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...

local green spots in dot [2]

On Dorchester's shoreline, the Pope John Paul Park is another favorite, and running through it the Neponset Greenway is an added bonus to bike or walk the river. More and more folks are discovering this park. Fun free stuff happens here all summer, posted on the Dorchester Enviro Events online calendar.

beetle ranchers wanted

Want to help control purple loosestrife? Volunteer to raise Galerucella beetles in controlled conditions in a kiddie pool in your yard. When released in July the bugs love to eat purple loosestrife, a lovely but rampantly invasive plant taking over local wetlands, causing major problems for native species. Get in touch with the Neponset River Watershed Association to volunteer.

sled dogs on the Neponset Greenway Feb 1st

If you haven't been to this fun event, Mush the Greenway, here is another chance, on Sunday, February 1st, 2-4 p.m. Snow or no snow. Reservations needed for rides.

neponset ride

I happened across this nice description of a Dorchester bike ride.

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.