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by Lou Mancinelli
A simple accident during the third quarter of the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Arizona Cardinals game on Sunday Nov. 11 may have saved the life of Carmen Notarianni, the second-generation owner of Carman's Shoe Repair at 8111 Germantown Ave.
Midway through the third quarter, when Notarianni went to sit down after stretching – something he had gotten up to do a few times already since moving to the vacant seats in the aisle behind his original ones – he did not realize that his seat had popped back into the up position. As he went to sit down, he struck his left lower back on the metal part of the seat. He knew he hurt his ribs because in the days that followed it hurt every time he sneezed or coughed.
Nine days later, a sharp pain in his left chest sent the Plymouth Meeting resident and his wife, Patricia, to the emergency room at Mercy Suburban Hospital in East Norriton, minutes away from his home at around 10:30 in the evening. Through the night, doctors began to treat him for a heart attack. Because his oxygen levels were low, the doctors wanted to run a stress test. But Notarianni did not think it was his heart. After all, he does a cardio workout with his wife five times a week and lifts weights three times a week.
"The doctor seemed befuddled," Notarianni said during a telephone interview last week.
During the pre-dawn hours, the doctor gave him a CAT scan, thinking, perhaps, Notarianni had punctured a lung when he hit the seat. The doctor had good and bad results.
On the positive side, the doctor announced that Notarianni's heart was OK. But the bad news was the doctor noticed a small nodule on the upper apex of Notarianni's left lung, and he would need further testing todetermine if the nodule was malignant. He went home, slept for a few hours, went to work the next day, then called his family doctor, Dr. Gerald Schomer.
The doctors arranged for a PET Scan to take place the following Friday at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Because of Black Friday they could not get the scan done that week.
"The whole time I'm thinking what are they gonna find?" Notarianni said. "My first reaction was why me, and what did I do in my past years to deserve this? I knew the answer right away. Nothing. I knew it was a part of life."
"I was scared," Notarianni's wife said. "I didn't know what to expect. I just wanted him to find out what it was and if it spread. I wasn't thinking down the road."
The following Tuesday, Dec. 6, Notarianni met with Dr. Scott Rosenberg, chief of pulmonary medicine at CHH to hear the results of the scan. A PET Scan is similar to an MRI. Ink is injected to a patient's arm and travels through the body. The test scans for areas of the body that are using extra levels of oxygen, which might indicate it is overworked because of the presence of cancer.
The immediate findings confirmed there was indeed a nodule on his lungs that needed to be removed. The test showed the nodule had not spread and only existed on the lung. Still, Notarianni would have to wait until doctors could check his lymph nodes during surgery to know his fate.
Notarianni contacted Dr. Stephen Whitenack, a surgeon who is also a customer of Notarianni's at Carman's. Dr. Whitenack confirmed Dr. Rosenberg's comments about having to wait for a pathological report, which would be produced after the surgery, to see if there was any more cancerous matter. Notarianni went in for surgery on Thursday, Dec. 15, around 1 p.m. He was awake that evening and remained in the hospital until the following Wednesday, Dec. 21.
"I felt really comfortable because I wasn't dealing with a stranger," Notarianni said. "Through the whole ordeal the doctors [and staff] at Chestnut Hill Hospital did a phenomenal job."
The staff told him they had seen this before, and the facts that he was young and a non-smoker were in his favor. Dr. Rosenberg told him he had a 75 percent chance of being cured. In fact, Notarianni had known Mary Delaney, one of the nurses present during the operation, for years because she was the sister of his friend, Joe Delaney.
There was also Dr. Eugene Hughes, who checked in to see if he was all right. And there was Father George Thieves, of St. Francis Xavier Church in Fairmount, the priest who married Notarianni, who came to the hospital, anointed him and offered his support.
"It's just a comforting feeling to know those people are there for you," he said. "I felt like I was at a hotel."
And even with uncertainty hanging over his head like a rain cloud that could transform his life from a fight to maintain a business into a fight against a disease that can kill, Notarianni was worrying about his business. While he was out of the shop, his son Andrew, 22, manned the operation. His son Ryan, 19, was taking his first college semester finals at West Chester University.
"I'm a hands-on owner," he said. "I wanna be there regardless. I really shouldn't have been worrying because this is a life and death thing. It's more important."
According to Notarianni, it is Dr. Whitenack's opinion that the nodule has been successfully removed and that Notarianni does not need further treatment. Still, he has an appointment scheduled for Jan. 12 with an oncologist at Abington Hospital for a second opinion.
"I could not have asked for a better Christmas gift," said Notarianni, who was born at Chestnut Hill Hospital in 1958, and lived in Mt. Airy before moving to Chestnut Hill in 1966. He attended Our Mother of Consolation grade school and Cardinal Dougherty High School before graduating from Spring Garden College. He took over the shoe repair business from his father in 1986, two years after he was married.
The spelling of the name of his business, Carman's, differs from the spelling of both his and his father's name, Carmen, because when they opened the store in 1937 there already was a Carmen's Shoe Repair in Mt. Airy. Thus, Carman's was born.
And, "for the first time in a long time," he said, "the whole family was together for Christmas."
Notarianni, true to his hands-on attitude, went back to work the week before Christmas. While the doctors told him he couldn't repair shoes for at least two more weeks, he is at Carman's answering phones and overseeing operations. He said his strength is about 80 percent. It may be four to six weeks before his strength is back to normal, but it will happen, doctors told him.
For three weeks, Notarianni and his wife told no one but the kids. He said that because he has such a big family, the last thing he would need is people calling and offering suggestions and stirring up more anxiety. But now, he wants people to know how grateful he is for how – in a matter of three weeks' time – he went from thinking he was a healthy middle-aged man, to being worried for his life, to feeling that things are falling into place.
Perhaps it was his prayers: Notarianni is a weekly churchgoer at Epiphany of our Lord parish in Plymouth Meeting.
"The way it happened it was like God was on my side," he said.


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Yesterday I was linked by a friend to an article on the StarTribune titled, A growing divide on the gardening front. The article starts:
"Rhonda Hayes was scrolling through tweets when she linked to something that got under her skin. A young male blogger declared that he didn't consider himself a gardener because he wasn't "a middle-aged woman who's been doing it just for the beauty of it and not considering all the other aspects."
If the quote sounds familiar it may be because I created a post around it back in May 2011 that generated a big discussion about what a gardener was. What Rhonda Hayes is mentioned as linking to (although not noted) is my post here "Are "Gardeners" Middle-Aged Women?"
The article continues.
"I was like, 'Wait a minute, honey!'" said Hayes, who gardens in Wayzata. To her, the comment implied a dismissal of mature female gardeners as out-of-touch growers of pretty flowers, as opposed to trendy organic veggies.
She fired off a tweet of her own, noting that she'd been "growing food before you were born." And she wasn't the only one who took offense. "Them's fightin' words," another reader commented."
If the "Them's fightin' words" quote sounds familiar it is because "the reader" is Katie and she said that it in the comments of the post.
The article goes on to flesh out the premise of the story by giving other examples of young gardeners gardening like this, and older gardeners gardening like that. The article ends with:
"Garden rifts can appear more heated online than they are in real life, McKusick said. "The blogosphere is different than the garden magazine world. The number of garden blogs has exploded, and people are competitive about their views, they want to get hits, so controversies happen as a way to stand apart. People are trying to be heard."
But gardeners overall, and Minnesota gardeners in particular, are a tolerant bunch, preoccupied with their plants, not arguing in cyberspace. "Most gardeners aren't blogging," McKusick said. "They're too busy gardening.""
BUUUURN! Oh, wait a minute!
What are you suppose to be picking up here? What we have here is a sign of the outside world waking up and realizing what the Global Garden Report noted in 2010. Not only are we shaping gardening tastes, but our thoughts, observations, blog posts (and even comments left by our friends on our blogs) are now influencing the writings of professional garden writers and being repackaged for mainstream audiences. This is something that has been happening for years in celebrity gossip, technology, parenting, and fashion blogs. But is relatively new our corner of the Internet, and a sign of what was once a small niche is now being watched by many. These are exciting times.
I don't agree with the implication that garden bloggers aren't busy in Mr. McKusick's quote. To grow plants, photograph them, edit the photographs, blog about them, respond to comments, and answer follow-up questions is time consuming. Plus, many garden bloggers juggle real jobs and families. They're not blogging because they're not busy enough gardening, they're blogging because they have a passion for it.
This example of an article being inspired by a blog post follows on the heels of the attack launched on Colleen after her work and observations on the #OccupyGardens meme was copied by a garden writer and presented as her own. We just need one more example of a garden writer publishing an article inspired by a post on a garden blog without attributing it and we have ourselves an official trend to look for in 2012.
You heard is here first folks and you better source it.
