Do you ever watch the series, Fringe? I do. I have a love/hate relationship with it, however. It’s filmed in Canada. I mean, its painfully obvious that it is filmed in Canada. You can tell by the look of the city locations. It’s supposed to take place in Boston. The writers and/or whoever it is that does the location scouting are careless about what they identify as a Boston location. Fringe has made a lot of sloppy mistakes that way. Some examples: They once showed a subway stop that was clearly from a Canadian city (most likely Vancouver) and identified it as one in Boston. They misspelled Massachusetts in one of the titles. Yikes. And my favorite: They flashed the words “Beacon Hill” across the screen and showed a suburban neighborhood.
This is Beacon Hill:
Suburban? Not hardly.
Beacon Hill is one of my favorite areas of Boston. Great for walking, cobblestone and brick everywhere, gorgeous architecture – reminds me a lot of certain areas of Philadelphia, where I also lived. My favorite thing? To walk there at night and look in the windows. I used to do that in Society Hill in Philly, as well. Don’t you just love getting a peek inside someone’s home in the lamplight, seeing just a hint of what might be inside?
I have more photos that I will share with you in the coming days. Today was cold and windy, but….it was sunny! And that made all the difference. My work here is done. I’m going to watch the Sox on the tube tonight. Bright and early tomorrow, I’m going to drive back home to husband and doggies. And I’ll be home almost all of April before I have to leave again.
Hi Claudia,
Not sure what we’re both doing awake at this hour but loved your tour of the “real” Beacon HIll. Boston is a great walking city. Bet you’ll be happy to get home tomorrow…
Cheryl at My Sister’s Cottage
Hi Claudia, I love the old brick coming apart in the street. I am glad you get to come home for April! ♥O
Claudia,
Yes, that is Beacon Hill! Beautiful pictures. Glad you will home for a while. Have a safe trip back.
Carol
You need to write to that show and tell them that people notice these things! Thank you for the tour….I have never been to Boston but have heard about Beacon Hill. Wasn’t there an old tv series by that name with Nancy Marchand? Have a safe drive home!~Hugs, Patti
Beacon Hill s quite beautiful! I can just imagine how pretty it must be whe all those trees are in full leaf. Have a safe trip home Claudia!
Hi Claudia,
I’ve been catching up on your posts & have so enjoyed the tour of Boston & Cambridge. What beautiful & historic places. I have never visited that part of the country but would love to see it, especially in the fall. Have a great week.
Lisa
PS I was wondering if you’d seen Mildred Pierce on HBO & what you thought. I loved last week, so different from the old movie.
Be careful on your way home. Bet you can’t wait to see your babies.
Love and miss you,
Mere
We took a day trip to Boston once upon a time, but we sure didn’t see the city like you’ve shown it. Your photography is great Claudia. Many thanks for sharing your walks around town.
thanks for sharing these pics of boston claudia. i’ve always wanted to go there but have yet to. these photos inspire me to do something about that.
xo
janet
Gorgeous iron work and architecture! I love neighborhoods like this. I find it so ironic that many cities, or at least mine, are trying to replicate these types of neighborhoods and architecture. A few years ago, it was not that way.
The photograph with the pussy willow made me smile! I have always loved pussy willow! Sadly, my planting recently died.
I, too, love to walk at dusk and get a peek! Glad to know I am in such good company! Safe travels and enjoy being home.
Claudia, thanks for all your —taking us on tours— like here, it is soo huge and lovely cities- that looks very impressive, to me from little Denmark.
I wish you a good tour home -maybe you are on your way now….
Hugs,Dorthe
I’m enjoying traveling with your photos! Thanks for sharing.
have a safe trip home.ahhh nothing like your own bed for you tonight.
Love Leanne
Hi Claudia,
Wow, I’d love to be able to walk around that area, too! However, noticing that one image with all the bricks coming up from the tree roots is so dangerous for me. I’d trip all over the place as I’m not able to pick my feet up high enough to clear that mess. Gorgeous images girlfriend. When I was staying in New York when I was 19, I got the chance to drive around and I went to Vermont, and Massachusetts. I ended up at an antique sale at this huge castle (Searles Castle) and had a blast.
Thanks for sharing such lovely images.
Hugs,
Meri
Oh, to have a home on Beacon Hill! Yes, I like getting glimpses of the inside of people’s homes. It’s fun to imagine living in various city dwellings.
Safe travels.
hugs,
Beth
Yea, home again! That is a beautiful place. Yes, I too love to gaze in people’s windows at night. But I’m rarely out at night! Get home to Don and those sweet dogs.
Brenda
Your blog is so nice! Don´t stop never. :)
Ah, the photo of the roots from the tree misplacing the bricks of the sidewalk is truly enchanting.
I know this comment is long but I want you to have an update on my blog:
On February 24, 2011, my blog “A Romantic Porch” was hijacked. Yep, totally stolen and taken from my control.
The “hijacker” added Ads, moderated my comments and took previous posts from my drafts and moved them to the current day. Then “Hijacker” took a post from another blog that I love and posted it as mine. I could do nothing about any of this. “Hijacker” had complete control of my blog. However “Hijacker” was “kind” enough to set up a “copy cat blog” that has my previous blog postings on it. After considerable discussion with a couple of moderators from Blogger Help Forum, my blog was deleted.
So, rachelgoing.blogspot.com is no longer a viable blog address. It appears as though seven other blogs were “hijacked” after mine. To all of you who were following me, my new blog address for “A Romantic Porch” is rachelgoingonline.blogspot.com. I am sorry for this inconvenience. I am sorry that several years of blogging has come to this. I will continue to feature your beautiful porches each month and get the archives of the previously featured porches linked into the blog as quickly as I can. My work schedule and family needs have to be my first priority…attending to life. However, I don’t want to let my blog go.
Thank you for checking on me. It means so much. I appreciate you letting me know you missed my blog. I know the past year has been challenging for so many of the ones I love and my friends in blogland. It has been challenging for our family too. There is a fine line between letting a dream die and getting up every time you are knocked down.
I have thoroughly enjoyed having a blog since my niece set this one up for me in 2007 and emailed me and said, “Now blog!” or something like that! And so I will blog. I will get up and press on. That’s the way I was raised. That’s how my husband and I live here at “A Romantic Porch”. I will make each day as extraordinary as I can and I will savor each moment, yes even the challenging moments and I will blog!
Take care Claudia. I admire you so much.
xo rachel
What gorgeous photos Claudia! My favorite is of the cobblestones popping up from the tree roots-love it! I am glad to know I am not the only one that likes to peek inside interesting houses at night to see how their owners have decorated. So glad you are going to be home for April!! I can’t wait to hear how those hyacinth are doing :)
Beacon Hill is just beautiful! Reminds me of my old neighborhood in Chicago! Your photos are lovely.
-Lynn
I think I just fell in love with Beacon Hill. So quaint and the history factor of the city… well… it would just be awesome to visit and walk those streets.
DI
Thanks for the visit. It’s always fun to see new places. By the way, I adore the picture with the tree and brick sidewalk coming up. Great capture.