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The Art Museums You MUST Visit
As Homer Simpson once eloquently said, “More artsy, less fartsy.” We here at the Oracle echo his deeply held belief. Art can be elevating and deeply moving. But if you’re in a venue that makes you feel like a fish out of water, it’s not worth your time. Join us this week as we take you to the art museums you MUST visit. And we think you’ll like them, EVEN IF art isn’t your thing! The Fogg Museum at Harvard – Cambridge, MA On a chilly March day, we stopped at the Fogg museum for the first time. We wanted to find a way to pass some time indoors and…
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We’re Three Today!
At the Bayshore Marathon in 2022, we made the leap to open this website as a way to share our love for travel with the world. Since then, we’ve been on some CRAZY adventures together and learned a lot along the way. Why not join us as we unpack some of the highlights as we celebrate. We’re three today!! If we were a toddler, we would have our own cake to smash! The First Place We Wrote About As you may know, Boston holds a special place in our hearts. Stephen is working to becoming a legacy runner for the Boston Marathon which means we are planning to go back…
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How to “Museum” like a BOSS
Whether you steal away for just one day or you’re on the trip of a life time, seeing everything you want to see isn’t always easy. Let’s say you’re going to Paris and wanted to see the Mona Lisa. Did you know the Louvre has 380,000 pieces of art. If you only spent 30 seconds looking at each one, it would take you more than four months to see everything. And the gallery the Mona Lisa is in is about as far from the museum entrance as it can be. But never fear, in this article we will give you the tools to “museum” like a BOSS. The backstory In…
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New York 2022 – Day 2 (The Pub crawl and the Play)
When we woke on Saturday, it was raining…like really raining…like soaking, pouring, flooding rain. But we are adventurers so we sallied forth, umbrellas in hand. How could we let a little rain or a minor typhoon stop us? We had the Pub Crawl and the Play ahead of us. Morning Shenanigans Where we ate and drank – Our first stop was 787 Coffee for pastries, coffee and hot chocolate. Outside, a group of about 10 people were gathering and pinning numbered bibs to their backs. We discovered that this particular Saturday was The Great Saunter which brings together thousands of people to hike the 32 mile perimeter of Manhattan. I…
