{"id":207,"date":"2006-07-03T23:32:03","date_gmt":"2006-07-04T04:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/index.php\/2006\/07\/03\/our-fair-cambridge\/"},"modified":"2006-07-17T00:57:44","modified_gmt":"2006-07-17T05:57:44","slug":"our-fair-cambridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2006\/07\/our-fair-cambridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Fair Cambridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The day was devoted to Cambridge. We left the subway at Harvard Square and walked the entire afternoon, stopping in several Tibetan shops, for her, and whatever struck my<\/strong> fancy. One was Leavitt & Pierce Inc., just off Harvard Square. I could have spent an hour in the nearby Harvard Book Store (or the Grolier Poetry Book Shop behind it, but Grolier was closed for a long holiday), but quaint bookstores would kill a sunny day.<\/p>\n

Leavitt’s windows made it seem like a mere guys’ novelty shop, but on entering it was obvious. This was (since 1883) a tobacconist, but with smoking bans, much fresher smelling. How sad. But well worth an hour, with shaving items, traditional game sets and quirky antiques. This was a man’s place (sorry, no evident Web site), quirky and classy and masculine without being laden with testosterone. In short, no sporting gear, except decades-old black-and-white group shots of one Harvard team or another on the walls.<\/p>\n

About 4 we turned a corner and found Cafe of India<\/a> (warning, audio), just in time for an early dinner — we soon would need to get to the Boston Esplanade for the open dress rehearsal of the Boston Pops Orchestra’s Fourth of July outdoor concert.<\/p>\n

After our Vegetarian Dinner for Two, we walked around Harvard Yard to see some of the campus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 oldest buildings. Then I grabbed a couple of coffees at the Harvard Coop to take on the train.<\/p>\n

I liked Cambridge, but my wife was surprised at it being dirtier and with more street people than she expected. -30-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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