Michele
@micheleinboston.bsky.social
Energetic enthusiastic extrovert who gives walking tours of Boston, advocates for fire safety nationally, and loves reading, learning, kickboxing, and yoga.
I took this photo last year at the Design Museum in Barcelona (Museu del Disseny de Barcelona). In their permanent exhibition, Common Objects: Local Stories, Global Discussions, I saw this excellent utilitarian sink/toilet called the W + W washbasin and WC from the Roca company.
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I took this photo last year at the Design Museum in Barcelona (Museu del Disseny de Barcelona). In their permanent exhibition, Common Objects: Local Stories, Global Discussions, I saw this excellent utilitarian sink/toilet called the W + W washbasin and WC from the Roca company.
The Last Bookshop, a marvelous used-book place in downtown LA, has a section labeled Decorative Books with the volumes color-coordinated.
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Last Bookshop, a marvelous used-book place in downtown LA, has a section labeled Decorative Books with the volumes color-coordinated.
Eleven Boston By Foot guides conducted 20 or more tours during the 2025 season. Here are 7 of us at the lovely year-end appreciation event! bostonbyfoot.org/blog/2025-an...
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Eleven Boston By Foot guides conducted 20 or more tours during the 2025 season. Here are 7 of us at the lovely year-end appreciation event! bostonbyfoot.org/blog/2025-an...
I was very delighted to see the Copley Square farmers market yesterday on a quick sojourn. Tuesdays and Fridays for a few more weeks!
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I was very delighted to see the Copley Square farmers market yesterday on a quick sojourn. Tuesdays and Fridays for a few more weeks!
I’ve been giving walking tours in Boston for 19 years (and hanging around near Faneuil Hall, the Blackstone Block, and Haymarket for a lot longer than that). And yesterday was the 1st time I noticed this 100-year-old plaque at 16 North St. about the unsung hero of 1775, William Dawes. #midnightride
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I’ve been giving walking tours in Boston for 19 years (and hanging around near Faneuil Hall, the Blackstone Block, and Haymarket for a lot longer than that). And yesterday was the 1st time I noticed this 100-year-old plaque at 16 North St. about the unsung hero of 1775, William Dawes. #midnightride
This Saturday 9/13 at 1:30 pm, join me for Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872. This Boston By Foot tour is inside the 65-acre footprint of the fire. We’ll see what replaced the buildings that were destroyed. Details and tickets: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
September 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This Saturday 9/13 at 1:30 pm, join me for Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872. This Boston By Foot tour is inside the 65-acre footprint of the fire. We’ll see what replaced the buildings that were destroyed. Details and tickets: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
I accomplished a long-time goal last week by visiting Orchard House, just a 25-minute drive from where I live. It was my first visit but won’t be my last! Seeing the place where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women was inspiring and poignant. #louisamayalcott #orchardhouse #concordma
August 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I accomplished a long-time goal last week by visiting Orchard House, just a 25-minute drive from where I live. It was my first visit but won’t be my last! Seeing the place where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women was inspiring and poignant. #louisamayalcott #orchardhouse #concordma
New post up on my Substack, Woman Walking! Seize the last of summer days and make some August adventures in Boston. open.substack.com/pub/michele7...
August 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
New post up on my Substack, Woman Walking! Seize the last of summer days and make some August adventures in Boston. open.substack.com/pub/michele7...
I was in heaven yesterday, also known as the Radcliffe Quad (Harvard Radcliffe Institute in Cambridge)
August 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I was in heaven yesterday, also known as the Radcliffe Quad (Harvard Radcliffe Institute in Cambridge)
The always-inspiring Shaw-54th Regiment Memorial still had flowers on it from the anniversary of the July 18, 1863 battle at Fort Wagner, SC, when I visited Sunday. Seeing the mini-bio of St. Gaudens, the sculptor, made me wonder what other such works have this kind of information. Few, I think!
July 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The always-inspiring Shaw-54th Regiment Memorial still had flowers on it from the anniversary of the July 18, 1863 battle at Fort Wagner, SC, when I visited Sunday. Seeing the mini-bio of St. Gaudens, the sculptor, made me wonder what other such works have this kind of information. Few, I think!
