As mentioned yesterday, this week’s Where is it Wednesday has morphed into Think about it Thursday with the help of the Golden Ball Tavern Museum. The hint was: think about drink, and this was found between the walls of the Golden Ball Tavern. Answer: A loggerhead! (not of the turtle variety) In colonial times, these cold nor’easters gave you a
Read moreAs some of you afficionados of Weston Historical Society’s “Where is it Wednesday” have noted, there has been no game for the last couple of weeks. The writer of these puzzles has some “stuff going on” and is taking a break. We wish her well. In the mean time, I am slightly worried that there will be a riot if
Read moreWill it ever stop raining? The answer, apparently, is no. It’s not so much the rain, but the grey that is starting to get a bit tiresome, no? So here’s what I would do, if I were you, Weston. Actually I’ll give you the local options as well as the Harvard option in case you just don’t feel like driving
Read moreAre you a tea-totaller? Get it? “Tea” rather than coffee at the Tory Tavern in town? Oh fine, forget it; it’s Monday. But if alcoholic beer is not your thing, this may be your event. Join the Golden Ball Tavern Museum for a beer tasting like no other – flavorful brews that are Non-Alcoholic*! On Thursday, April 18 at 6:30
Read moreIn a masterful pivot due to the snowstorm, the February 13 Valentine’s Day Cheese and Chocolate Board workshop has morphed into the Leap Year Cheese Board Arranging Workshop now to be held on February 29. There are tickets still available. ++ Join your friends at the Golden Ball Tavern for a delightful evening of creativity and indulgence at the Leap
Read moreMarch 28, 2024 marks the 250th anniversary of the Weston Tea Party. Wait, you haven’t heard of it? Then clearly you have never visited the Golden Ball Tavern Museum and heard all about Isaac Jones and his preference for Twinings over Illy. Folks, how can I make jokes about hisTORY if you don’t play along? Okay, so we didn’t have
Read moreUpdate: This event has been moved to February 29 due to snowstorm. Join your friends at the Golden Ball Tavern for a delightful evening of creativity and indulgence at the Valentine’s Day Cheese Board Arranging Workshop. This in-person event will take place on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 from 6.30 – 8:00 p.m. at the Golden Ball Tavern Museum, also known
Read moreThe moment is upon us, Weston: the 56th Annual Golden Ball Tavern Museum Barn Sale is this Saturday, September 30 from 9 am to 3 pm. The Golden Ball Tavern (or GBT or Gibbet) is one of Weston’s postcards and also has some super fun events involving food and drink tastings. I’m waiting for the tea tasting when we can
Read more. Fine, they’re not really Brits, but we all know the hisTORY of the hisTORIcal Golden Ball Tavern and that is they are a tad bit Union Jack-leaning. What we also now know is that Thursday, June 8, is beer tasting night with Jack’s Abby and if you’re not coming out for the League of Women Voters event, think about
Read moreYou know what I love about the Golden Ball Tavern Museum? Their unapologetic use of the word “Tory”–for a while there I thought we had given up on that word given its negative connotations (anti-Patriot, pro-Las Vegas Raiders maybe) and were going “Loyalist” but no, we are back to Tories and all their hisTORYcall tea-loving, scone-eating, beer-swilling traditions. In that
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