*Boston Public Library McKim Building

Boston Public Library (BPL) : McKim Building - The original building with lots of surprises

*6/25/22 Doobie Brothers

Doobie Brothers: “Rock Me In Your Arms”

DHM A Happy Surprise: Michael McDonald Performing w/ all living original Doobie Brothers

Doobie Brothers: “You Belong To Me”

Doobie Brothers Band Introductions

DHM Doobie Brothers Jamming

Doobie Brothers: “World Gone Crazy”

Doobie Brothers: “Minute By Minute”

Doobie Brothers Signature Rockin’ out Moves and the song that got most of the fans standing!

Doobie Brothers: “What A Fool Believes”

Doobie Brothers: Showcasing drums, guitars, keyboard, horns

Doobie Brothers: “China Grove”

DHM Doobie Brothers: “Dixieland”

Doobie Brothers: “Amazing Grace” - The Crowd Rose Again

Doobie Brothers: “Takin’ It To The Streets”

Doobie Brothers: “Listen To The Music”

*6/24/22 “No Static” Steely Dan Tribute Band

“No Static” Steely Dan Tribute Band: “Reelin’ In The Years”

“No Static” Steely Dan Tribute Band: “No Static At All”

“No Static” Steely Dan Tribute Band: “Rikki Don’t Loose That Number”

DHM “No Static” Steely Dan Tribute Band: Pablo Cruise’ “Love Will Find A Way”

“No Static” Steely Dan Tribute Band: Ambrosia’s “You’re The Biggest Part of Me”

“No Static” Steely Dan Tribute Band: “Aja”

“No Static” Steely Dan Tribute Band: “Hey 19”

“No Static” Steely Dan Tribute Band: Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Freebird” Reggae-style

*6/23/22 The Musical Streets of Boston

The Musical Streets of Boston

*6/22/22 A Song, A Story & A Surprise

A Surprise Song from A Great Musician in the Boston Gardens

Boston Public Gardens Kind People

A Trifecta: The US Open, Juneteenth and Father’s Day

*A Bell, Boston and Other Stories

Random: A Bell, Boston and Other Stories

*A Casual Stroll in Boston

Boston: Windowboxes

Boston: Reggae & The Music of The Police

A Most Amazing Bit of Architecture

*6/9/2022 Coolidge Corner & Dreams I’ve Had

Brookline (Boston): A Tour of Coolidge Corner

Very beautiful building with the name “Stoneholm” out front

Sweet :)

Inscription in front of the Brookline Post Office

A beautiful Jewish Synagogue among many in the area with varying styles

A Dejá Vu and My Funny Dreams

*Paul McCartney’s Got Back Boston Concert

Welcome back to Boston Paul! Enjoying Ringo Starr’s Photograph on Lansdowne St

An Unexpected Surprise! A Wave From Sir Paul Himself! Great Show!

Sir Paul opening with Get Back to a Wicked Loud Fun Crowd

Paul McCartney: One of the newer songs Come On To Me

Paul McCartney: Someone’s Knockin’ At My Door

Paul McCartney: Maybe I’m Amazed

Paul McCartney: We Can Work It Out

Paul McCartney: Love Me Do

Thoughts while enjoying Paul McCartney live: 2 Documentaries and staff at Cask & Flagon

Paul McCartney: Lady Madonna

Paul McCartney: For The Benefit of Mr. Kite

Paul McCartney: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da!

Summarizing - outside Fenway at Paul McCartney’s Tour (Extra points if you guess the song)

*Misc Stories: Frank Sinatra The Bee Gees & Learning to Like Things I Didn’t Like

A little Frank Sinatra & interesting Bee Gees stories from an interview with Barry on the radio

Stories on Learning to Like The Things I Didn’t Like

*6/3/22 Kathy Mattea & Suzy Bogguss at The Regent

On my way to Arlington…

PT 1 Sing-Along Four-For 70s at 7:00

PT 2 Sing-Along Four-For 70s at 7:00

I believe Kathy & Suzy opened with Nanci Griffith’s There’s A Light Beyond These Woods (I know it was a Nanci song, but watch the retrospective video…)

Kathy Mattea & Suzy Boggus - Love At The Five and Dime (by Nanci Griffith)

Kathy & Suzy: Outbound Plane (Nanci Griffith’s song which launched Suzy’s career)

Kathy & Suzy: Eighteen Wheels and A Dozen Roses (I believe this was Kathy’s first hit, a great ‘80s memory!)

Kathy & Suzy: Come From The Heart (Kathy’s Song)

Kathy: Where‘ve You Been & the story behind the song

Kathy & Suzy: Teach Your Children (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)

An Intro: Found the video on my way to the Kathy & Suzy show

A Retrospective on the Kathy & Suzy Show at the Regent & Accompanying Stories

*6/3/22 Tidbits Around Boston University

Boston: New experiences near BU and Good Memories

Boston University Fine Arts building

The Art of Banksy

*5/31/22 Stories: Memorial Day & The Nice People at the Movies

A Disclaimer about Breaking the Fourth Wall and Memorial Day Trip

The Nice People At The Movies

*5/17-5/21/22 Last Revere Swim / Author’s Ridge / Historical Society Tea

Revere Beach Swim

Concord: Looking for Alcott Thoreau, Emerson, etc in Sleepy Hollow (The famed Sleepy Hollow of Headless Horseman fame is in New York)

Billerica Historical Society Annual Tea (That’s my friend, Diane in the blue period dress. She planned the tea with her daughter and others. Thanks also to her husband Gary for helping. Diane’s sister Marilyn gave a talk on how tea rooms came to be. Short story: It was a way women could make money after being widowed, or something extra. Taverns became Tea Rooms during Prohibition. Then guess what happened after Prohibition ended?)

*5/14-5/16/22 Stories & Tour of Rockport’s Besr Skin Neck

A Car Wash Funny

The People You Meet When You’re Out & Other Stories

Rockport: Bearskin Neck

PT 1 Funny Stories: Movies, Music and my Father

PT 2 Funny Stories: A clarification from PT 1 and other Random Stories