Building Up A Shanty On Duxbury Beach

BEFORE RECONSTRUCTION.... variously known as Old Man Bradford's house or Tai Chi's house, it had been falling into disrepair for decades. You can see the channel dug by storm tides washing through the property

ALSO BEFORE.... The area behind the cottage in question, a meadow that is the lowest-lying place on Duxbury Beach. This picture and the picture above are from a 2007 nor'easter.

DURING.... Shot from Gurnet Road, the shanty has been torn down.

AFTER.... 71 Ocean Road North, reporting for duty. We'll see how this Irish Riviera gentrification job holds up against the nor'easters...

... like this one, with waves hitting the seawall right in front of the new house.

Bonne Chance!

West Wareham Wal Mart Opens Today

I doubt that Jessica was aiming for irony with her camera, but she found some.

The West Wareham Wal Mart Supercenter opened today. It replaced the Wal-Mart in East Wareham.

The big difference is that this is a Super Wal-Mart, which means that they have a supermarket.

As you can see, no expenses were spared to welcome the shoppers to the new Wally.

There are some pros and cons. It's not a 24 hour Wally, which is bad news for journalists who might be nocturnal. They have the same Subway franchise as the other Wally did, with the same people running it. There isn't a bank in it.

They do have a nice grocery section, and it's a brand new building. The grocery section is bigger than the old Wareham location, but not as big as the one n Plymouth. You can drop right off 195 or 25 onto it.

There aren't any bells and whistles, it's a Wal-Mart. You'd like to think that new ones would be spectacular, but they pretty much have about 5-20 blueprints they break out depending on how big the town is, or how close to the highway the store is.

Nothing against my girl Red, however... she's puttin' in work.

Nothing says "Patriot" like a 100% Made In China tailgate zone. Winner of the 2015 "Most Ominous Use Of Scarecrows" award at Cannes.

Wally was giving out some free stuff, and they had vendors all over the place. Do note the Wareham school colors on that cupcake, homie!

If you hug it, it gives you a free drink. When I dry-humped it, it had the nerve to give me a Coke Zero. It'll be amazed when I don't call, too...

"Rotting meat on stale bread, prepared by savages"... Jim Norton, on Subway

All this and more awaits you at the West Wareham Super Walmart Supercenter!