Dorchester, birthplace of American chocolate!

On Sunday Feb 19th we were finally able to attend the annual chocolate event at the Dorchester Historical Society - what fun! The capacity crowd learned about the history of chocolate, introduced to the US in Dorchester in 1765 (factoid via presenter and judge Rebecca Scheier of Tie Your Apron), celebrated the 3 cook-off winners (congratulations Jack Dennerlein, Candice Gartley and Judy Raup!) and tasted lots and lots of delicious homemade chocolate-y treats. Afterwards, walked the dog for 20 miles or so to work off all those calories!

Dorchester Descendants - new on facebook

Check this out: the Dorchester Descendants page on facebook, brand new! They are looking for folks whose families lived (or still reside) in Dorchester, MA, 300 years ago or 3. If you are interested in Dorchester's history from a personal perspective, please visit the page.
Image: Emilie (on left) and daughter Frieda Bethmann. 13 Carruth Street was built for Miss Frieda Bethmann in 1895. Frieda had come to the United States at the age of four, in 1872 with her family. Her father was a civil engineer at the Standard Sugar Refinery. Her mother owned the house at 31 Bushnell Street beginning around 1889.

Tilly's Nest: Snowflakes and Hope

Tilly's Nest: Snowflakes and Hope: Hope is the thing with feathers...Emily Dickinson. It seems that mid-Winter is upon us. We are finally experiencing our first snowstorm...

Dorchester Winter Farmers' Market: 1st day a great success!

Today's market crowd was happy and bought the place out - a great beginning! with lots of enthusiasm for forming a Dorchester Community Food Co-op the folks who are sponsoring this market every Sunday 12-3 pm, in January, February and March.

winter farmers' market in Dot!

We are so happy that the Dorchester Winter Farmers' Market is almost here - kickoff planned in the Great Hall Jan 8! The market is brought to us by the Dorchester Community Food Co-op - they are raising funding support for the January thru March market through Kickstarter and are very close to reaching their goal, so please click on their website to find out more, give your support and follow their progress on Facebook and twitter!

Shop small Dorchester

Support neighborhood businesses -a couple of excellent events.
Shop Small Dorchester

nice coverage on Dorchester by Chronicle!

Dorchester-bred 'Clap's Favorite' pear

Residents know how great it is to live here, but it is really nice to have the positive elements of our community shared with the outside world! Dorchestrians take note: check out these four segments!

Dorchester: Segment One - Video - WCVB Boston

Dorchester: Segment Two - Video - WCVB Boston

Dorchester: Segment Three - Video - WCVB Boston

Dorchester: Segment Four - Video - WCVB Boston