walk, Dorchester

walking to work at Baker Chocolate

I liked this BBC video, How to get America to walk about efforts in Raleigh, North Carolina - first I thought: "how to get America to walk? I just want more people in Dorchester to walk!" Then it made me think: "we really need wayfinding signs! hmm, unsanctioned campaign..." Then, it made me glad we live in the city - wow I would hate to live in the suburbs where there aren't even sidewalks...

Save the Lower Mills Library

One of Dorchester's excellent library branches is threatened - please help - attend a benefit Weds April 14th, 6 pm at the Ledge.

wearing vintage is eco-friendly

hadn't thought of it this way, but it makes sense and I am happy to have more reasons to shop at Streamline Antiques in Lower Mills...

speaking of ice cream...

we like The Icecreamsmith: home-made, with good selection of mix-ins. just a mile down Dot Avenue from Peabody Square, in Lower Mills.

chocolate - one of many Dorchester firsts

I am craving chocolate, maybe because I live within a mile of Lower Mills, the location of the country's first chocolate factory.