Brutal Boston

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Nobody likes this building. Nobody. I personally enjoy luxuriating in the hatred of Boston City Hall while letting the poured concrete crush my spirit. Afterward, I go to Uniqlo and realize I hate Faneuil Hall Marketplace more than anyone could hate Boston City Hall. Abstract monumentalism FTW!

I took this photo on xmas eve on the way to obesify with my family at Durgin-Park. Their pot roast is what food dreams are made of. Lomo-LCA and some 400 speed film. Developing done by the robust OldSchoolPhotoLab.com

Wellingtonia Avenue

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Wellingtonia Way

Wellington Station on the MBTA Orange line is my new favorite way to access Boston without driving. It also has elegant brutalist architecture and you get to walk over the orange line’s rail yard to get from the parking to the station.

Wellington MBTA Tips

  • Choose Wellington if you are coming from north of Boston and are looking for a cheap park and ride.
  • Overnight parking is cheap here and it is a very easy ride from Wellington MBTA to most neighborhoods.
  • When leaving drive towards Assembly Row to get back on I-93 or you have to do a strange loop.
  • The station has a bathroom which is nominally clean.

A Cold Whole

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In an ambitious exhibition featuring two new installation-based commissions, artist Taryn Simon activates the rituals of applause and the cold water plunge, examining individuals’ campaigns for public admiration, the status of physical community spaces in the digital age, and our persistent desire for a quick fix.

You walk into a cold dark room with a window at one end that looks into a refrigerated space full of ice with a hole in the center. If you are lucky, a person will walk into the room and jump into the cold water. It is implied that you should clap as the person jumps in the water. The first time I saw someone jump into the water everyone clapped but the second time nobody did.