Note: Mr. McKusick is the publisher of Northern Gardener. In 2010 I licensed two vermicomposting photographs to his publication. The author of the article linked above and Rhonda Hayes (also a contributor to the StarTribune) as of this writing as followers of mine on Twitter, though I've only had a limited number of interactions with Rhonda. After searching my social media stream I noticed the last time I was interested in talking about the growing divide on the gardening front trend was in November 2011. Now that it's been picked up by the mainstream media I think we can say the trend is on the decline or maybe even dead. Print media is always the last to notice trends.
Note2: If you're a big garden entity: I'm Garden Bloggers is still for sale. Call me, P.Allen Smith, Martha Stewart, Proven Winners before garden bloggers turn into the next mommy blogs.

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It seems like a magical change has happened since the calendar turned to September. We've been having perfect weather, a bit cooler with lovely sunshine. The pins on Pinterest are also becoming more ferociously fall related, which makes my heart flutter. I find that while I love the seasons, what I really love is the CHANGE. There's little more invigorating then when your surroundings are suddenly different. Are you feeling the change?
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no change here... summer has never really arrived this year. so it goes from not-so-warm spring directly into rainy fall. well... first world problems At least I have now many pictures to scrap from this year that look a lot more like fall than summer, so I can use all the fall kits that are coming now!
Yes we are too! Pops of color have been coming out over here. Leaves across the street have been falling. The weather has been rainy of late but its bringing cooler temps with it. I really love fall/autumn! It's my favorite time of year but I can appreciate every change of season. I enjoy the coziness of winter and the snow but enjoy the thaw which spring brings and the beautiful blooming trees & flowers afterward.
The weather here has also changed a bit - though it started last week. Some lf the trees have even changed already. I agree with you though I love the change of the seasons and I am so grateful to live where they are usually very distinct from one another.
Weather here is really strange! One day it rains like crazy and the other day no different than July but I can see the change that leaves turned yellowish and they started to fall. The thing I really excited about is that I am going to start wear sweaters again! I love wearing them, then there are boots of course and you're right, Pinterest is full of autumn theme, actually in everywhere we started to see orange tones! How exciting!
I too love the autumn season, but here (in South Carolina) it will be almost October before we see many signs of the fall. It is 95 degrees right now, lol!
It's been hot here and lots and lots of rain ... the rain is nothing new lol ... I noticed that the leaves are already turning and are dropping off the maple trees ... too too too soon !!
This week was actually one of our hottest weeks. But all of the stores are getting fall decorations out (and even some Xmas! ) and I will admit, I started buying fall decorations. Fall and winter are my favorite seasons, so I am super pumped!
Although the official beginning of Spring here is on the 21st, I like to see the "official" dates (aka the solstices and equinoxes) as the middles, and not the beginnings, of seasons. We are in Spring since the middle of August, although we still have some colder days. But the Ipês (my state symbol tree) of all colors are in bloom, the sabiás-laranjeiras (a very common bird in here) are singing starting 4 am till the middle of the morning, I´ve had news of several queen cats giving birth to big litters (yeah, I´m helping one more... 5 kitties this time) and the days are starting earlier. It´s Spring, my favorite season. I hope my SAD goes away soon, because it is annoying me...
And, surprisingly, I´m in love with drawing Fall kits. Fall like the ones you´re talking to me, is a season known only by pictures. Here fall don´t have the mistery, the celebrational feeling, and the pretty colors that you have, and I never seen fall like you all talking about. But somehow I am really enoying to compose fall-themed stuff....
We already have leaves changing colors...but then today it was hotter than it has been all summer lol...it can't seem to make up its mind yet.
@Lorien: Experiencing fall is great, but it's often best in the imagination. In reality it's just getting colder and darker . I'm glad you can enjoy celebrating with us, sometimes I worry about people down in the southern hemisphere, if they think we're crazy or something up here...those pumpkin obsessed people...
I grew up in central Florida & I never realized there were any fall colors in my neck of the woods until my grandparents took me on a trip thru Georgia, Tennessee, South & North Carolina one year when I was young. I came back and could actually spot a few trees & vines that had turned - tho still wasn't much. I guess it took seeing it for myself before I could recognize it lol! But I now live in Northern Kentucky near the Ohio River and get to experience the full realm of seasons. As much as I miss the Deep South I would miss this if we ever had to move back.
And you're right Marisa it does mean its getting colder & the days darker! But like you mentioned before its more the change itself that's nice.
LOL Kaleena!
I love fall....it's my favorite time of year....the foods, the smells, the beautiful colored foliage, cooler temps, etc. What I will sorely miss is the long days of light. It's getting darker sooner & sooner as the days pass, and at some point it will be dark come 3:30 pm again.
Like many of you summer wasn't very warm up here (in VT) and, while I like that, I wish it had been a little warmer so we could've used the pool more often (this is one of those years where I feel our money was wasted on pool chemicals & wish we'd bought a home without a pool). Anyone heard what the forecast for winter is going to be? (Farmer's Almanac or what not) I heard rumors that it's going to be quite a cold & wintry one...
It was 96 yesterday and 94 the day before that here in central North Carolina. I welcome fall with open arms!!
Still hot here in southeast Texas. I wished our weather would cool as soon as September 1 hits, but it doesn't. I adore fall - the colors, the cool evenings, pumpkins, fireplaces, cozy evenings, etc., etc., etc. .....
@Marisa: To be very sincere, I don´t think I really understand the pumpking and apple obssession, but I kind of got used to it. Bear in mind that apple is a super boring fruit that we have every time of the year here and pumpkings aren´t common (our pies are really different from ours too - this I know because when I worked for an american sometimes he used to make the traditional american apple pie and oh my, it tastes delicious ) In the first years of marriage, hubby and I used to carve pumpkins on Halloween for the fun of it (since Halloween here is celebrated only on English Schools), but after the fifith cat we stopped. Also we couldn´t find pumpkings large enough for our cats to jump in, and it made all of us frustrated :p
Back to weather: today we had a very annoying weather here - It´s what we call "four seasons in a day" - the sun shone and it was warm three times, for an hour or so each; we had two heavy rains, sometimes it was really windy, sometimes it was cold enough for winter clothes oh, and not to forget the very thin rain that people use to associate my town with....
Being from the Deep South both hubby & I had never experienced "long days" or "short days" like the North has. After we moved up here near the Ohio River it was hard to get used to the long daylight hours during summer. Felt so strange for so long - 9:30pm and sun shining just seemed like something was wrong lol! But I think we are finally adjusting & even taking advantage of the long daylight hours when we had them. Altho our short days are not nearly as short as yours Lizanne! I think our shortest is sunset around 5ish.
We didn't have a very warm summer here either. We didn't get to do a lot of swimming either like we had planned. Kids were disappointed about that. I too was wondering if the unusually cool summer meant a bad winter was in store but from what I was reading on wunderground they talked about how they had looked at the same weather pattern we had this year compared to similar ones from the last 100 years or so and they said it was just as much a chance of having a normal winter as a bad winter.
still very very "famously HOT" here in SC as our logo goes. can't wait for fall though... fall and spring are my most two favorite seasons!!! we always travel to the mountains to watch the leaves change and pick apples, not so much of the "pumpkins".
Our town seems to be surrounded my pumpkin fields, so whenever we go anywhere you can see the pumpkins growing. Fun!
Pumpkins ...pie and breads ... yummy ... I miss being out in the country
Lorien, your weather sounds like some of the days we have in Texas! As for the pumpkins and apples, it seems to be a mixture of things associated with autumn - the colors, Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc. I'm more about the pumpkins than apples. To me, pumpkins just scream "autumn in here!!!" lol
I did see in the ten day forecast our highs are supposed to be moving from mid-90's to high-80's. When we finally hit the '70's for highs, we begin breaking out the sweaters and sweatshirts!! Definitely a "mind" thing, though lol.
This summer wasn't a very warm one, which was kind of nice...but I've heard that this winter is suppose to be just as cold and snowy as the last, if not worse. BUT, the change in the air, and the cooler nights always are nice. I'm not a fan of it getting dark so early, but if it encourages my children to go to sleep more easily, I'll take it!
in Barranquilla, Colombia we have summer all year. No fall beautiful colors
@Lorien: I think one of the reasons people are focused on pumpkin & apples at this time of year is because this is when they come out seasonally around here... I love making pumpkin soup & pumpkin gingerbread, and the smell of pumpkin spice candles. And while I dislike pumpkin pie immensely, I discovered a trick a few years ago where I made the pie half pumpkin & half pecan pie and it was AMAZING! (it started becoming a regular @ Thanksgiving meals, as a lot of people want both types of pies & this satisfied their cravings in one pie) As for apples, there are a few things that are only offered at this time of year: apple cider donuts, apple butter & apple jelly. Apple cider also used to be on that list, but somehow our stores have been able to get that year-round now (my boys LOVE apple cider - it goes pretty quick in our house)... I rarely make apple pies, as they're so common & at one point I got sick of them - I'd rather have apple crisp with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream instead. I also make homemade applesauce with the apples, which I used to can (before we had a ceramic top stove). One of our favorite apples is the MacIntosh - they're quite common up here in New England, and a bit tart, but not so much that you wouldn't mind eating one raw. My kids also like dipping sliced apple pieces into peanut butter or caramel sauce this time of year as well.
