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							  If you liked it, then you shoulda put a bird on it.
							  Photographer Mike Pecci and crew shot an inspired collection of photos to accompany The Boston Phoenix Summer Guide.
							  This week, another stroll through the terrifying graveyard of unloved press releases.
							  Amusements parks, bike tours, pirates and more!
							  When I left Chicago for Boston three years ago, I expected to leave a few things behind. Friendliness, for one, and deep-dish pizza, and modernist architecture, and perfect hot dogs, and . . . cornhole.
 
				
					
					
							
							  Montana Phipps was supposed to go out for a run with a friend after school, but the dark storm clouds squelched their plans. So on June 1, she was in her bedroom at the end of Stewart Avenue, with a view across her neighborhood of wide lawns, hedges, and leafy trees in Monson, a town of some 8500 people nestled in a valley about two hours' drive west of Boston.
							  "Literally everything is different now," writes Noonan via e-mail. "No more daytime naps!"
							  If you liked it, then you shoulda put a bird on it.
							  The idea of Ledge Kitchen & Drinks is fantastic: Irish contractors take over an old neighborhood bar in the most distant reaches of Dorchester, fix it up, and hire some young chefs to make it a gastropub. Even better, they put on a green roof so you can eat right from the garden, and they set up a 60-seat outdoor patio  inside  the block, so you are insulated from street noise.
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