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From the construction-laden Revere Beach T station, the walk to the sand and water is only a short distance down--what else--Beach Street. Shelters and a gazebo, each decoratedwith ornate wrought-iron trim, invite strollers tosit a spell. The Boston skyline is less obviousthan at Wollaston. Unfortunately giant moderncondominiums looms over the beach, promptingmemories of Holyoke Center architecture that wouldrather be forgotten...
...simply impossible to talk inside, the place was all stuffed with electronic bugs. (R.M. was paranoid about them.) I remember that when we walked down to the beach, the smaller granddaughter, Anastasia, pressed tightly against my side and held my hand. R.M. led me and M.S. to the gazebo and sent the others to the waterside. She hastily tore some blank pages from her notebook, burrowed in her purse, came out with a stub of pencil and handed it to me: "I will leave you two here...
...mice and has yet to be tested in humans. Some resolute citizens are said to chew garlic before venturing outdoors, hoping wistfully that what works for vampires will also drive off ticks. Ken Liegner, a Westchester County, N.Y., doctor with many Lyme disease patients, has invented a "deer gazebo" that would lure whitetails with a salt lick or apple mash and shower them with pesticide. The rumor persists that Lyme-infected veterinarians have dosed themselves with canine Lyme vaccine not tested in humans...
Like some misplaced country gazebo, a carrousel has gone up on the outhouse roof. Exclaims Kevin Walsh, the ironworkers' beefy crew chief: "It's gonna be like Coney Island out here. Lots of kids riding the horsies and pulling the golden ring...
...wanton English garden with piles of ivy and wisteria will add some majesty to the estate. Never mind that few climates in the U.S. could conceivably produce the soggy consolation that England provides its gardeners. What weather cannot provide, clutter can. So there is a thriving market in gazebo kits, stone dogs with baskets in their mouths, gates, bird feeders, Gothic porches and dovecotes...