@Jessica: Oh, how I would love it if sunset time were 5 pm during the winter up here - you are lucky!
Lizanne ... what do you use the cider vinegar for? ... I use it to make my chutney but that's about it food wise ... I also use it as a hair and body rinse .. it's great for dry hair and skin.
I mentioned apple cider (my kids drink a ton of it!) in my earlier post... But I do use apple cider vinegar in various food recipes (salad dressings, 3-bean salad, etc.), wellness recipes & personal care recipes. It's also helpful to have around when you get stung by yellow jackets or wasps - it stops the allergic reaction, reduces the swelling & itching (we used that last week on my husband when he got stung). I can't say enough good things about apple cider vinegar. I've also heard it's good for the hair, but I haven't tried it (maybe because of the smell?).
Lizanne, I've used ACV to help bring some life back to my waves/curls. I don't use shampoos, so occasionally it helps to use ACV as a kind of clarifying rinse. It's known to lighten highlights (I have lowlights), so I don't use it often. The smell dissipates very quickly. I'm what they call "CG" and lived over at Naturally Curly dot com for years lol. I'm a wavy/curly girl officianado lol.
I also use Apple Cider vinegar in my hair when it feels like it needs a boost. I don't notice the smell after I rinse it out, but I'm accustomed to vinegar since I use it to clean as well. I don't find it as strong or distasteful as I used to.


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What are Bankruptcy Exemptions?
Every state has laws that designate certain types of property (your home, some personal possessions, tools of your trade) that are off-limits to "unsecured" creditors — that is, creditors who do not have a lien on your property. Credit card debt and medical bills are the two the most common types of unsecured debt (unless you have a special 'secured' credit card).
Unsecured creditors cannot force you to sell your exempt property to pay off the debt. Even if the creditor goes to court wins a court judgment against you, and takes steps to attach a 'judgment lien' to your property, you are still entitled to your exemption amount before any sale proceeds are distributed to the unsecured creditor. (However, some debts, like child support, may be an exception.)
If you eventually do sell your property voluntarily, the creditor has a right to have its lien paid from the sale proceeds before you receive anything. As a practical matter, most people facing bankruptcy only own property that is exempt, and have no interest in selling what they have. If all of your property is protected by exemption laws, you are said to be "judgment proof" — whether or not you file for bankruptcy.
If you do file for bankruptcy and all your property is exempt, your case is known as a "no asset" bankruptcy–which really means you have no non-exempt assets.
In bankruptcy, a court official called the "bankruptcy trustee" represents the rights of all unsecured creditors. The trustee can assert whatever rights the creditors would have if they had a court judgment against you.
Another important thing to remember about exemptions is that it only protects the "equity" in your property. That is the difference between the value of the property, and what you owe to secured creditors.
If you contractually agreed to pledge your property as collateral for a debt, this property is known as "secured property," and the debt is called a "secured" debt, and the person you owe is a "secured creditor" and they have a "security interest" in the property. If the debt was incurred to purchase the property itself (e.g. a car loan or first mortgage), the creditor is said to have a "purchase money security interest" (PMSI). Exemption laws offer no protection against such contractual agreements that give the creditor a PMSI.
If you owe $10,000 on a $12,000 car, you have only $2,000 in equity. If your state has at least a $2,000 exemption for motor vehicles, that will be enough to protect the car in bankruptcy –(but you'll still need to make the car payments to the secured creditor.
On the other hand, if you own the vehicle free and clear, then your equity is the full value of the vehicle, and a $2,000 exemption would not enough to protect it. The trustee would force the sale of the car, you would get your exemption amount, and the trustee would get the rest of the proceeds to distribute to the unsecured creditors.


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Sorry Directioners, but 1D's Niall Horan spoke with The Mirror and told them why you probably won't be seeing them at Glastonbury, the famous British music festival.
"We're not cool enough to play at Glastonbury," he joked.
The boy band is taking a little time off before they get ready for their On the Road Again tour in the United States. Apparently, we Americans don't have the same musical standards …
Check out the photo gallery to see Niall and Louis Tomlinson watch Glastonbury's cooler performers.


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Apple may be looking to take down its latest Siri rival for fear of competition.
Launched as an Android App, Evi made its iOS debut in Apple's App Store in mid-January. But after a little more than a month, its days may be numbered.
William Tunstall-Pedoe, CEO of Evi developer True Knowledge, told TechCrunch that he received a phone call on Friday from an Apple representative named Richard Chipman, who apparently handles some of the calls about apps on the chopping block.
Chipman reportedly told Tunstall-Pedoe that Apple was going to remove Evi from the App Store since it was similar to Siri.
The app not surprisingly appears to violate rule number 8.3 from the App Store Review Guidelines (PDF), which states that: "Apps which appear confusingly similar to an existing Apple product or advertising theme will be rejected."
Neither True Knowledge nor Apple immediately responded to CNET's request for comment.
But Tunstall-Pedoe wasn't shy about revealing his thoughts to TechCrunch.
"I don't think it takes too much of a leap of the imagination to realize that 'confusingly similar' is code for 'competitive with,'" Tunstall-Pedoe told the site, "and that all the user and press reviews along the lines of 'now you don't need to buy a 4S--you can download Evi', 'better than Siri' etc. have resulted in a change of heart from Apple about allowing its users to get the app."
Evi has several assets. Its voice recognition is solid--it was quite adept at understanding all of my questions. It can handle math, language translations, historical facts, and a host of other tasks. You can even help the app learn by giving it a thumbs up or thumbs down, depending on how well it responds to you.
But compared with Siri, Evi comes up short in certain ways.
Unlike Siri, Evi can't interact with your iPhone. You can't tell it to make phone calls, send e-mails, or set up an appointment. And rather than display the answers to your questions directly, it sometimes suggests a Web site where you have to hunt for the information yourself. It also misses the boat on simple questions. When I asked Evi was time it was, it directed me to a Web site for Time magazine.
Often, the app has a tough time communicating with its back end, displaying the message: "I'm having trouble getting a response from my servers, you might want to try again in a minute."
So why is Apple concerned about Evi beyond the reason suggested by Tunstall-Pedoe?
Evi is backed up by True Knowledge's search engine technology, which provides a wide range of data.
So when the app is on target, you can easily dig up a wealth of facts on history, science, travel, cooking, and a variety of other topics.
Though I still prefer Siri overall, I did find myself drawn to Evi for tracking down certain information. And of course, Evi works on any iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad running iOS 4.0. So at 99 cents, it's not a bad option for iOS users who can't run Siri.
Anyone who wants to give Evi a spin should probably act quickly, though, as its life on the Apple Store could soon be cut short.


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Central National Bank vs. Thomas G. Ruck, 1893 275th, Marion; order issued Aug. 7 overruling and denying objection to praecipe for order of sale.
Don Reimer vs. Sheryl Reimer; status conference was Aug. 15, status conference scheduled for Sept. 12.
SRS vs. Vicki J. Sutton; judgment issued 9/12 declaring respondent parent of a minor child with a duty to support the child; ordered to pay $0 per month child support and provide health insurance when affordable through work.
Sara L. Wessel vs. James Padgett; parenting and cost-sharing plan approved Sept. 12; parties have joint legal custody and shared residential custody of their minor child; no child support ordered; parties will split costs of the child proportionally based on their incomes.
Newton Healthcare Corporation vs. Bonnie S. Mendoza, 810 300th, Durham, et al.; dismissed Sept. 13.
Southwestern College vs. Carolyn F. Koehn, 1963 N.W. 170th St., Burns; dismissed Sept. 13.
Vogt's Hometown Market vs. Dennis A. Meyers, 275 210th, Lehigh; dismissed Sept. 11.
Edward Silhan Jr. vs. Elizabeth Rose Sullivan, 1910 E. 240th, Marion, et al.; judgment issued Sept. 12 ordering eviction of Sullivan and Jeff Plenert; must turn property back over to Silhan by 7 p.m. Sept. 16.
Estate of Beverly N. Richmond; final settlement made Sept. 12; deceased had four heirs, Pamela L. Hett, Donald J. Richmond, Michael E. Richmond, and Clifton L. Richmond; deceased owned one tract of real estate in Marion County.
Estate of Leland Henry Bernhardt; final settlement made Sept. 12; deceased had two heirs, Barbara Bernhardt of Lost Springs and Casey Clark of Holly Springs, N.C., and one devisee or legatee, Barbara Bernhardt; deceased solely owned three tracts of land and one tract of real estate jointly with Barbara Bernhardt, all in Marion County.
Estate of Dorthea A. Strotkamp; decree of descent issued Sept. 12; deceased had three surviving heirs, Audie L. Strotkamp of Peabody, Patricia H. Wedel of Newton, and Charles J. Strotkamp of Wichita; deceased owned one tract of real estate in Burns.
