NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 166 Water Street Woods Hole, MA Phone: 508-495-2000 http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/aquarium/ Thursday of last week my roommate, Josh, our friends Kellie and Kevin, my Aunt Nancy and my Mom planned to go to Old Silver Beach. Due to rain we changed our mind and instead headed to Woods Hole Science Aquarium. Woods Hole Science [...]
120 Water St Plymouth, MA 02360 Phone: 508-746-5411 Recently while in Plymouth with my mom and friends we stopped at Ziggy’s for some lunch. As soon as I saw its name, I thought of an old favorite comic strip of mine called Ziggy’s :>) I was pleased to find Ziggy’s wheelchair friendly. Ziggy’s, a fast [...]
114 Water St Plymouth, MA 02360 Phone: 508-747-6284 While wheeling along Water Street in Plymouth, I spotted a new place called Maui Wowi and was pleased to find it wheelchair accessible. There is a wide wheelchair accessible cement walkway located on the side of the building leading to the main entry door. Railings are located on both [...]
3031 Cranberry Highway Wareham, Massachusetts Phone: 508-295-3255 http://www.waterwizz.com/ If you want to COOL OFF during this hot summer HEAT WAVE you might want to go to Water Wizz, a really fun water park in Wareham. Yesterday, Josh, my roommate, Tony, Josh and Ric, our friends and my mom and I had the wonderful opportunity to [...]
318 Court Street Plymouth, MA 02360 Phone: 508-830-6802 http://www.casabrazildining.com/ Sunday, when my aunt, friends and I were in Plymouth, we came across Casa Brazil Restaurant and Grill. I’ve never had Brazilian food and wanted to try it for Douglas my very good friend is from Brazil. Being a new establishment I would have thought that [...]
188 Court Street Plymouth, MA 02360 Phone: 508-746-2222 http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=22050 My friends and I headed back to Plymouth in search of a hotel within wheeling distance from the Historic Plymouth Waterfront that has a wheelchair accessible room with a roll-in shower. Nearly one million tourists visit the Historic Plymouth Waterfront every year and many are in [...]
Gurnet Road Duxbury, MA 02332 http://www.duxburybeach.com/ Recently a good friend sent us the link to the article ‘Nantasket Beach accessible for people with disabilities’ By Jennifer Mann / The Patriot Ledger / August 01, 2009. It’s about all the recent changes the town of Hull did to make Nantasket Beach more wheelchair accessible. The author [...]
Sadly Eunice Kennedy Shriver died Tuesday August 11, 2009 at age 88. I along with millions of other persons with disABILITIES are FOREVER GRATEFUL for her lifelong devotion, dedication, love, compassion and hard work she has done to IMPROVE the QUALITY of lives of millions of us with disABILITIES! Eunice Shriver was a compassionate champion! She singlehandedly changed [...]
Boston Harbor Islands Boston, MA 02210 Phone: 617-223-8666 http://www.bostonislands.org/isle_spectacle.asp This past week my mom, Tony, Ric and friend Douglas headed out to Spectacle Island. Daniel, a very kind Park Ranger who took us on a tour of Georges Island told us Spectacle Island is very wheelchair accessible. Spectacle Island is one of the 34 Boston [...]
Long Wharf Boston, MA 02109 Phone: 617-222-6999 MBTA Harbor Express: http://www.harborexpress.com/commuters/ Harbor Island Ferry: http://www.harborexpress.com/harborislands/ Recently my mom, Tony, Ric and I visited Georges Island and were pleased how wheelchair accessible it is. We heard that Spectacle Island is even more accessible so this week we headed to this Boston Harbor Island. My friend Douglas [...]
"To help make the world more sensitive, respectful, safer and accessible to all."
In loving memory of my grandfather, 'Bud' McAuliffe.
