{"id":5239,"date":"2014-04-11T00:56:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T05:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2014-04-11T00:58:25","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T05:58:25","slug":"north-shore-frank-and-soon-to-be-nearby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=5239","title":{"rendered":"north shore, frank, and soon to be nearby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from the past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. Long denied the sea air, on my one free evening in Boston I take the T to the ocean in Revere. I walk along the beach, watching the beam from an offshore lighthouse cut through the fog, and marveling at the size of the clam shells washed up from recent Nor&#8217;easters. I had done some research to find a fish\/sandwich shop for dinner, but it turned out to be a takeout-only joint. 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