Kat Malone, CAM

I still have a few months to go before our season opener against Alabama on Sept 5th and it still seems like a lifetime away. It's pitiful- I'm religiously checking Twitter, HokieSports, ACC page and ESPN for any news concerning our football team. I've refrained from texting some of my friends on the team- they'd probably think I was crazy.

I was very excited to see 5 of our guys make it onto ESPN's ACC Top 30 Players List :)

Jason Worilds, 4th

Darren Evans, 6th

Stephen Virgil, 16th

Kam Chancellor, 21st

Sergio Render, 25th

Go Hokies! Can't wait for a fantastic season... I see a few Blacksburg trips in my future...

I think I just might have to take time out of my schedule to check some of these events out!

Thursday:

Institute of Contemporary Art, free from 5pm-9pm

Bonfire Seakhouse, $1 tacos every Thursday from 5pm-7pm at the bar/cafe area (I think our office is going to check this out tonight!)

Friday:

Phantom Gourment BBQ Beach Party, (till Sunday) Suffolk Downs, $5 advance/$10 at door

Harvard Allston's Sustainability Farmer's Market, 3pm-7pm

City of Cambridge Dance Party, free @ Cambridge City Hall

Satuday:

Chili takedown, 3pm at Great Scott on Commonwealth Ave, $10 (yyuuuummmmmmm)

Phantom Gourment Food Festival, 11am @ Landsdowne and Ipswich, $40 advance/$50 at door

I'm not sure how I stumbled upon this, but it's definitely being added to my list of things to do! Ships competing in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge will be porting here July 8-12. The types of ships range from the Topsail Schooner to the Tree-masted Schooner to the the Full-rigged Ship. There are public boarding times on each day- 5pm-10pm Thursday and Friday and 5pm-8pm Friday and Saturday. They'll be at the Charlestown Navy Yard, Seaport World Trade Center and Fishpier.

There's also a festival on Friday at Downtown Crossing around noon, among other events. It's all free- even better!

Below are two of the ships that came last year. Check out Sail Boston '09 for more info!

Sail Boston is happening within 5 minute walking distance of Harborview at the Navy Yard, Charlestown's premier waterfront living!

What better place to spend July 4th than the city where the fight for Independence was the fiercest?

Grab your lawn chairs, a couple of cases of Sam Adams and your grill and bunker down in the Oval! Boston Pops concert begins at 8:30pm July 4th with a flyover from the 104th Fighter Wing. The fireworks themselves begin at 10:30. All day July 3rd there are events across the city, ranging from harbor cruises, special tours of Freedom Trail sites, tours of Fort Independence, USS Constitution turn around, Boston Tea Party, etc. Check out these sites for tickets to different events, parking for the fireworks and other necessary information.

July 4th Celebration

BostonHarborfest

Greater Boston events

Boston Tea Party

Independence Day events are only 2.5 miles away from Harborview at the Navy Yard, Charlestown's premier waterfront living!

Today is groundbreaking day for America's first spaceport.

Having recently seen Star Trek, that's all I can invision... a sort of Space Odessy 2001.. only more technologically advanced. And cooler (Space Odessy is the worst movie I have ever seen). I've always been a space nerd (geek?) so I was really excited to come across this. If I make it out west next year then I will definitely visit the site. I find it interesting that amid all of this economic turmoil, endeavors such as this can still take off and keep on rolling. Only in America :)

Though it's years down the road, I can't wait to see it completed and actually in business. Perhaps in my lifetime it'll be affordable to take a ride into space....