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Points of Interest
So you've been to the convention, you've had a great time, you've met some new people and now you're wondering how to fill up the time before you have to pack and go home. Luckily for you our fine city has some amazing options. Some are fun, some are educational and some are fun AND educational! Not sure which ones are right for you, well here's a list of a few ideas we came up with that you might find interesting!
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Historic Sites
The Freedom Trail
A red line that snakes its way along Boston's streets past historic site after historic site, The Freedom Trail takes you on a journey through Boston sites of the 18th century. Visit historic sites such as The Old State House, the Boston Massacre site, and The Old North Church (All of which can be visited while not on the Freedom Trail as well) with stops along the way to find the final resting places of historic figures such as Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, and even Mother Goose.
- Hours: Varies by location
- Location: Starts in Boston Common near the Park Street subway station
- Admission: Varies. Most sites are free.
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride - Green Line inbound to Park Street station.
USS Constitution
Nicknamed "Old Ironsides", the USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. A hero of the War of 1812, Old Ironsides is once again docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard and open to public tours.
- Hours: 10am - 4pm (Thur-Sun)
- Location: Navy Yard, Charlestown (on the Freedom Trail)
- Admission: Suggested donation of $5.00 - $10.00 (Visitors ages 18 and over wishing to embark USS Constitution may be subject to present a valid federal or state-issued photo ID at the ship's security entrance.)
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride - Green or Orange line inbound to North Station, make your way down Causeway St. to North Washington Avenue. To your left is the Charlestown Bridge. Take the right side of the bridge and cross it to the first light. Turn right onto Chelsea St. and, at the third traffic light, make a right turn. Shortly, you will come to a stop sign and see the National Park Service gate guard at the entrance to Charleston Naval yard. Just walk right in and you shall see the USS Constitution ahead of you.
Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum
You'll not only view artifacts of historical importance, you'll also have an all-encompassing, multi-sensory experience. At the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, our museum experience will transport you on an incredible journey back in time as you take part in the famous event that forever changed the course of American History!
- Hours: 10am - 4pm daily
- Location: 306 Congress St., Boston MA
- Admission: Varies
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk – Green Line toward Lechmere. Change to Red Line at Park Street. Red line toward South Station. Exit train at South Station Stop (toward Atlantic Avenue exit). Turn right onto Congress St. The Tea Party Ship will be on the left.
Old North Church
Old North Church, at 193 Salem Street, in the North End of Boston, is the location from which the famous "One if by land, and two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent.
- Hours: 9am - 5pm daily
- Location: 193 Salem Rd., Boston MA 02113 (on the Freedom Trail)
- Admission: $6.00 Adults (18 or older)
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk – Green Line towards North Station. Exit train at Haymarket Station. Walk from here by heading Southeast on Haymarket Square toward John F. Fitzgerald Surface Rd. Turn right onto John F. Fitzgerald Surface Rd. Turn left onto Haymarket Square. Turn right onto Cross St. Turn left onto Salem St. Turn right onto Freedom Trail/Salem Ct. The church will be on the left.
Old State House
The Old State House is a historic building in Boston, at the intersection of Washington and State Streets. Built in 1713, it was the seat of the Massachusetts legislature until 1798.
- Hours: 9am - 5pm daily
- Location: 206 Washington St., Boston MA 02109 (on the Freedom Trail)
- Admission: $10.00 Adults (18 or older)
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk – Green line towards Lechmere. Exit train at Government Center stop. Walk from here by heading Souhwest toward Court St. Turn left onto Court St. Continue onto State St. The Old State House will be on the right.
Bunker Hill Monument The Bunker Hill Monument stands 221 feet tall at Breed's Hill, the site of the first major battle of the American Revolution fought on June 17, 1775. Control of this high ground near the harbor was important to the British occupation of Boston. When colonial forces chose to fortify Charlestown, they bypassed the more dominant "Bunker Hill" and dug in on Breed's Hill which was lower and closer to the water.
- Hours: 9am – 4:30pm daily
- Location: Monument Square, Charlestown MA 02129 (on the Freedom Trail)
- Admission: Free
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk – Green Line towards North Station. Exit the train at North Station stop. Walk from here by heading Northeast on Causeway St. toward Haverhill St. Turn left at Haverhill St. Take the pedestrian overpass then slight right toward Water St. Turn right onto Water St. Alight left toward Water St. Turn right onto Water St. Continue onto Constitution Rd. Turn left onto Warren St. Turn right onto Monument Avenue. Turn left onto Freedom Trail. Slight right to stay on Freedom Trail. Go up the stairs.
The Paul Revere House
On the night of April 18, 1775, silversmith Paul Revere left his small wooden home in Boston's North End and set out on a journey that would make him into a legend. Today that home is still standing at 19 North Square and has become a national historic landmark. It is downtown Boston's oldest building and one of the few remaining from an early era in the history of colonial America.
- Hours: 9:30am - 4:15 daily
- Location: 19N Square, Boston MA 02113
- Admission: $5 Adults, $1 Children (5-17)
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk – Green Line towards Lechmere. Exit the train at Haymarket Station. Walk from here heading Southeast on Haymarket Square toward john F. Fitzgerald Surface Rd. Turn right onto John F. Fitzgerald Surface Rd. Turn left onto Hanover St.Turn right onto Cross St. Turn onto North St. Continue onto N Square.
New England Holocaust Memorial
The Memorial represents the effort of more than 3,000 individuals and organizations, coming together to create a vibrant beacon of memory—and hope. Foster memory of, and reflection on, one of the great tragedies of our time. The New England Holocaust Memorial is an outdoor space, open and accessible to the public at all times. It is located in Carmen Park on Congress Street near Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, on Boston's historic Freedom Trail.
- Hours: Open and accessible to the public at all times.
- Location: Carmen Park on Congress Street near Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, on Boston's historic Freedom Trail.
- Admission: Free
- Distance from Anime Boston: Short subway ride - Green line to Government Center, walk past City Hall, go down all of the stairs and across the street.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston exhibits paintings, sculptures, and other works of art from the region and around the world. Tours are available as well as special children's programs.
- Hours: 10am - 4:45pm (Sat-Tue), 10am - 9:45pm (Wed-Fri, part of museum only - rest of museum only open until 4:45pm)
- Location: 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
- Admission: $25.00 for adults. $23.00 for Seniors and Students.
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride - Green Line "E" train from Prudential Center to Museum of Fine Arts
Boston Children's Museum
Exhibits focus on early childhood development and the three themes: arts, culture, and science. Offers admission, program, and membership information.
- Hours: 10am-5pm (Sat-Thur), 10am-9pm (Fri)
- Location: 308 Congress Street, Boston MA 02210
- Admission: $17.00
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk – Green Line towards Park Street, change at Park Street to the Red Line depart at South Station. Exit South Station to the right of the Amtrak Sales window, to the left of the Commuter Rail platforms onto Summer Street Take a right onto Summer Street and walk one block towards the water Take the first left on Dorchester Avenue (the Federal Reserve Building will be on your left) Follow Dorchester Avenue one block and turn right over the Congress Street Bridge. At the stoplight, turn right onto Congress Street and proceed across the bridge. You'll see the Museum ahead on your left, behind the 40-foot milk bottle. It's about a three-block walk in total.
Museum of Science
Originally opened in 1864, the Museum of Science features fascinating exhibits that make science fun! The museum features more than 400 exhibits in 14,000 square feet of exhibit space which includes a two-story high 2.5 million-volt Van de Graaff generator. The museum also houses The Charles Hayden Planetarium and The Mugar Omni Theater (with a five-story high domed screen).
- Exhibit Hours: 9am - 5pm (Sat-Thu), 9am - 9pm (Fri)
- Location: Science Park, Boston
- Admission: Varies
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride - Green line inbound from Prudential stop to Science Park.
The New England Aquarium
Not your normal aquarium, The New England Aquarium is home to a 200,000 gallon tank with its own coral reef. The reef accommodates not only sharks, sea turtles, barracuda and moray, but also hundreds of smaller exotic tropical fishes, and it is one of the most detailed and scientifically accurate recreations of its kind. Not to be outdone by the Museum of Science, The New England Aquarium also has its own IMAX theater.
- Hours: 9am - 5pm (M-F), 9am - 6pm (weekend)
- Location: Central Wharf, Boston
- Admission: Varies
- Distance from Anime Boston: Short subway ride - Green line inbound to Haymarket Station, Walking, head southeast on Haymarket Square towards John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road. Turn right onto John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road, Take the crosswalk, Turn left toward Atlantic Ave, Turn right onto Atlantic Ave, Turn left onto Central St, Slight right at Old Atlantic Ave to the Aquarium.
