ENBB's New England Cultural Corner

The fall is short, also

All the seasons seems short except for winter, which takes years apparently

― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, June 9, 2014 12:58 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yea, fall is amazing in new england but really we're talking about 4-6 weeks here. same goes for spring. summer in new england is really nice but it's also short

BTW I found this dope shirt in China, almost bought it

http://i.imgur.com/VV9xsqh.jpg

being an actual king, the king of the northeast kingdom

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/s403x403/996829_506113122787604_1505451356_n.png

it's not the west coast or anything but it's nice to live in an overall progressive area.

― marcos, Monday, June 9, 2014 1:01 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

politically is like 1mx more progressive than the west coast! socially...

BTW I found this dope shirt in China, almost bought it

― 龜, Monday, June 9, 2014 1:04 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

omg why did u not

haha xp you totally should've bought that shirt

politically is like 1mx more progressive than the west coast! socially...

Depends where on the West Coast you mean. I moved here from CA and I find it a little politically stuffy at times. But maybe that varies throughout the Northeast, I dunno. I too work in academia but I prefer that stuff in small does, you know...it has it's place.

I do like New England, btw, I just still feel like I'm finding my way & looking for an "in"

Too many colleges = not a good thing, in my opinion, that's why I live a little ways away from where I work.

I moved here from CA and I find it a little politically stuffy at times. But maybe that varies throughout the Northeast, I dunno. I too work in academia but I prefer that stuff in small does, you know...it has it's place.

― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, June 9, 2014 1:09 PM (59 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just like actual voter preferences mass is left of california

lighthouses!

I like the clouds here. And I like the summers and the lushness and the swimming holes. That stuff we didn't have in LA.

xp - ok sure

And I like the first snow a lot.

But snow in April? You've got to be fucking kidding me

dont move to northern vermont

http://img1.coastalliving.timeinc.net/sites/default/files/image/2011/09/Lighthouses/owls-head-lighthouse-l.jpg

Oh and the other day I looked at this house and it was pretty rad. That was one of those only in New England things

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/16-Wendell-Rd-Shutesbury-MA-01072/56987202_zpid//

xp - ok!

Moving to New England has also helped me appreciate that I don't love NYC all that much, which is helpful. It's nice for a visit, but I prefer Montreal.

cool ne architectural feature, good for looking out for yr husband coming home from the sea or just chillin

http://static2.bigstockphoto.com/thumbs/5/5/5/large2/5558891.jpg

Lighthouses are nice, sure, but what do you do with them?

i live for this shit

http://indul.ccio.co/gU/Bd/ia/255368241340219757SqBdSfIkc.jpg

maybe if my mother had ever had advance warning of the aul fella coming home from the sea my older brother would've been an only child I'd say

That house is AWESOME.

xp - you admire them, duh

My dad's neighborhood has a house with a widow's perch on it. Complete disregard for city's residential zoning rules, imo.

seriously, I don't think you're supposed to do this.

http://i.imgur.com/0E8UluV.png

nope, definitely not

I have lived very close to some body of water (usually the ocean) for all of my life with the exception of the two years I spend in England but there's a river there so that counts. When I was very small we lived in Key West and then Long Island/Fire Island. You can get to somewhere on the water within about 20 mins from most places in Boston. I feel most me by the water and would love to really live right near the ocean one day. Swimming in the ocean is one of my most favorite things. Anyway, this picture is going to be my daily calm from now on. I'm putting it here so I can come and look at it whenever I need to.

http://37.media.tumblr.com/2afe90c0ee6f32a3c59f29e2418047fd/tumblr_n0taf2KLGS1soyp8ao1_500.gif

awesome, beautiful gif ENBB! i agree that there are few things as wonderful as swimming in the ocean. i feel at peace and at the same time i am overwhelmed by its power, something about being immersed in this vast body of water is just really humbling? sounds kind of hippy-dippy but i am very hippy-dippy

v beautiful

i do wish though that the ocean in new england was just a little bit warmer, i love being near it but i find it hard to swim for very long b/c i get so cold. southern oceans i can spend hours in

http://38.media.tumblr.com/9f6b38f877e2706074eb9da4ed62af90/tumblr_n7aqjvJsXR1qd532so1_500.gif

And here we have a gif that combines two of my favorite things.

http://38.media.tumblr.com/46127b1032207c0804a8db44ad924df0/tumblr_msqhterKNt1ry46hlo1_500.gif

Where are the good beaches in New England?

And what are y'all's favorite swimming holes?

Also show me a good crab shack in Maine

http://www.watermansbeachlobster.com/

Thanks!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_Beach

I saw a nice NE beach in a movie. I think it was in Rhode Island

xp

many incredible beaches on cape cod obvs

yea xp crane beach is gorgeous

don't go nantasket beach, i'm warning everybody here

i don't know a whole lot of swimming holes, in western mass there is a very nice one that is a short 5-10 minute walk from the montague book mill. the book mill is one of my favorite places in the world, no hyperbole. admrl you probably know of it already but it's a used bookstore built into an old mill building on this creek and there's a really good cafe with sandwiches and beer and coffee, plus a small art gallery and a record shop. it rules. it's kind of a perfect summer day to go to the book mill for lunch, browse for a while, and then do the short walk to the swimming hole and hang out there for a while.

Yes, I know it, though not the swimming hole!

I love the Book Mill but their book selection is pretty naff. I'm a reasonable bibliophile and have never found anything I want there. But it's a nice place to lunch/snack/work if you can find somewhere to sit.

I am into this weather though. I never lived anywhere with this sunny/humidity/thunderstorm cycle and that is cool. I like sitting on my porch and watching storms. It rains more in one day here than it does in an entire year in LA!

don't go nantasket beach, i'm warning everybody here

― marcos, Friday, June 20, 2014 9:30 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol I don't mind Nastasket. I've never been to go to the beach there but I kind of love cheesy beach/boardwalk towns every now and then for the people watching, arcades and ice cream. :)

oh yea they can be super fun. just walking by a long slew of greased-up older dudes in speedos w/ gold chains in beach chairs RIGHT ON THE BOARDWALK makes my ice cream not taste as good

another vote for crane, its just a beautiful place

Looks beautiful, sounds cold! Maybe I wait for a super hot day.

yea as i mentioned upthread i don't feel like there are any "warm" places to swim in the ocean in new england. on a super hot day i might go in for 5-10 minutes at crane.

=/

hey it's not that different in LA, right? the pacific is pretty cold iirc and when i went there everybody was wearing wetsuits