The Skinny House, Boston

The Skinny House sits on Copp's Hill in North End. The house is across a very old cemetery established in 1659. This skinny structure is said to be built around 1870. It measures 10ft (3m) width, hence the name "skinny", and the narrowest of the interior is mere 6ft (180cm).

A tombstone in Copp's Hill Burying Ground 

Since the house is on the Freedom Trail and in a bustling Little Italy neighborhood, the street is filled with tourists on a summer weekend. But not so many of them seem to notice this quirky house. Is it way too thin to be noticed?

Why is the house so skinny? Good question. Was the land so scarce in this densely populated neighborhood? Maybe.

I learn new words and terms everyday. This house is oddly skinny because it's a "spite house". The spite house is a kind of structure that is built for the purpose of showing your opposition towards surrounding residents and/or certain interest parties.

A land dispute is the common cause of the action, but not limited to. In the case of the Skinny House, the origin is in a mythical level. It could be a dispute between brothers or neighbors; no one knows for sure.

Locate Skinny House @ Google Map 

Here's the interior of the house: http://www.vrbo.com/247506#photos

Hood Milk Bottle, Boston

Somewhat oxymoron, but it's a familiar oddity in Boston.

You already know about that? Well, I wanted to try my brand-new polarizer filter out. If you don't know, good!

Located by the Boston Children's Museum, the giant milk bottle is an obvious favorite of happy children and parents alike. This 40 ft (12m) tall giant milk bottle was built in 1930 by the Hood milk company. I thought the structure is made of aluminum but actually, it's wooden. The bottle had moved here in 1977, two years before the museum relocated to the current location. I've been thinking the milk bottle was installed with the museum, because it looks so, how should I put it, kid-friendly.

Currently Au Bon Pain, another Massachusetts based company, resides in the bottle.

Locate the Hood Milk Bottle @ Google Map

Weird Massachusetts by Jeff Belanger

Melancholic Crossing

Somewhere in North Cambridge.

I read as "DEPRESSED CROSSING AHEAD". What's your take...

The doorway to 2011

Somewhere on a Waltham nature path, nearby the site of Gaebler Children's Center.

I was tempted to get inside of the fridge, close the door, and wait what would happen.

But I had a feeling next time I see the sunshine is...

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Well well, this will be the last posting in 2010. It's been quite a fun, in a non conventional way.

May hope things in the world will get better in 2011.

Bad Decision of Advertising Executives, the

any'tizers...utterly speechless...

Healthy snack for delinquents

Somewhere in Lynn
Amid the usual trash of Doritos packets and broken beer bottles…


 From right to left: a soy sauce bottle, two wedges of lime, tofu container, and can of Arizona tea. The arrangement reminds me a Zen garden; seemingly random placement of the objects actually represents the order of the universe…

   
Yes, I’m happy that you guys are opting for healthy snack. But seriously, if you have a decency to bring the chopsticks back with you, pick up the trash!!

Yo, Hank !

Somewhere on Massachusetts Ave.