The New England Aquarium's Whale Watch
Enjoy the view as this high-speed catamaran whisks you safely to the whale feeding grounds just 30 miles east of Boston, where you'll glimpse the largest animals to ever live on Earth.bOur destination is Stellwagen Bank, a busy feeding area for whales, dolphins, sea birds and other marine life. On this fun family voyage, whale sightings are guaranteed! In the rare event we do not see any whales, passengers will receive a complimentary New England Aquarium Whale Watch ticket. New England Aquarium is one of the leading marine conservation organizations in the world-let us show you what experience offers!
- Hours: Departs at 10 am daily for a 3 to 4 hour tour
- Location: Central Wharf, Boston (New England Aquarium dock)
- Admission: Varies
- Distance from Anime Boston: Short subway ride - Green line inbound to Haymarket Station, Walking, head southeast on Haymarket Square towards John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road. Turn right onto John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road, Take the crosswalk, Turn left toward Atlantic Ave, Turn right onto Atlantic Ave, Turn left onto Central St, Slight right at Old Atlantic Ave to the Aquarium.
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
The Institute of Contemporary Art is an art museum and exhibition space located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. The museum was founded as the Boston Museum of Modern Art in 1936 with a mission to exhibit contemporary art.
- Hours: 10am-5pm (Tues-Wed, Sat-Sun) 10am-9pm (Thur-Fri)
- Location: 100 Northern Ave, Boston MA 02210
- Admission: $15 Adults (17 or older), $13 Seniors, $10 Students
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk – Green Line to Park Street Stop, change to Red Line towards Ashmont. Transfer to Silver line to Courthouse Station. Exit the station onto Seaport Boulevard and follow it, walking away from downtown. Just before the first traffic light, there will be a pedestrian opening in the fence on your left—walk through it to the walkway that runs alongside the Chapel of Our Lady of Good Voyage. This will lead you to Northern Avenue. The ICA is across the street to the right at 100 Northern Avenue.
John F. Kennedy Library & Museum
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation's thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world.
- Hours: 9am - 5pm daily
- Location: Columbia Point, Boston MA 02125
- Admission: $14 Adults, $12 Seniors/Students (with valid College ID), $10 (Child 13-17)
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk – Green Line toward Government Center. Change to the Red Line at Park Street. Red Line toward Braintree. Exit at JFK/UMASS stop. Head North toward Old Colony Ave. Turn right onto Old Colony Ave. Continue onto Mt. Vernon St. Turn left toward Columbia Point. Turn right onto Columbia Point. Turn left toward the Library/Museum.
Commonwealth Museum
The first public schools, the first battles for American independence, the first abolitionist newspaper, Massachusetts has always been a leader in the quest for equal rights and opportunities. The Commonwealth Museum brings the story to life with state of the art interactive exhibits. Its dramatic "treasures gallery" holds the great historic documents that protect our liberties. Spend an hour or an afternoon and share our common heritage.
- Hours: 9am-4:45pm (Mon-Fri)
- Location: 220 Morrissey Blvd, Boston MA 02125
- Admission: Free
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Shuttlebus – Green line to Park St. Change to Red Line towards Ashmont/Braintree to JFK/UMass station. Free shuttle Bus #2 stops at the Archives Building and the JFK Library. The bus runs every 20 minutes from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the hour and 20 minutes after and before the hour.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Over three decades, Isabella Stewart Gardner traveled the world and worked with important art patrons and advisors Bernard Berenson and Okakura Kakuzo to amass a remarkable collection of master and decorative arts. In 1903, she completed the construction of Fenway Court in Boston to house her collection and provide a vital place for Americans to access and enjoy important works of art. Isabella Gardner installed her collection of works in a way to evoke intimate responses to the art, mixing paintings, furniture, textiles, and objects from different cultures and periods among well-known European paintings and sculpture.
- Hours: 11am-5pm (Wed-Mon) 11am-9pm (Thurs)
- Location: 280 The Fenway, Boston MA 02115
- Admission: $15 Adults, $12 Seniors, $5 College Students (with Valid ID
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk – Green Line E Train toward Heath Street. Leave train at the Museum of Fine Arts Station. Walk from here heading Northwest on Ruggles St. toward Huntington Ave. Continue onto Louis Prang St. Continue Fenway. Turn left onto Evans Way. The Museum will be on the right.
Boston Fire Museum
The Boston Fire Museum, owned and operated by the Boston Sparks Association, has occupied the old firehouse at 344 Congress St, Boston, since 1983. The goal of the Museum is to preserve and display fire fighting memorabilia from the Greater Boston area, educate and inform the general public on fire safety, restore and maintain the "Landmark" building we occupy, and to support the fire service in general.
- Hours: 11am-6pm (Saturdays)
- Location: 344 Congress Street, Boston MA 02210
- Admission: Free (donations appreciated)
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk – Green Line towards Park Street Station. Change at Park Street Station to Red line towards Ashmont. Exit train at South Station. Walk from here by heading Northwest toward Summer St. Turn right onto Summer St. Turn left onto Dorchester Ave. Turn right onto Congress St. Turn right onto Farnsworth St. The Museum will be on the right on the corner of Farnsworth and Congress St.
Larz Anderson Auto Museum
The Larz Anderson Auto Museum is home to "America's Oldest Car Collection". For more than 85 years the Larz Anderson Auto Museum has been supporting the community through a variety of educational programs, exhibits, and lectures.
- Hours: 10am-4pm (Tues-Sun)
- Location: 15 Newton St, Brookline MA 02445
- Admission: $10 Adults, $5 Seniors/Students/Child 6-12
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway/Bus/Walk - Orange Line to Forest Hills. Then take the 51 Bus to the Grove St. & South St. Stop. It is a lovely 10 minute walk through the park.
Tourist Traps
Boston Duck Tours
You've never toured Boston in anything that comes close to Boston Duck Tours. The fun begins as soon as you board your "DUCK", an authentic, renovated World War II amphibious landing vehicle. You'll be greeted by a tour ConDUCKtor, who'll be narrating your tour. You'll cruise by all the places that make Boston the birthplace of freedom and a city of firsts, from the golden-domed State House to Bunker Hill and the Fleet Center, Boston Common, and Copley Square to the Big Dig, Government Center to fashionable Newbury Street, Quincy Market to the Prudential Tower, and more. Just when you think you've seen it all, your ConDUCKtor splashes your DUCK right into the Charles River for a breathtaking view of the Boston and Cambridge skylines.
- Hours: Tours depart rain or shine, 7 days a week, every half hour from 9am to approximately one hour before sunset.
- Location: Departing from Prudential Center, Boylston Street, Boston
- Admission: $41.00 Adult, $33.99 Student, $27.99 Child (3-11), $10.50 (Child Under 3)
- Distance from Anime Boston: Purchase tickets at the Prudential Center, the boarding area is on Huntington Avenue in front of Shaw's Supermarket.
Old Town Trolley Tour
If the Boston Duck Tours are not your cup of tea, there is the Old Town Trolley Tour. Similar to that of the Duck tours, but with a main difference, you can ride this trolley all day. Your ticket will let you on and off the trolley as much as you want for the duration of that day, if you decide to see all the sites at once, this tour will last approximately 2 hours. Sites include the Freedom Trail, USS Constitution, Faneuil Hall, New England Aquarium, Chinatown, Cambridge MIT, just to name a few.
- Hours: Tours depart rain or shine, 7 days a week, approximately every half hour from 9am to 5pm from each of the trolley stops.
- Location: Closest Trolley stop is across from the Sheraton Boston's entrance at the Hilton.
- Admission: Varies
- Distance from Anime Boston: Purchase tickets at the Sheraton Boston Concierge Desk, they accept cash only or room charges.
The Bull & Finch Pub ("Cheers' Bar," Hampshire House)
In 1982, Hollywood came to Boston and found the Bull & Finch Pub at the foot of Beacon Hill. The small pub became the inspiration for the setting of the TV series Cheers. The outside is what you saw in every episode...just don't expect the inside to look like it does on the TV show.
- Hours: 11am - 2am (After 10pm 21+ only)
- Location: 84 Beacon Street, Boston
- Distance from Anime Boston: Short Subway ride - Green line inbound to Arlington Street. Walk through the Public Garden to Beacon Street.
Fenway Park Tours
For the absolute baseball fan, especially Red Sox Fans. Come seem America's most beloved ballpark. These tours give you the inside look and the behind the scenes look of the ballpark.
- Hours: Every hour 10am-5pm
- Admission: $18 for Adults, $17 for Seniors, $12 for Children/Students/Military
- Location: Yawkey Way, Souvenir Store
- Distance from Anime Boston: Short Walk from hotel, maps are available from the concierge.
Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Once the final waterfront destination of local fisherman, Faneuil Hall (pronounced "fan-you'll", rhymes with "annual") and Quincy Market are now a couple blocks inland...but things haven't changed much. The Faneuil Hall area is still a buzzing commerce center. Any shopping trip in Boston isn't complete without a trip to the Faneuil Hall Marketplace. If you're looking for designer shoes or some greasy fast food, you can find it all here.
- Hours: 10am - 9pm (M-Sat), 11am -6pm (Sun)
- Admission: N/A
- Location: Faneuil Hall, Boston
- Distance from Anime Boston: Short subway ride - Green line to Government Center, walk past City Hall, go down all of the stairs and across the street.
