and availability:
April 9-10 – Boston National College Fair, estimated attendees – 15,000
April 16-18 – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting 2015, estimated attendees – 17,000
April 29-May 2 – American College of Physicians Internal Medicine 2015, estimated attendees - 7,000
What are your favorite April events or things you look forward to doing in Boston in April? Add your thoughts in the comments below. Tweet them to @BostonZest or send us an email and we'll add your suggestions to this post as an update.
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Word on the street (and on the Swan Boat website) is that this beauty will come out of hiding and begin gliding around the Boston Public Garden lagoon this Saturday, April 19, 2014 and will continue making people smile until Sunday, September 21, 2014.
This weekend, make a point of stopping by to welcome back this lovely Boston institution and say thank you to the Paget family for taking such good care of this bit of Boston history.
Word on the street (and on the Swan Boat website) is that this beauty will come out of hiding and begin gliding around the Boston Public Garden lagoon this Saturday, April 19, 2014 and will continue making people smile until Sunday, September 21, 2014.
This weekend, make a point of stopping by to welcome back this lovely Boston institution and say thank you to the Paget family for taking such good care of this bit of Boston history.
Word on the street (and on the Swan Boat website) is that this beauty will come out of hiding and begin gliding around the Boston Public Garden lagoon this Saturday, April 19, 2014 and will continue making people smile until Sunday, September 21, 2014.
This weekend, make a point of stopping by to welcome back this lovely Boston institution and say thank you to the Paget family for taking such good care of this bit of Boston history.
Last Sunday was the final day for Swan Boat rides around the Public Garden Lagoon. This week, the Paget family and their crew have been packing up these Boston treasures and transferring them to their winter quarters.
Here, the team packs up the benches. It looked like this truck would take the rest of the load. And, all of us will miss the lovely serene sight of the Swan Boats gliding through the park.
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Last Sunday was the final day for Swan Boat rides around the Public Garden Lagoon. This week, the Paget family and their crew have been packing up these Boston treasures and transferring them to their winter quarters.
Here, the team packs up the benches. It looked like this truck would take the rest of the load. And, all of us will miss the lovely serene sight of the Swan Boats gliding through the park.
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Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.
Last Sunday was the final day for Swan Boat rides around the Public Garden Lagoon. This week, the Paget family and their crew have been packing up these Boston treasures and transferring them to their winter quarters.
Here, the team packs up the benches. It looked like this truck would take the rest of the load. And, all of us will miss the lovely serene sight of the Swan Boats gliding through the park.
Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a Birthday or Wedding gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!
Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.
As the Swan Boat site says, "The Swan Boats are open seven days per week, weather permitting. We cannot operate on rainy, windy, or extremely hot days." That means these lovelies have had a few days off this June.
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Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.
As the Swan Boat site says, "The Swan Boats are open seven days per week, weather permitting. We cannot operate on rainy, windy, or extremely hot days." That means these lovelies have had a few days off this June.
Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a Birthday or Wedding gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!
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