Eclectic sights along Red Line
HERE'S MY Summer Out-of-Town Visitor Tour: Start at the Davis Square T stop, with a quick visit to "Belinda," an arboreal celebrity two blocks up the bike path, such an unexpectedly beautiful tree in the midst of Somerville that I once wrote a song about it! While we're in Davis, we drop in on the "Museum of Bad Art" - always inspiring. Then grab a "Monkey Wrench" sandwich at the Diesel Cafe and head into the subway station to read the poetry glazed onto the wall-tiles.
We hop the majestic Red Line just one stop to Porter Square, where I give a tour of the station, including the bronze mitten-and-glove sculptures and a harrowing, multistory escalator ride. I usher them back onto the Red Line, settling them onto the north side of the car (Essential! Don't forget this!!!) for that transcendent moment when the train emerges from underground to a spectacular Boston skyline, and races up the Salt and Pepper bridge. This is not to be missed!
At Charles station we trek off on foot along the Esplanade to that little wooden causeway under the BU Bridge, a "mode node" where you can stand in one spot and see many modes of transportation: train, car, plane, boat, bike, and feet. Very unusual. Then to Harvard Square for thick, square slices of Pinocchio's Pizza - and shoot down to the brand new Central Square Theater where - Hey! It's me on stage, in my new show "What the Hell Are You Doing in the Waiting Room for Heaven?" And that's just the first day. . .
Deborah Henson-Conant is a harpist. 