Harvard Square
Pahk the cah and take the T in to the legendary Harvard Square. If you're shopping for clothing, books, music, comics, or even anime, Harvard Square should be your first stop. There are so many restaurants, bars, and pubs in the area that you'll have a hard time deciding which ones to visit.
- Hours: Varies
- Admission: N/A
- Location: Harvard Square, Mass. Ave, Cambridge
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride - Green line inbound to Park Street, Red Line to Harvard.
Skywalk Observatory
Visit the Skywalk Observatory, Boston's only sky-high vantage point for sweeping 360 degree views of Greater Boston and beyond. Let your eyes and ears do the walking as you experience the exclusive state-of-the-art Acoustiguide audio tour detailing the city's many points of historic and cultural interest. Offered in 2 additional languages, French Canadian and Japanese.
- Hours: 10am–10pm daily
- Admission: $19 Adults, $15 Seniors/Students (with valid College ID), $13 Children (under 12)
- Location: Prudential Mall
- Distance from Anime Boston: Walk – Enter the Prudential Mall via the Hynes Convention Center exit, the Skywalk is on the left Halfway down the hall.
Enter the Mapparium, a three-story-tall, inside-out stained-glass globe that is bisected in the middle by a glass walkway. Once illuminated with hundreds of lamps, today it glows with the light of LEDs. Curiously, the Mapparium is the only place in the world in which the surface of the earth can be seen without distortion. Even when looking at an accurate globe, the relative sizes of the continents are distorted by perspective, as the spherical shape causes different regions to appear at different distances from the eye. But with a view from the very center of a globe, looking out, the eye is the same distance from every point on the map.
- Hours: 10am-4pm (Tues-Sat)
- Admission: $6 Adults, $4 Students/Seniors/Under 17
- Location: 210 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 inside the Mary Baker Eddy library
- Distance from Anime Boston: Walk – Head South on Dalton St. toward Scotia St. Turn left onto Belvidere St. Turn right onto Dalton St. Continue on Dalton St., where it turns slightly right and becomes Clearway St. Destination will be on left.
On Location Tours
Lights, Camera, Boston! On Location Tours takes you on the ultimate tour of Beantown with the Boston TV & Movie Sites Bus Tour and the Boston Movie Mile Walking Tour. The tours take guests through the lens of their favorite TV shows and movies featured on the big and small screen, seen around the world. Visit various neighborhoods including the North and West End of Boston, Beacon Hill, Boston Common, Back Bay, South Boston and Charlestown. Each tour includes multiple recognizable sites from movies and TV shows such as The Town, Good Will Hunting, The Departed, Cheers, Boston Legal, Knight & Day, Mystic River and many more!
- Hours: Boston TV & Movie Sites - Saturday & Sunday at 11am. Boston Movie Mile - Saturday at 2:30pm.
- Location: Tours depart in front of the Boston Common Visitors Center.
- Admission: Boston TV & Movie Sites - Adult $38 + $3 ticket fee, Child $22 + $3 ticket fee. Boston Movie Mile - Adult $22 + $3 ticket fee.
- Distance from Anime Boston: Less than 2 miles east. Short subway ride - Green line inbound to Boylston Station.
- Contact: Call 212-209-3370.
Urban AdvenTours
A unique, eco-friendly company in Boston that provides original bicycle tours, quality bike rentals, full service repairs and a versatile line of bicycles and commuter oriented accessories. Since 2004 we've been showing locals and visitors the best way to experience Boston - on two wheels! We also want to share our love of Boston and all of it's neighborhoods with you. From our favorite bakeries in the South End, slices of pizza in the North End, or brew pubs in Back Bay to live music in Cambridge or galleries in Fort Point - our team loves nothing more than to share our city's hidden gems with you. There's an awful lot to explore beyond the Freedom Trail, and we're happy to point you in there right direction. Think of us as your own "Bike Concierge," we want you to experience the best Boston has to offer.
- Hours: 7 days a week 9:00 - 8:00 - bike tours depart at 10am, 2pm, and 6pm
- Location: Departing from 103 Atlantic Ave in the North End. Bike delivery/pickup is also available with advanced notice.
- Admission: 24 Hour Bike Rental: $35, 3 Hour Guided City Bike Tour $55. Call for other services.
- Distance from Anime Boston: We can deliver our 24 hour rental bikes to your hotel or the convention center. Our tours leave from the North End which is accessible from the T.
- Contact: email@example.com or 617-670-0637
Parks & Recreation
Boston Common
Hear the echoes of 350 years of the most extraordinary history of America's oldest park. Here the Colonial militia mustered for the Revolution. In 1768, the hated British Redcoats began an eight-year encampment. George Washington, John Adams and General Lafayette came here to celebrate our nation's independence. The 1860s saw Civil War recruitment and anti-slavery meetings. During World War I, victory gardens sprouted. For World War II, the Common gave most of its iron fencing away for scrap metal.
- Location: 131 Tremont St., Boston MA 02111
- Admission: Free
- Distance from Anime Boston: Short subway ride – Green line to Park Street station. Exit Station and you are at Boston Common.
Boston Public Garden
Two centuries separate the creation of the Boston Common and the Public Garden, and what a difference that period made. In 1634 the Common was created as America's first public park; it was practical and pastoral with walkways built for crosstown travel. In contrast, the Public Garden was the first public botanical garden in America. It was decorative and flowery from its inception, featuring meandering pathways for strolling. There are also Swanboats to rent for a fun family outing.
- Location: 69 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02108
- Admission: Free, Swanboats $3.50 Adults, $3 Seniors, $2 Child (2-15) -- Closed until 4/14
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk – Green Line towards Government Center. Get off subway at Arlington Station. Walk from here Head South toward Boylston St. Turn left onto Boylston St. Turn right to stay on Boylston St. Turn left onto Charles St. The Garden will be on the left.
Arnold Arboretum
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University discovers and disseminates knowledge of the plant kingdom to foster greater understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of Earth's botanical diversity and its essential value to humankind. Occupying 281 acres, the Arboretum's living collection of trees, shrubs, and woody vines is recognized as one of the most comprehensive and best documented of its kind in the world.
- Hours: Visitor Center Noon – 4pm (closed Wed), Library 10am-3:45pm (closed Wed)
- Location: 125 Arborway Boston, MA 02130
- Admission: Free
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Walk - Orange Line to its southern end – Forest Hills. Turn left as you pass through the turnstiles. Exit through the door marked "Arnold Arboretum." Proceed about 60 feet, then turn left and continue parallel to the Arborway (which is elevated above the bus stop). Continue walking along the Arborway, up the hill and to the Arboretum's Forest Hills gate on your left. To reach the Arboretum's main entrance and the Hunnewell Building, continue along the Arborway to the main gate (about 10 minutes).
Franklin Park Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo is a 72-acre site nestled in Boston's historic Franklin Park, long considered the "crown jewel" of Frederick Law Olmsted's Emerald Necklace Park System. The Zoo was founded in 1912 and was managed by the City of Boston until 1958, when the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), a state agency, assumed management. The MDC managed the Zoos until 1991, when Governor William Weld signed legislation to create the private Commonwealth Zoological Corporation (CZC). In July of 1997 the CZC changed its name to Zoo New England to reflect the changing image of the Zoos.
- Hours: 10am-4pm daily
- Location: One Franklin Park Rd. Dorchester, MA 02121
- Admission: Varies
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Bus/Walk (41 Minutes)- Orange Line towards Forest Hills. At Forest Hills Station board bus 22 toward Ashmont Station. Get off bus at the Blue Hill opp Glenway stop. Walk from here to the Franklin Park Zoo. Head North on Blue Hill Avenue toward N. Peabody Circle. Slight right at Franklin Park Rd. Turn left toward Franklin Park Rd. Turn right onto Franklin Park Rd. The Zoo will be on the left.
Boston Nature Center
Located just outside of downtown Boston on the former grounds of the Boston State Hospital, the Boston Nature Center (BNC) is a community-based urban sanctuary. Trails and boardwalks traverse meadows and wetlands, home to over 150 species of birds, 40 species of butterflies, and more than 350 species of plants. Year-round programs help foster an appreciation for nature and the environment.
- Hours: (Mon - Fri) 9am-5pm, (Sat - Sun) 10am - 4pm
- Location: 500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan MA 02126
- Admission: Free
- Distance from Anime Boston: Subway ride/Bus/Walk (58 minutes) – Orange line towards Forest Hills. At Forest Hills Station board bus 31to Morton Street Stop. Walk from here to the Nature Center by heading South on Morton St. toward Harvard St. Turn right onto Harvard St. Turn right onto W. Main St. Turn left to stay on W. Main St. Turn right onto Industrial Rd. Turn left onto Shea Rd. Turn right at University Rd. The Nature Center is on the left.


