Club Passim at Danehy Park

Obviously, you know by now that we love Club Passim.  Club Passim is great.  It's fully of amazing history, great music, and they really give back to the city.  During the summer, they run four different free concert series throughout the city~ Palmer Street, Kendall Square, Harvard Science Center, and Danehy Park.  JO and I decided to check out one of the shows at Danehy Park for a few reasons.  First, it was free and who doesn't love free events!  Second, I had heard good things about the band playing.  And third, it was in Danehy Park, which we had never heard of before and we love exploring new parts of the city.

Unfortunately, it was a bit humid on this particular Tuesday night but we decided to go forward with our plans anyways.  We decided to meet up at Alewife Station since JO would be coming from home.   We weren't sure about the parking situation at the park.  (Please note~ Danehy Park has plenty of parking in their lots.  Live and learn.) This meant we would be walking about 15 minuets from the station to the park in the humidity which wasn't a thrilling prospect.  Upon our arrival at the park we were both kind of shocked.  We were intrigued when we looked at the park on Google Maps but nothing could really have prepared us for the vastness of the park.  It's absolutely huge, clocking in at 50 acres of recreational space.  There are tons of shade trees and weeping willows, several full sized soccer fields, and plenty of baseball fields.  There are at least two really long walking paths plus dedicated bike lanes throughout the park.  Additionally, there's a big hill in the center that offers some cool views and also plenty of green space for running around or hosting concerts, like the show we were there for.

Club Passim did a nice job with this show and it was the perfect accompaniment to our picnic dinner.   After dinner, we decided to take a longer way back to Alewife, that conveniently took us pass Jose's Mexican Restaurant in North Cambridge.  This place is pretty well known in Cambridge and since we are rarely on this side of the city we "just had to" stop in.

It was definitely a fun night of exploring Cambridge!  Even though we've lived here for almost nine years, there's definitely more left to explore.  I definitely want to come back to this park again when the weather is nicer.  It would be a great place for a run!