The Traveling Wheelchair

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Entries for May, 2008

Vietnam Veterans Memorial - The Moving Wall

Middleboro MA
May 29, 2008 to June 2, 2008
Phone: 906-885-5599

http://www.themovingwall.org/

The Moving Wall is a half size portable replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, located in Washington DC  and portable  Moving Wall is in HONOR all of the members of the U.S Armed Forces who served in the Vietnam War. The names of those who […]

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Briggs Nursery - Garden and Home Center

295 Kelley Boulevard
North Attleboro, MA 02760
Phone: 508-695-2048
Email:
info@briggsgarden.com

http://briggsgarden.com/

Today, I decided to look for some summer flowers and a hummingbird feeder for my deck since the weather is warmer and the hummingbirds are back and looking for food. My mom, who is an avid gardener and lover of nature, told me that she would meet me […]

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Onset Post Office

214 Onset Avenue
Onset, MA 02558
Phone: (508) 295-8672

www.usps.com

Today, we took a drive to Onset and I had lunch at one of my favorite restaurants, Marc Anthony’s Pizzeria (see my review on Marc Anthony’s). As we were driving down the main Street of Onset, I noticed the Post Office which was close to Marc Anthony’s so I […]

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Gymboree

Galleria Mall Dr
Taunton, MA 2780
Phone: 508-821-4445

http://www.gymboree.com/index.jsp
 

Today I went to the Silver City Galleria Mall and went to Gymboree, a store for babies and children clothes. I usually don’t shop at stores for baby clothes but I wanted to buy something very special for Cole, my new baby cousin. Chrissy, my cousin was admitted to Woman’s […]

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Dighton Post Office

232 Main Street
Dighton, MA 02715
Phone: (508) 669-6308

http://www.dighton.com/gov/fed.html#po
 

Today, I was driving by the Post Office in Dighton and noticed it had steps leading to the main entry door so I decided to stop and check it out for wheelchair accessibility. The Post Office has steps to the entry door, yet there is a wide cement wheelchair […]

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Pilgrim Memorial State Park

Water Street
Plymouth, MA

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/southeast/plgm.htm
 

Saturday afternoon, I was discharged from
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Clinical Building -West Campus and am very happy to be well and back home. I’m also happy to be back on the road again to review places for wheelchair accessibility. Yesterday, my friends and aunt took me to Pilgrim Memorial State […]

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Shinetti’s Ice Cream

Harbour Place
114 Water Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
Phone: (508) 746-0019

Shinetti’s Ice Cream is one of my favorite places to visit when I go to Plymouth. It is located right across the street from the historic Plymouth Harbor and it’s the only Ice Cream shop in Plymouth that is open all year round. It has a wide cement […]

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Clinical Building -West Campus

330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617-667-7000

http://www.bidmc.harvard.edu/
 

I was heading to the Kiss 108 Concert at Tweeter Center on Sunday to enjoy the music and write a more recent wheelchair accessibility review of The Tweeter Center. I’ve gone to the Kiss 108 Concert for the past ten years and love it. (see my past review on The […]

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Best Buy - Taunton

  May, 27, 2008

  May 20, 2008
2 Galleria Mall Drive
Taunton, MA
Phone: (508) 977-1200

http://www.bestbuy.com/

Best Buy is new to the Taunton area. It has a wide variety of electronic equipment and accessories as well as a great selection of DVDs. It is very similar to a Circuit City. I frequently go to Best Buy just to browse […]

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Taunton Public Library

12 Pleasant Street
Taunton, MA 02780

http://www.tauntonlibrary.org/

I’ve been asked to review the Libraries in Massachusetts by a person at the State Board of Library Commissioners who oversees the grants to Libraries to improve services for people with disabilities. I decided to start with the libraries in my area. The Taunton Library is only ten minutes from my home. […]

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