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I think I might seriously go into shock when I wake tomorrow morning to the fact that it is DECEMBER 1st!! I've said it a million times but time sure does fly!
With December first comes the count down to Christmas. Over the last few years we have celebrated the anticipation with various advent activities, crafts, outings, stories etc. But last year I felt very convicted that our focus was not on Christ as much as it should be. Not that Christmas crafts or outings are bad but I just felt the tug to make this Christmas even more about anticipating the birth of Christ, our greatest gift of all.
Instead of putting slips of paper with our daily advent activity inside our advent calendar doors, tucked inside will be a different name of God. Now try limiting it to 25 names, it was hard! Below is the list of names and Scripture references that we will be reading each day. I'm excited to see how this will bring us closer to Him and expand our knowledge of who He is. Not just for my girls to learn but for Jeremy and I as well.
25 Names of God
TEACHER: John 13:13
TRUE LIGHT: John 1:9
JEHOVAH-SHALOM: Judges 6:24 meaning: "The Lord is peace"
AUTHOR OF LIFE: Acts 3:15
BREAD OF LIFE: John 6:35
COMFORTER: John 14:26
COUNSELOR: Isaiah 9:6
CREATOR: 1 Peter 4:19
DELIVERER: Romans 11:26
EVERLASTING FATHER: Isaiah 9:6
FOUNDATION: 1 Cor. 3:11
FRIEND: Matthew 11:19
GENTLE WHISPER: 1 Kings 19:12
GOD WHO SEES ME: Genesis 16:13
GOOD SHEPHERD: John 10:11
GUIDE: Psalm 48:14
HOLY ONE: Acts 2:27
HOPE: Titus 2:13
KING OF KINGS: 1 Timothy 6:15
LIVING WATER: John 4:10
MESSIAH: John 4:25, Redeemer
OUR PEACE & PRINCE OF PEACE: Ephesians 2:14 & Isaiah 9:6
POTTER: Isaiah 64:8
REDEEMER: Job 19:25
SAVIOR: Luke 2:11
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The US stock market was on the receiving end of a real RIMM job yesterday, with the maker of the Blackberry taking a bath with a 25% drop. Pandora, the day after their IPO dipped below their initial $16 stock (shock) value and Morningstar, who usually are content with being the megaphone for the economic propaganda emanating from our owners and masters state that their real value is $5. thus is just the latest in a strange, fractal synechdoche bit of moving sculpture/ performance piece/ electronic installation piece called the market.
Don't worry, as of noon taday, US markets are up an average of 0.40%. This is on the back of collective wisdom assuring us that Greece will greaze up for the international banks so they can complete the job on them and turn their land and infrastructure into property held by the banks.
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Vincent Van Gogh had a hard life, selling merely one of his paintings in his lifetime and that to his brother. His name is now cloaked in glory, with works ending up as wealthy art collector concubines and images of same gracing postcards and posters worldwide. The people and institutions involved in the above shenanigans are the same who decide what is declared important in art, what music is to be a real economic commodity. Also, the law does not apply to them. These are the people who are currently buying and selling Warhol art, in a pass-around similar to the collecting and trading of pokemon cards. This could be a Warhol bubble. Hedge fund managers are in the dual role of Pangenitor and Panphage for all art and culture just as they are for public companies and nation states.
Does anything artists/writers/musicians do matter in the wider culture? Did it ever? Most of the creative types I know prefer to ignore such matters, but this may be a defensive posture in a world that does everything it can to discourage them from the path they're on. And the ones rewarded end up effectively neutralized. Success in the outlying genres is a nice middle-management descent into stupor at best, or a terrible burden on top of the dayjob and what's left for home life.
There have been multiple declarations of ART WAR in the last few years, but things rarely update after the manifesto is posted, usually on a free blog platform. Hey, we did that! Well, not declare ART WAR, but post a manifestooo right here. We may be developing more music, now that we broke it, or something entirely different. The process is the product and the conversation will determine what, how where with the who being every living and dead creature…
Trailer for the documentary "What is ART? Inside the Mind of the Artist as They Speak the Truth" by Steven Johnson Leyba featuring H.R.Giger, Genesis P-Orridge, Howard Bloom, Joe Coleman, Richard Metzger, David J, Mark Bode and more answer the difficult questions, what is Art?what is TRUE ART?, what is the difference between art and entertainment?, what is more important the artist or the art? Is art important?
It's kind of a bourgeois thing to sit and speculate on w(h)ither art?, declare this form or that form dead, and debating back and forth to estimate the time of death. Hey, it's all dead and in ruins along with the future, literacy and quite likely the industry currently eating up your time in exchange for the means and permission to stay alive for your natural span and do so in sheltered accomodations, owned or rented. The future is here, the future once promised is dead, long live the future, dead music and all.
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About the Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grant and SurveysThis database consists of entries that index two major collections of land records housed in the Library of Virginia plus a small collection of field notes and plats of tracts surveyed by Guy Broadwater.
[Colonial Land Office Patents, 1623–1774]
[Land Office Grants, 1779–1993]
[Northern Neck Land Office] [Northern Neck Grants]
[Northern Neck Surveys] [Guy Broadwater Field Notes]
[Format of Collection] [Related Resources]
Land Office Patents and Grants Chronological Display
Northern Neck Grants and Surveys Chronological Display
Colonial Land Office Patents, 1623–1774
With the abolition of the charter of the Virginia Company of London in 1624, the administration of the colony was placed directly under the crown. As this included the disposal of land, it fell to the governor to use his broad powers to issue land patents. In 1634 the Privy Council authorized the patenting of lands under the principle of granting patents to any person who qualified as a planter. In practice, the acreage was awarded to the person who paid the transportation cost of the emigrant and not to the settler himself. This method, called the headright system, was employed as the major means of distributing virgin lands in the 17th century.
The office of the Secretary of the Colony was key to the process, and it remained in place until the Revolution. This office issued patents after all the steps were approved. First, the patentee was required to appear before a county court and present proof that a stated number of persons had been imported to the colony at his expense. The certificate of importation rights issued by the courts was taken to the Secretary of the Colony in the capital, where a "right" was issued that, when presented to a county surveyor, authorized him to survey the tract located by the patentee. Once the survey was completed, it and all supporting papers were returned to the office of the Secretary, and, if no discrepancies existed, two copies of the patent were made. One copy was signed by the governor, sealed, and delivered to the patentee, and the other was retained by the Secretary. No Land Office surveys are extant prior to 1779 although some county court records include survey books. Also, none of the supporting papers mentioned above are extant prior to 1779.
Another method of land distribution authorized during the 17th century was the military right granted to persons who would settle in hostile territory, but this was seldom used. In the 18th century the treasury right was established whereby land could be purchased. The office of the Secretary of the Colony continued to act as the official channel for the legal distribution of land until the establishment of the Virginia Land Office on June 22, 1779.
Colonial Land Office patents, whether issued on importation, treasury, or military rights, or as part of an order of Council, were consistent in format. The patent always recited the titles of the sovereign or protector under whom it was issued, the consideration for which it was issued, the name of the patentee, the size of the tract, the county of location, a description of the land, any reservations for the crown, and the date the patent was signed.
This collection consists of the patents as recorded by the office of the Secretary of the Colony. These copies were hung on strings in the office and, as time was available, they were recorded in bound volumes. A random method of selection of documents to be entered accounts for the haphazard dating in the early volumes, and the method of hanging the patent on string accounts for loss of documents. The system of recording was improved in the 18th century. Rather than having duplicate copies made and entered in a bound volume at intervals, the patents were recorded when issued. All other accompanying documents including surveys were annually destroyed.
The Virginia Land Office was established in 1779 by the General Assembly and was headed by a Register "appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly. . . . " It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation that provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unapproriated lands.
Under the act, any person could purchase as much land as desired upon payment to the Treasurer of a fee of forty pounds for one hundred acres. In return the purchaser was given a receipt, that was then given to the Auditor of Public Accounts, who issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. The certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register entered a warrant authorizing a surveyor to lay off the land. The warantee entered a claim to the land by depositing the warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land was located.
Once the survey had been completed, it and the warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the papers to the Land Office. The documents were examined by the Register, and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.
In 1948 the records of the Land Office, which were then in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian. Following the reorganization of the Land Office, the localities were charged with the issuing of titles to vacant lands, while the state only issued grants for escheated lands, primarily for non-payment of taxes.
This collection consists of recorded copies of grants issued for land from the establishment of the Land Office in 1779 through the present. (Grants issued after 1993 are not at present part of the online collection but are on microfilm.) Following a statement regarding the basis on which the grant was made is the name of the grantee, a description of the land granted, and the date on which the grant was signed. After 1779 the surveys were also recorded in the Land Office. These documents have been microfilmed but are not part of this online collection.
The Northern Neck, or "Fairfax Proprietary," consisted of 5,282,000 acres located between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers. In 1649, King Charles II, then in exile, gave this unsettled region to seven loyal supporters, including Lord Fairfax. By 1688 most of the region was owned by Thomas, Lord Culpeper. Lord Culpeper's daughter married Thomas, Lord Fairfax, in 1690, and the region became synonymous with the Fairfax name.
