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Out Of Office: A Travel Podcast


Jun 3, 2021

On this episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan wraps up the Great Boston Trilogy by diving deep into Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands. Kiernan speaks to Boston Harbor Now’s Director of Programming Rebecca Smerling, who shares her encyclopedic knowledge of the must-do’s and secret gems of Boston’s epic waterfront.

Things we talked about in today’s podcast:

Boston Harbor Islands

https://www.bostonharborislands.org/ 

Boston Harborwalk

https://www.bostonharbornow.org/what-we-do/explore/harborwalk/ 

USS Constitution (Old Ironsides)

https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/visit/museum-ship/plan-your-visit/ 

Boston Sea Wall Murals

https://seawalls.org/activation/boston-usa/ 

Long Wharf Middle Passage Marker

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2020/12/02/in-the-age-of-black-lives-matter-new-england-faces-its-own-role-in-slavery 

Deer Island tour

https://www.mwra.com/02org/html/faqstidi.htm 

Castle Island Sugar Bowl Walk

https://www.mass.gov/doc/castle-island-trail-map/download 

Spectacle Island

https://www.bostonharborislands.org/spectacle-island/ 

Georges Island

https://www.bostonharborislands.org/georges-island/ 

Historic Boston Light Lighthouse

https://www.nps.gov/boha/learn/historyculture/boston-light.htm 

Blackberries on Lovells Island

https://www.bostonharborislands.org/lovells-island/ 

Little Island

https://littleisland.org/ 

London Highline

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/a-new-sky-garden-for-london