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Boston

  • Flyday

    Sigh high Nearing the end of my current travels. Sitting at Logan, about to board for O’Hare, and then the hour flight to Indianapolis, during which we will be in the air for nineteen minutes. Looking out the windows at planes taxiing, landing, and taking off, while container ships slide in and out of the… Continue reading

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  • Fensday

    Fensday

    Digressing we shall go I find myself in Boston, home of Fenway Park, in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood, half-named after The Fenway, now a parkway that runs along the Back Bay Fens, which is a jewel in the Emerald Necklace of Boston parks. I arrived at this digression while thinking of a title for today’s bloglings while… Continue reading

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  • Boston is the Top Radio Market for Sports

    So I did some research, and Boston wins, big: Boston 11.0 Philadelphia 8.7 Minneapolis-St.Paul 6.9 Detroit 6.4 Middlesex-Somerset-Union, NJ 6.4 Oklahoma City 6.2 Baltimore 6.1 Nashville 5.9 New York 5.8 Pittsburgh 5.8 Kansas City 5.8 Dallas-Fort Worth 5.7 Nassau-Suffolk, NY 5.5 Chicago 5.4 San Francisco 5.4 Columbus 5.4 Atlanta 4.9 Denver 4.7 Washington DC 4.3… Continue reading

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  • Real vs. Gimmicked Loyalty

    My loyalty to Peet’s Coffee is absolute. I have loved Peet’s since it was a single store in Berkeley. I told my wife in 2001 that I wouldn’t move anywhere outside the Bay Area unless there was a Peet’s nearby. That pre-qualified Santa Barbara, where we live now. When we travel to where Peets has retail stores, we buy… Continue reading

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