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...Lawns lost their romantic associations with English manor living years ago. The concept of the lawn is now a thoroughly American one and one thoroughly devoid of romance. A mental image of suburbia literally couldn't exist without the lawn (and the fat balding man standing around in his boxers, watering it with a flaccid garden hose, but more on that later) --suburbs were in fact designed around lawns. Jenkins describes the flight to suburbia and the ascendancy of the single-family home with front yard as "the most characteristic single feature of European settlement in North America...
...Lawns lost their romantic associations with English manor living years ago. The concept of the lawn is now a thoroughly American one and one thoroughly devoid of romance. A mental image of suburbia literally couldn't exist without the lawn (and the fat balding man standing around in his boxers, watering it with a flaccid garden hose, but more on that later) --suburbs were in fact designed around lawns. Jenkins describes the flight to suburbia and the ascendancy of the single-family home with front yard as "the most characteristic single feature of European settlement in North America...
After an enriching visit to the JFK Library and Museum, drop by the Medieval Manor Theatre-Restaurant located in the same neighborhood. The restaurant condones eating with your fingers and dressing in period-costume and is an appealing alternative to the typical Harvard dining hall experience. A minstrel entertains diners, and the "semi-improvisational show" has been likened to a Mel Brooks or Leslie Nielsen skit that "might offend the more conservative." Dinner shows are every night of the week. (617) 423-4900 for reservations...
...complainants, who said they were still "angered" and "hurt" by the decision, instead proposed that Neville Manor be chosen as a new site for a soccer field...
...tastes" reveal: an indoor pool; a 1 1/2-story trampoline room; a salmon stream; a movie theater; a miniature-golf course. Perhaps the most telling gilded lily in Gates' mansion is a system of electronic "art panels" in every room, which at a mouse click allows the lord of the manor to display whatever, say, Rembrandt painting or Ansel Adams photograph he fancies. The rooms even interact with visitors, each of whom gets a microchip ID on arrival...