Cambridge MA Real Estate

Somerville Massachusetts celebrates Historic Preservation Month in May.  Here are some upcoming events: Walking Tour of Ball Square Somerville Ed Gordon, President of the New England Chapter of the Victorian Society of America, will lead a tour of the Ball Square and Powderhouse area of Somervill...

I was poking around online tonight and did a google search on "Massachusetts blogs".  It gave me a chuckle when I found that 12 of the first 20 results were lawyers' blogs. Mind you - of the twenty, only one real estate blog - Bill Gassett's - made the cut. While my first thought was that Massach...

The Today Show had an intriguing segment this week about people opting for smaller houses. After decades of the average American house growing ever larger, this year the size of the average American house shrunk by almost 300 square feet. Matt Lauer's segment showed two families who chose smaller...

The best sign of spring in Massachusetts is Lilac Sunday. The Arnold Arboretum's annual Lilac Sunday celebration falls on Mother's Day each year. This year marks the 101st celebration of this quintessential Boston holiday. What a beautiful way to spend the day! The Arnold Arboretum has over 400 l...

I've loved vintage postcards since inheriting my grandparents' postcard collection when I was a kid.  Postcards were first printed at the turn of the century and by 1905 postcard collecting was all the rage in the United States.  As a boy my grandfather belonged to one of the postcard collector c...

I spotted this nifty little City of Somerville Smart Car the other day.  I'm really impressed by municipal government in Somerville MA.  Whether it's their really good historic preservation programs, support of the arts, or green initiatives - Somerville government has become very progressive an...

It's a big weekend in Somerville Massachusetts - the 11th Annual Somerville Open Studios weekend, one of the largest open studios events near Boston. Somerville MA has a vibrant arts community and local artists' work will be showcased this weekend with more than 300 artists participating at over ...

No - it wasn't snow - but it sure looked like it yesterday as the spring breezes filled the air with falling petals from the beautiful flowering trees all over Cambridge. It was so nice to have a couple of spring-like days since within a week of shutting off the heat we had temperatures over 90 d...