In our last few blog posts on this issue, we’ve been hesitant to pop the champagne bottles and fully celebrate the increased inventory we’ve been seeing this spring. All we really had to compare it to was last year’s dreadful winter, and we just didn’t want to get our hopes up. But this month, there’s… Read More
There’s nothing like a good, old-fashioned political battle, is there? Boston area politics rival Chicago’s for corruption, gossip, and convolution, and the excitement isn’t limited merely to Suffolk County. Take the dust-up over the state rep seat for the 34th Middlesex District, which includes parts of Somerville and Medford. Incumbent Carl Sciortino had the backing… Read More
Time was, living in Somerville required an excuse. Something along the lines of “we wanted to buy, but couldn’t get the space we wanted anywhere else” or “I just love Inman, so why pay more for the Cambridge side?” Not so, these days, where from Davis to Union Square, the only thing changing at the… Read More
My introduction to Somerville was from the roofdeck of a Tufts frat house. I’d just finished donating some skin to the City of Medford in the Beanpot Criterium, and was nursing my wounds with with a cold brew, talking with a friend of mine from high school. He was pointing out the sights to me,… Read More
I took up a friend’s offer take the kids to Codman Farm in Lincoln for the morning. Codman Farm is a family-friendly farm full of animals and gardens. They even have a little self-serve store on the grounds selling local meat. After some playtime on the farm, we visited our favorite park at Lincoln Elementary… Read More
My son was just two when we moved to our house that abuts the commuter rail. I was initially a little concerned about living so close to the tracks. My back fence butts right up to Commuter Rail territory. But the trains are very low frequency, they don’t go by a lot and when they… Read More
I’ve lived in Somerville ten years now, and many of my friends have passed through here during that time. Some have left for the bucolic pastures of Arlington, Littleton and and Lexington (basically places that end in “ton”). A lot of them are still here. But I was still surprised to look at the listings… Read More
Yes, Somerville has a waterfront. There’s a neighborhood out by the Assembly Square Mall called “Ten Hills.” This is the part of Somerville that got cut off from the rest of it in the 1950′s when I93 went in and bisected the city. The neighborhood slopes down to the Mystic River where Sean Penn NEVER… Read More
The fights usually took place over e-mail because we were never in the same place at the same time. It was over whether or not dogs could pee on the common lawn. It was over repairs that nobody wanted to organize or pay for. It was over snow that didn’t get shoveled. It was over… Read More
Though Somerville is mostly known for it’s multi-family houses and condos, there are quite a few singles in the mix. They’re not quite like the Leave it to Beaver house pictured here, but they have their own brand of charm and potential. Here’s three that caught my eye. For the price of a two bedroom… Read More