Arrived downtown early for my tour. The park at One Post Office Square and this bench are nearly irresistible, but duty calls! It’s so gorgeous out! #lovelyday #lifeofatourguide #Boston
@bostonbyfoot.bsky.social
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July 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Arrived downtown early for my tour. The park at One Post Office Square and this bench are nearly irresistible, but duty calls! It’s so gorgeous out! #lovelyday #lifeofatourguide #Boston
@bostonbyfoot.bsky.social
@bostonbyfoot.bsky.social
My next few tours for Boston By Foot tell two sides of the story of the American Revolution. On July 19 or July 27, join me for Boston’s Loyalists. On July 26, walk in the footsteps of patriots on the Road to Revolution. Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
July 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
My next few tours for Boston By Foot tell two sides of the story of the American Revolution. On July 19 or July 27, join me for Boston’s Loyalists. On July 26, walk in the footsteps of patriots on the Road to Revolution. Register:
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/boston...
bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
Excited to be in London this week for INTERFLAM 2025, a fire protection engineering conference at the Royal Holloway College of the University of London. The campus boasts the 1880s Founders Building and many women’s suffrage acknowledgments. We enjoyed cask ale at the Red Lion in nearby Egham.
June 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Excited to be in London this week for INTERFLAM 2025, a fire protection engineering conference at the Royal Holloway College of the University of London. The campus boasts the 1880s Founders Building and many women’s suffrage acknowledgments. We enjoyed cask ale at the Red Lion in nearby Egham.
Followed this adorable buggy across the Charles in Needham-Newton earlier this afternoon.
June 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Followed this adorable buggy across the Charles in Needham-Newton earlier this afternoon.
Spent Sunday morning at Newport Flower Show at the Rosecliff mansion. Delightful! #NewEngland #summahvibes #Newport
June 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Spent Sunday morning at Newport Flower Show at the Rosecliff mansion. Delightful! #NewEngland #summahvibes #Newport
What a difference a docent can make! On an art history tour in Barcelona, we visited the Joan Miró Foundation and our guide opened up a world for us. The building is by Josep Luis Sert, and the museum envisioned as a place for the people of Barcelona. #arthistory #Barcelona #docent
June 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
What a difference a docent can make! On an art history tour in Barcelona, we visited the Joan Miró Foundation and our guide opened up a world for us. The building is by Josep Luis Sert, and the museum envisioned as a place for the people of Barcelona. #arthistory #Barcelona #docent
An art-oriented visit to Catalonia would be incomplete without a Dalí day. We travelled northeast to his hometown of Figueres to view his theater-museum and on to his hideaway in Cadaqués along the sea. #arthistory #catalonia #spain
June 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
An art-oriented visit to Catalonia would be incomplete without a Dalí day. We travelled northeast to his hometown of Figueres to view his theater-museum and on to his hideaway in Cadaqués along the sea. #arthistory #catalonia #spain
More Gaudí from my recent trip to Spain: Casa Vicens. Once a summer home in a sleepy part of Barcelona, it is now hemmed in with dense development. Its beauty has been preserved carefully.
June 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
More Gaudí from my recent trip to Spain: Casa Vicens. Once a summer home in a sleepy part of Barcelona, it is now hemmed in with dense development. Its beauty has been preserved carefully.
If someone has heard of Barcelona architecture, they have heard of Gaudí. His Parc Güell and Sagrada Familia are great examples of his singular style.
May 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If someone has heard of Barcelona architecture, they have heard of Gaudí. His Parc Güell and Sagrada Familia are great examples of his singular style.
I’m back home from a wonderful 10-day art history tour in Barcelona and Madrid. Our Barcelona hotel was a work of Art Nouveau splendor. Meandering through the nearby Gothic Quarter revealed treasures including a well-preserved colonnade from a Roman temple. #art #history #spain #travel
May 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I went on the excellent @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social walking tour Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872 earlier this week. Volunteer guide Harry Friedman researched and wrote this fascinating tour. Here he is showing us the (replaced) fire box that sent the alarm; rebuilt and saved structures.
May 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I went on the excellent @bostonbyfoot.bsky.social walking tour Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872 earlier this week. Volunteer guide Harry Friedman researched and wrote this fascinating tour. Here he is showing us the (replaced) fire box that sent the alarm; rebuilt and saved structures.
Timing for tomorrow’s tour just might see the end of the rain! Register now for Road to the Vote, a #BostonByFoot tour developed in partnership with the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail. Starts 1:30 pm May 10: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
#history #walking #Boston #women
#history #walking #Boston #women
May 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Timing for tomorrow’s tour just might see the end of the rain! Register now for Road to the Vote, a #BostonByFoot tour developed in partnership with the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail. Starts 1:30 pm May 10: bostonbyfoot.org/tours/road-t...
#history #walking #Boston #women
#history #walking #Boston #women
My azaleas are bonkers beautiful, about a week or so ahead of season. Fleeting fabulousness!
May 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My azaleas are bonkers beautiful, about a week or so ahead of season. Fleeting fabulousness!
Speaking today at the Metro Fire Chiefs conference on wildfire preparedness and home safety.
April 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Speaking today at the Metro Fire Chiefs conference on wildfire preparedness and home safety.