Eastie Open Studios This Weekend.

Always wanted to see what's outside the airport? Maybe you've been dying to try that pizza at Santarpio's? Like art? Well now is your chance. The East Boston Artists Group will hold it's annual open studios June 4th and 5th from noon to 6:00 p.m. I went to this last year and it was so much fun. All of the artists were so nice, there was wine and cheese and other snacks for the visitors, and if you are looking to purchase some art this is a great opportunity to do that. I love the idea of having a studio. I want to have a studio. I'm not an artist, but maybe I could be if I had a studio and a community of artists to work with. Does crochet count?

For more information, check out the Eastie Artists Group web site here.

P.S. If you are going to Santarpio's, keep in mind that they do not take credit cards and they don't serve dessert, so head over to Cafe Italia for dessert. If you don't want pizza here are some other suggestions. (FYI: Angelo & Son's Seafood does not exist anymore, but Boston.com has not caught on yet.)

Update: Another reason to come to the open studios on Saturday. From today's Boston Globe:

Drill will simulate terror attack at Logan

The mayor's Office of Homeland Security and the Massachusetts Port Authority announced that they will conduct a simulated terrorist attack Saturday at Logan International Airport. Code-named Operation Atlas, the full-scale exercise will simulate a terrorist hijacking of an airliner en route from Paris to Chicago. The exercise will help officials assess the ability of first-responders to react to a high-level threat under US Department of Homeland Security guidelines.

Massport's description of the exercise here. I find it amusing that there is a "rain date" scheduled in case of severe weather conditions. This must be because the terrorists are deathly afraid of severe weather. They would never attack unless the weather was fair.