The Wayside

I've been meaning to get to Concord, Massachusetts for a pretty long time now, ever since I found out that that is where Louisa May Alcott lived and wrote Little Women from. But I really didn't expect to love the town as much as I did. The big traditional New England style homes (that are sort of Gothic, and remind me of wholesome Barbra Stanwyck Christmas movies) and the abundance of literary history combined to make it my new very favourite nearby weekend destination! We ate really delicious New England clam chowder and grilled tomato mozzerella basil pesto sandwiches at a local cafe, and I think overall it was just one of the prettiest small towns I've seen!

I got a little inspired by some of the girls who have been posting about wearing more 70s dresses with longer hemlines lately, and when I thrifted this number last week I couldn't help myself. To be honest I felt totally comfortable in it, the loose flowy fabric was sort of nice, but I still don't think I could wear it around Montreal....I'd just feel too awkward and silly. Here though, I just sort of felt like it fit perfectly with the super green foliage and the pretty honeybees buzzing around the honeysuckle plants.

This house in particular was bought by Nathaniel Hawthorne and turned into a bit of a literary residence, a whole bunch of authors have lived there, including Louisa May Alcott for a little while, and walking around in the sort of grey rainy weather, made it really easy for me to picture Miss Alcott running around in the woods catching bugs and generally just being a tom boy. It also made me wish I could sit in that perfectly peeling screened in porch writing wonderful stories and playing out scripts up in the attic of the old house. The whole day was really lovely, and it ended on a wonderful note when I finally got to meet Josie of Frances Baker and her boyfriend Josh and their friend Elisa, who are all on one of the most wonderful road trips I can possibly imagine! We're meeting them again tomorrow to walk the Freedom Trail and visit Boston like tourists....So I'll try to get some pictures! I'll also have to share the dress I bought at the loveliest vintage shop called Bobby from Boston.