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The Jumper

Last Saturday a neighbor sees me walking with my 15-month-old and calls out “Aren’t you the jumper?” He’s remembering the game I played last summer with my now 2-and-a-half-year-old. Newly able to jump, she especially likes to practice jumping on the steel grates on the sidewalks of Boston. “Daddy’s turn.” So I jump too. I’ve never [...]

Boston Commons

Last Tuesday afternoon I pass up the inside scoop on Boston’s hippest new night-spot to point the out-of-towners in the right direction. A couple approaches me on Comm Ave at Exeter in broken English. “Where ‘Boston Commons’?” The plural throws me. Did a hip new night-spot just open up? (I’m always the last to know…) [...]