Agents of the Northern Neck proprietors issued the first land grant in 1690. Individuals purchased warrants for a specified amount of land in a particular location. The warrants were taken to a surveyer and the land surveyed. The plat and any accompanying papers were returned to the proprietor's office, and a grant was issued. In an effort to halt land speculation, an order was issued by the proprietor's office on March 26, 1765, forbidding the assignment of warrants or surveys. The Northern Neck Land Office continued to operate during the Revolution until Lord Fairfax's death in 1782. Fairfax family interest was terminated in 1808 when the last surviving heir sold his title to a syndicate. Until 1862 land grants in the Northern Neck issued by the commonwealth of Virginia were recorded in volumes maintained separately from the regular Land Office grants.
This collection consists of recorded copies of grants issued for land in the Northern Neck from 1692 to 1862 when the territory encompassing the present state of West Virginia withdrew from the Commonwealth to enter the Union. The formation of West Virginia eliminated the major source of available land in Virginia. Eighteen additional instruments dated as late as 1874 were entered in the final volume before these books were closed. Gaps in the records exist for the period 1719–1722 and 1732–1736. Following the recitation of the ownership of the Northern Neck are the name of the grantee, the description of the land, any reservations for the proprietor, and the date on which the grant was signed.
Three collections of records comprise the surveys related to land grants in the Northern Neck. The Northern Neck Surveys, 1697, 1722–1781, and the Northern Neck Plats and Certificates, 1786–1874, are unrecorded documents arranged in folders. While they are indexed online, the documents themselves are not available as part of the online collection. The Northern Neck Survey, 1786–1874, consists of recorded documents that are indexed and available online.
Northern Neck Surveys, 1697, 1722–1781
This collection of records consists of original plats and accompanying papers pertaining to land grants. Included among the supplemental papers, in addition to warrants and assignments, are transcripts of official records from England and several of the colonies, a small number of Bible leaves, affidavits, and letters. The major subjects of these documents are family relationships, social and economic situations in the area, and interpretations of verbal contracts. These documents have been digitized and are being added to the collection incrementally. If a link to the survey does not exist yet, the surveys are available on microfilm.
Northern Neck Plats and Certificates, 1786–1874
This collection of records comprise original plats and accompanying papers relative to land grants made by the commonwealth after 1786 for land in the Northern Neck. Since there was a delay between the issuance of the first document, the warrant, and the final one, the grant, some of the documents predate 1786. The materials are arranged in folders labeled with the name of the grantee, the names of all persons who owned the warrant or survey, the county in which the land was situated when the grant was issued, the date of the survey and warrant, the number of acres in the grant, and the number of items in the folder. These documents have not been microfilmed.
Northern Neck Surveys, 1786–1874
This group of documents consists of recorded plats and descriptions of land in the Northern Neck for which grants were issued by the commonwealth's Land Office after 1786. Marginal notes indicate the date the survey was received into the office as well as the date the grant was issued. A few surveys for grants issued as late as 1874 are entered. These documents are available online and on microfilm.
These items consist of the field notes and plats of tracts in the New Creek, Warm Springs, and Sleepy Creek areas of Frederick, now Hampshire, County surveyed by Guy Broadwater in 1749. Descriptions of the quality of the land are frequently given, together with information about the persons for whom the land was surveyed. Grants for most of these tracts have been located in the Northern Neck Land Office records, and this information has been included.
The online collection consists of digitized images of recorded Land Office patents and grants, recorded Northern Neck grants, and recorded Northern Neck surveys (1786–1874).
These documents are also available on microfilm. Additionally, the Land Office surveys after 1779 are available on microfilm as are the original, unrecorded Northern Neck surveys prior to 1782.
It is important to note that there are no pre-1779 Land Office surveys. Only original documents exist for the Northern Neck plats and certificates.
Land Office
Gentry, Daphne S., comp. Virginia Land Office Inventory. 3rd ed., revised and enlarged by John S. Salmon. Richmond, Va.: Archives and Records Division, Virginia State Library, 1981.
Land Office Surveys, 1779–present (Entry 41–42 in Virginia Land Office Inventory).
Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 1- , Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library and Archives, 1992- . Vol. 4-7, edited by Dennis Ray Hudgins. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1994-1999.
Northern Neck
Additional materials related to the Northern Neck Proprietary are described in Entries 104 and 111–119 in Virginia Land Office Inventory.
"Abstracts of Grants from 1690–1692 (Grant Book 1)" in Cavaliers and Pioneers, Supplement, Northern Neck Grants, No. 1, 1690–1692, abstracted by Nell Marion Nugent; indexed by Susan Bracey Sheppard. Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1980.
The rest of the grant books are abstracted in Gray, Gertrude E., comp. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants. 4 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., 1987–1993.
Northern Neck surveys, 1722–1781 are abstracted in Joyner, Peggy S., comp. Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys. 5 vols. Portsmouth, Va.: P. Joyner, 1985–1987. Vol. 4 contains abstracts of the Guy Broadwater surveys.


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Friday, December 29, 2006
Libertarian Smith Answers Questions
1. Why are you running for President?
I love America and feel called to help save it by being part of creating a freer and better America through the Libertarian Party.
I will take my campaign as far as it can go, enlightening the American people to the principles of the Libertarian Party, and inviting them to join us in our quest for smaller government, less taxes, and far greater individual liberty.
2. What makes you the best candidate?
Truth is my priority.
I am knowledgeable about the issues; seek to listen and learn; and am dedicated to implementation of Libertarian solutions for the benefit of all Americans. I base my platform on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
As a charismatic articulate spokesperson (experienced before live audiences, radio, tv, etc.) I am capable of generating media interviews and public appearances.
I have chosen to serve my political party in this way out of a passion to help make America better. My campaign will recruit, educate and inspire, attracting more young people, women, minorities, in addition to more men to join the LP.
Most importantly, I am a candidate who is motivated from love of my country and its people, not from the ego. I will always use the political power I gain (be it simply the media platform I am given or be it elected office) in service of the Libertarian principles I believe are the solution to America's problems.
3. What is the top issue of your campaign?
Smaller government.
Smaller government means: you pay less taxes, you keep more of the money you earn, you have greater freedom in every area of your life.
Smaller government means shrinking the size, power and cost of the federal government resulting in less waste, inefficiency, and corruption.
All of my proposals, whether international or domestic, can be achieved through smaller government. Smaller government will benefit every American.
Smaller government means more personal and financial freedom for you.
4. Do you think you could get the support of conservatives?
Yes. I've already heard from conservatives who have told me my platform is one they can support.
For example, I am a firm supporter of restoring the right for Americans to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment. And, I believe less government is the solution to many of America's societal ills.
My proposals will significantly reduce the size of government thereby eliminating big government spending and excessive regulation of the individual and business in our society.
I invite readers to visit my campaign website: http://www.LibertarianForPresident.com
4 comments:
- Paul, just this guy, you know? said...
She's pro-abortion? Don't waste my time.
I'm not a one-issue voter, but there are disqualifiers, such as support for slavery, or islamic terrorism, or abortion.
My reply to, "I support terrorism" will not be, "well, I disagree, but tell me your position on the second amendment."
A real refreshing alternative to the same old conservatives who brag about shrinking the size of government and end of with a police-state.
Also a real alternative to socialism, or a belief system that it's the government's responsibility to change our diapers.
To the above comment that someone is not willing to give Christine Smith an opportunity because he thinks she's pro-abortion?? Re-read the interview. The position is not pro-abortion, it is non-government interference in personal choice.
Thank you.
Jesse Thomas
She wants to "Free Americans from private property seizures & burdensome private enterprise regulations" which is more than "conservative" Republicans have been willing to do.
And on abortion, she says "No government funding" which means pro-lifers wouldn't have to fund something they don't beleive in.
Looks good to me!
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Have you heard the latest drama in country music? It rivals the activity on the TV show Nashville.
Recently Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley used the band's Webisode Wednesday to reveal his estranged Aunt Bella ("Lady Aunt B") and the feud they're involved in.
It all started when Lady A bandmembers Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Dave Haywood referred to themselves as "The Real Lady A," which according to Aunt B is her trademark. The drama escalated as Lady Antebellum prepared for the release of their Christmas album, On This Winter's Night. According to Aunt B, this is a rip off of her own album, On This Chilly Winter's Night.
Find out what Charles Kelley's aunt would rather name Lady Antebellum, and get caught up on all the hilarious drama. You'll find Charles' Aunt B has a striking resemblance to him — which is a bit scary!
And watch out — Aunt B is now on "the Twitter machine," too.
@mirandalambert claims she's the fastest girl in town. I got some stories of Rick James and I back in the 70's that would blow your mind.
— Lady Aunt Bella (@LadyAuntB) December 1, 2012
– Rob Stone, WYCD/Detroit