The Park
One of the most surprising things that I’ve read through-out my spring training, was that, prior to Henry, Werner and Lucchino buying the team, there was a lot of talk about abandoning Fenway and...
View ArticleThe Motion
I got caught up watching a soccer game while I was buying my nightly 24 case of beer and immediately felt at home. After watching the World Cup, I became very familiar with how a soccer game moves....
View ArticleThe Vernacular of Sports
In advance, I would like to apologize for the amount of profanity that you’re about to encounter. It was unavoidable. When watching baseball, especially when watching a Red Sox game, it becomes clear...
View ArticleThe Rejuvenation
Lately, I haven’t been feeling that excited about baseball lately. Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Dylan, you’re just depressed after that 18-3 loss to the Rangers. And then the subsequent loss...
View ArticleLock Down
Last night, around 1am, I heard a sound. It sounded like a loud bang and, given recent events, I paid attention to it. But then it was quiet and I started to fall back asleep. And then the second...
View ArticleLooking for Pickman
I was reading Pickman’s Model, one of my favorite Lovecraft stories, and I realized I recognized most of the places he was talking about in the story. There was the studio on Newbury Street and South...
View ArticleBoston Museum of Fine Arts
Neither Emily nor I have been to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and since we had the day off together, we decided to check it out. This sounds like a simple thing on the surface: Emily and Dylan head off...
View ArticleShakespeare on Common
Emily and I went to see Shakespeare on the Commons last week. Every year, folks can see the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company perform on the Commons free of charge. This year, they performed one of...
View ArticleA Sporting Attempt
Living in Boston means living with sports. In Durham, sports talk was mainly limited to people yelling about college basketball, because that was the biggest game in town. Sure, we had the Durham...
View ArticleBoston Revisited
A friend of mine is visiting for a few days and it’s reintroducing me to the city I live in. It’s too easy to forget those places you see everyday or those places you used to go to; but once you show a...
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