Revere Beach
16WadeSt watched yesterday's Passion Plunge for Special Olympics at Revere Beach.
Copyright 16WadeSt. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Paul Marotta gets up early and down to Revere Beach so you don't have to.
Copyright Paul Marotta. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Mike Mennonno reports, with a clear head.
Faegirl took a number of shots at the beach, including this one:
Copyright Faegirl. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Look how the people in this photo are lined up. No word if an AT&T photographer was lurking nearby.
Revere Beach was inundated with class-skipping Boston teens on that wicked-hot day last week. One terrified Revere city councilor wants metal detectors at Revere Beach station because "every other teenager who got off the train had a knife or a weapon." How does he know?
A Revere woman was arrested for skinny dipping at Revere Beach yesterday, the Lynn Daily Item reports. The formal charge? Disorderly conduct.
Remember, people, if you want to gallivant in the buff, you have to give the public advance warning. The Supreme Judicial Court said so earlier this year.
There was plenty of room on Revere Beach down by Kelly's this afternoon.
Mike01905 posts photos from the Revere Beach sand sculpting festival.
Kerry Anne took some photos, too, then passed out from heat exhaustion:
... But, fortunately for me, a gentleman from the building I was curled up by came out and brought me inside to get some much needed air conditioning and water. ...
More photos.
The Lone Rider reports the second new train has gone into service on the Blue Line - and provides updates on train painting/refurbishing on the other lines.
Meanwhile, Joey, new to the US, reports on a fun day at Revere Beach today - which ended at the Blue Line station where she watched a guy beat up a cop and two strangers jump onto the tracks to pull up a drunk guy who'd fallen there:
... I thought that was so brave! Luckily there was no train approaching otherwise it could have ended in a nightmare...what a day!
Sissy Willis posts photos of the giant sand sculptures at Revere Beach - and a roast-beef sandwich from Kelly's.
It was a slow day today for the lifeguards at Revere Beach, where cooler temperatures and brisk winds kept most people away.
Snowboard Bunny takes pictures at the sand sculpting competition. People afraid of dentists might want to skip over this one.
Now that summer is in full force, the local beach has a growing population of family groups, and collections of teens. The parents are here to watch their children discover the beach. Play in the sand, dig to china, doing battle with the waves, just being a child. For summer is the best of times to be a child. The days are open to explore the world, to increase their understanding of life. Full of unstructured play, if they are lucky, over structured schedules if not. In a way, I think these children are the lucky ones. Some one cares enough about them to let them do nothing for a time. As yet, the visitors do not outnumber the seagulls, but that time might come. Read more
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