The Davis Square Community

Sunshine

Thu, 29 May 2014 10:06:00 GMT

Posted by: xostarrynights.livejournal.com

Hello! As a Jersey shore native, and very accustomed to being able to go to a nice beach easily, what are the best beaches/areas to go to for getting some sun and water fun? I know the pools don't open till the end of June and I am looking to go as local as possible. I have a car. I heard about the Medford lake but apparently you need to have a Medford residency so that stinks. Is there anything like that around here?

I went to Revere beach last summer and it was just so disgusting that my roommate and I left an hour in and went to the Dilboy pool instead.

That is if it does ever get to be beach weather before the end of June (I hope).

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for folks on the Medford side of the line...

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:10:00 GMT

Posted by: gingicat

Some nifty links. ;)

Weigh in - what's the most dangerous intersection in Medford?
http://medford.patch.com/articles/what-is-the-worst-intersection-in-medford

Medford Summer Recreation Guide:
http://www.medford.org/Pages/MedfordMA_News/Summer%20Recreation%20Guide
(Wrights Pond, Tufts Pool, playground activities for ages 6-12, playgroups for kids under 6, concerts...)

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SHRAPNEL ALERT

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:41:00 GMT

Posted by: miss-chance.livejournal.com

Just a friendly reminder:
Especially for folks who are moving this weekend, or just moved:

Do Not leave stuff on your porch or on the curb tonight!

Let's not have everyone's left-over cruft from moving become airborne. Bringing stuff in from your porch is not about saving items that you don't want to lose, it's about not leaving them to be tossed through your neighbor's window, into their car, etc.

Thanks!

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End of Season Swimwear

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:20:00 GMT

Posted by: tenshikurai9.livejournal.com

So I didn't have a need for swim wear until recently. At the end of summer. When it's going-off the racks in favor of fall gear.

Since I like the look of swim trunks, but have a female form, I need something for my upper-half. I don't trust myself to tie a bikini top correctly and not have it fly open (slash don't like that look for myself.) So I need a swim top that's more cloth than a bikini, but less than a long-sleeve shirt looking thing that I saw at Olympia Sports in the Pru.

I've also tried the City Sports in Downtown Crossing and Back Bay and nuzzled the summer clearance in two Marshalls.

So suggestions besides the other City Sports locations? If I can get to it on a monthly LinkPass and not have to bug a friend to drive me or pay-up for the commuter rail ride, that would be good.

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Dilboy pool?

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:36:00 GMT

Posted by: closetalker11.livejournal.com

Hello, friends! Have you ever been swimming at the Dilboy pool? How is it? Is it remotely possible to do laps there, or should I not bother with that? Is it a nice place to relax/cool off/lay out?

Thanks in advance for any info you may have!

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Foss Park: Latta Brothers Memorial Pool

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:43:00 GMT

Posted by: juldea.livejournal.com

Has anyone been to the swimming pool in Foss Park in Winter Hill? I saw it for the first time while walking Broadway for this past weekend's SomerStreets festival. It was overflowing with kids to the point I didn't want to go near it, but it was the prime time for that, since it was a weekend day right around noon. Is it always stuffed with children? Is it cleaned up well at all?

DCR has only a little bit of information on it:
Latta Brothers Memorial Swimming and Wading Pool, McGrath Highway, (617) 666-9236
Hours of Operation: 11am to 7pm
Learn to Swim 10am to 11:30am M-F

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Volunteers needed for Charles River Swim on 7/25

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:36:00 GMT

Posted by: ullahe.livejournal.com

The Charles River Swimming Club is looking for volunteers to help put on this annual swimming race, which intends to celebrate all the work that has gone into cleaning up the Charles and raise awareness of ongoing issues and efforts. Needed are general volunteers (no experience necessary) for timing, registration etc. and kayakers for safety support (kayaks provided by Community Boating). Time commitment is from 6:30am to about 10:30am on Sunday, 7/25.

Check www.charlesriverswimmingclub.org for details and please email raceinfo at charlesriverswimmingclub.org if interested.

Please help put on this event, which was postponed from its original date on 7/11 due to heavy rainfalls the previous day. You will make it possible for 150 people to swim in the Charles River, something many of them have looked forward to for a long time.

Thank you!
Ulla

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McCrehan Pool: Am I just totally out of it or what?

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:18:00 GMT

Posted by: hissilliness.livejournal.com

Maybe everyone else has known this for years, but I hadn't realized that there was a totally free public outdoor swimming pool a pleasant five-minute bike ride from Davis.

It's not the prettiest or quietest pool in the world of course, but at that ridiculous level of convenience, I foresee a lot of fifteen-minute morning dips in my summer.

Summer hours, according to one site I found are:

10:00am - 7:00pm weekdays
11:00am - 7:00pm weekends

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swimming

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:20:00 GMT

Posted by: concrete.livejournal.com

Where do you swim laps in the winter around here? How do you like the place?

I only know of the Kennedy Pool near Porter, but I have not gone yet - have you?

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Swimming safety classes for the younglings?

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:39:00 GMT

Posted by: turil.livejournal.com

My housemate said that she couldn't find a program that teaches little kids (think preschool age) basic swimming lessons that actually keeps them safe. But I'd be really surprised if there wasn't something like this nearby. The idea being that the kids should be able to float and tread water and maybe doggie paddle so that they don't panic and drown if they happen to wander into the deeper end of the pool or out a bit further in the pond (like they did yesterday, eek!).

