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...night in Boston. When I reached the peak of the bridge leading into the Hatch Shell, my suspicions were confirmed. People—everywhere. Smooshed together as far as the eye could see, seated on lawn chairs or sprawled on blankets, snacking and chatting, just soaking in the dusk-hour breeze. “This is summer,” I thought to myself. And, as if in response, the Beach Boys struck their first note...
...Beach Boys have always conjured up quintessentially California images in my mind: the Pacific coastline at dusk, tanned babes clad in 1960s bikinis with hair bobbed, palm trees and old-fashioned amps, surf boards and hot sand. They represent home for me in an idealized, totally inaccurate kind of way. But, sitting on the banks of a river across the country from the ocean I know so well, the familiar songs didn’t seem out of place. The crowd—including babies and senior citizens, business suits and flip-flops, new initiates and old fans?...
Granted, there's no shortage of things to buy - but that's hardly the point. "We're not interested in making money," Salaveria says over a San Miguel cerveza negra as dusk settles over the compound and the shops around us begin to light up. "The important thing is independence." Find out more at www.cubao-x.com...
Walid Abu Obeida, a 13-year-old Palestinian farm boy from the West Bank village of Ya'abad, had never spoken to an Israeli until he rounded a corner at dusk carrying his shopping bags and found two Israeli soldiers waiting with their rifles aimed at him. "They accused me of throwing stones at them," recounts Walid, a skinny kid with dark eyes. "Then one of them smacked me in the face, and my nose started bleeding...
...butte in Jackson Hole, Wyo., near Grand Teton National Park, has luxurious log-cabin-like rooms with stone fireplaces and views of the Teton Mountains. Right now, the resort is offering a Summer Adventure package, which includes a guided horseback ride, a whitewater-rafting trip, a dawn or dusk wildlife safari (on which you may spot antelope, mule deer, elk, bison, coyotes or wolves) and two massages. Package rates for five nights start at $1,218 per person, based on double occupancy, including breakfast. Book by July 1, for travel through Sept...