Boston has this feel in the summer too, which is compounded by the fact that so much of our population is student based. As we had a kid in June my wife and I have just been in our neighborhood all summer while everyone else is in Maine or on the Cape and it’s… fantastic! We should have done this before!
Also, I’ve whined internally about the ways Instagram has been ruining bar culture (over the top, over garnished, mediocre drinks rule the day now; bring back down and brown!) but I hadn’t really thought of the lighting of a bar itself. All the places I used to go ten years ago, many of which are now closed, were capital-D Dark. Every new place now feels like it’s lit by one of those portable influencer lights (yells at cloud).
I love being in the Boston area during the summer. I think it's usually the only time I visit save for the time my wife and I took a small vacation ("minimoon") right after our wedding to there because we just needed somewhere close but not NYC.
I’ve been hearing your commentary on Article of Interest’s American Ivy and it makes this whole newsletter make a lot more sense.
Boston has this feel in the summer too, which is compounded by the fact that so much of our population is student based. As we had a kid in June my wife and I have just been in our neighborhood all summer while everyone else is in Maine or on the Cape and it’s… fantastic! We should have done this before!
Also, I’ve whined internally about the ways Instagram has been ruining bar culture (over the top, over garnished, mediocre drinks rule the day now; bring back down and brown!) but I hadn’t really thought of the lighting of a bar itself. All the places I used to go ten years ago, many of which are now closed, were capital-D Dark. Every new place now feels like it’s lit by one of those portable influencer lights (yells at cloud).
I love being in the Boston area during the summer. I think it's usually the only time I visit save for the time my wife and I took a small vacation ("minimoon") right after our wedding to there because we just needed somewhere close but not NYC.