The class that my housemate paid for (at the Kennedy pool, I believe) just put the kids in flotation devices and never taught them any independent swimming.

Anyone know of anything in the Somerville area? (Within a couple of miles of our fair city).

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Good beaches nearby?

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:03:00 GMT

Posted by: rainbow-spork.livejournal.com

Pardon me if this has been asked/discussed before, but I can't figure out which tag it would be labeled under. Can anyone recommend one of the beaches nearby? I have a car, but I'd rather it would be less than an hour's drive. Half-hour would be better.

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Water Aerobics

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:44:00 GMT

Posted by: duffless2323.livejournal.com

Has anyone taken Water Aerobics at the Kennedy School? If so can you provide a review, also do you know if people wear t shirts in the pool? I have looked in the Swimming Tag.

If anyone else has any suggestions of where I can take water aerobics I'd love to hear them.

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Tufts Pool

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:44:00 GMT

Posted by: theref.livejournal.com

I've searched through the memories, and the numbers to call on the Medford City Hall website were disconnected. I'm a new Medford resident, and wanted to take advantage of the Tufts Pool.

Does anyone know the phone number to call in reference to getting a membership to the Tufts Pool? Or when I can go there to get a ID?
Thanks!

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kennedy pool swim lessons

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Posted by: cb1981.livejournal.com

Anyone taken swim lessons at the Kennedy pool? I was wondering how long the lessons are and if the classes are mixed (classes shared with kids?) or if they are adult only? Any input would be great. thanks.

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Pools

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:06:00 GMT

Posted by: jamiesquared.livejournal.com

Has anyone been to the public pools in the city? I have been searching the somerville website and cant find any info other than where it is located. I cant find if there is a charge, hours or anything. I tried calling some numbers but since its Saturday noone is around.

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tufts pool

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:27:00 GMT

Posted by: c011een.livejournal.com

i just perused the archives about swimming and with great joy, i learned about the tufts pool. i called the city of medford and season passes are only $15 (yay!) but only for medford residents (boo!). alas, i am a somervillian through and through. does anyone know if there's any way for non-medford residents to use the pool? or if there is some way to circumvent this whole pesky resident thing? i have spent the morning daydreaming about swimming during my lunch break and now my dreams have been crushed.

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Swimming Season

Fri, 30 May 2008 11:42:00 GMT

Posted by: tracy-rolling.livejournal.com

This may be a bit premature, but I'm an optimist, so I'm linking back to my thread from 2 years ago with the swimming map in it.

Tons of people have added information to the map and it now has over 50 beaches, swimming holes, and open-air pools marked on it. I'm pretty proud of it.

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OMG! what's that stuff failing from the sky?

Wed, 28 May 2008 09:41:00 GMT

Posted by: enochs-fable.livejournal.com

in gallons and gallons. Really, I think the rain should just have to WAIT for people. We didn't ask to be in the path of a titanic monsoon!

(Anybody else out there soaked yesterday? Amazing, wasn't it?)

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BSC

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:41:00 GMT

Posted by: 808.livejournal.com

Someone asked here recently about the rates at the new Boston Sports Club.

( I have the skinny here )

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Stupid BSC question

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:19:00 GMT

Posted by: bluesauce.livejournal.com

I can't find this on their site at all, hence asking here(and yes, it probably IS a stupid question); does anybody know if the Boston Sports Club in Davis is going to have a pool? I want to join a gym, but I'd love to find one with a pool.

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Where to Go Swimming Map

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:54:00 GMT

Posted by: tracy-rolling.livejournal.com

I posted this last year, but thought it would be nice to do it again, since it was about 95 degrees today. I and a few other people have compiled this map of places you can go swimming in the Boston area: Boston Area Swimming. A lot of the places are easily reachable by T.

I tried to embed the map here below a cut (Thanks Ron) but apparently Livejournal isn't accepting these javascript or flash widgets. Too bad.

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Swimming Lessons

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:50:00 GMT

Posted by: induc.livejournal.com

Hi all,
Does anyone one where I will be able to take swimming lessons around the davis square area?

Thanks,
Indu

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Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:14:00 GMT

Posted by: sarahcoyne.livejournal.com

So, rumor has it the Bally's Gym in Porter Square has a POOL!?

Is anyone a member? Have you been swimming? Is the pool totally grody? How is the gym as a whole?

I would really join just to swim but I'd love some opinions.

Also, what's the membership rate?

Thanks,
Swimmy McDogPaddle

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Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:12:00 GMT

Posted by: ad-lib.livejournal.com

I'm interested in starting to do some track running. I checked the website for Tufts and couldn't really tell if their outdoor track facility was open to the general public or not. Does anyone know off hand? Or have a suggestion of where to go? I live right in the middle of Ball Square, and obviously since I'm starting an exercise routine, I'm willing to go where ever I need to go.

Also, has anyone been using the public pool at Kennedy? My aunt had told me about it a few months ago, but I never had the opportunity to check it out myself.

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I made a swimming map

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:38:00 GMT

Posted by: tracy-rolling.livejournal.com

I started this Platial map of Places I know about close-ish to Boston for swimming.

Boston Swimming map

Anyone can add places they know about to the map. No permissions or submissions.

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