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November 03, 2007
Cape House
I spent a few days with my mom, sister, and brother-in-law cleaning up my mom's house in West Yarmouth. The property manager cleaned up the front yard so for the first time in years you can actually see the house from the street.
It was a bittersweet time - we have visited this house many times since my parents bought it back in 1974. Lots of memories. I know it was particularly hard for my mom, who spent two months of the year up here with my dad. It was a very resigned feeling that times marches on.
The last night we went to Dennis to a place my sis said had the best pizza she'd had in years - it was great but here is a shot of Frank being annoying with the camera at the dinner table ;-), The place is called BZ's.
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Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts
Wednesday I drove my sister, brother-in-law, and mom into Boston to see Fenway Park, buy Red Sox shirts, then hit a few other touristy spots (lunch at Anthony's Pier 4).
It occurred to us that a mere 20 miles north of Boston was a town that certainly would be the perfect place to spend Halloween evening: Salem. Turns out the city figured out this gold mine some years ago. They block off a huge portion of the heart of the town and the place fills with Halloween revelers. It got a little too wild at some point, and we headed home. We later heard there was some violence. Yikes. No one was hanged as a witch, however ;-)
Here are a few of the great costumes we saw:
Thought this was a strange sight: an historic graveyard in Salem with a modern ferris wheel in the background.
My sister Elaine and her husband Frank enjoyed goofing around among the goblins and creatures.
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