Boston

Photo of the Moment: Boston Harbor at Night, Massachusetts

Urban Cliff Divers Make a Splash in Boston [News]

Divers from across the globe leapt from a platform some 90 feet above Boston Harbor on Saturday in an extreme-diving tour that used the overhanging roof of an art museum as its most recent launching pad. More via Reuters.

Photo of the Moment: She Don’t Use Jelly, Boston

The Green Turtle B&B: Boston’s Unexpected ‘Floating’ Inn

In Charlestown, Massachusetts, just outside downtown Boston, floats a pleasantly unexpected bed & breakfast. Yes, I said “floats”. The Green Turtle B&B is actually a house boat – one of Boston’s few floating bed and breakfast inns. You might expect to find such quaint accommodations among well known beach communities – coastal Florida, Hawaii, et. [...]

How I Ambushed Airport Security with a Purple, Plastic Laser Gun

I never thought they’d actually confiscate my gun. I was eight years old. I didn’t even know what confiscate meant. My carry-on backpack held all the trappings of an elementary school boy: Walkman, magic markers, a few Garfield coloring books, and a travel tic-tac-toe game. But the new pride of my toy box was Shockwave: [...]