The leaves were beginning to turn as the tour bus glided up Interstate 95 on a sunny fall Sunday heading to coastal New Hampshire. Excited passengers rummaged through their swag bags, trading pretzels for M&M's before a day of touring breweries in and around Portsmouth.
For Allo Gilinsky, the trip marked his first as founder of Pints of Portsmouth Brew Tours. He plans to usher tour groups of craft beer lovers from the Boston area around the microbreweries that dot the city and region less than an hour's drive north of Boston.
What could be an ordinary walk in the park for a Bostonian turns into a heart-warming encounter whenever Harvard Dangerfield, a white fluff ball Samoyed, takes his routine walk through the Boston Public Garden. Ready for any occasion with his stylish bowties, this "Pawston" socialite delights passersby who will often stop to ask questions and have photographs taken.
"If I got a penny for every single smile Harvard gets, I would be rich," said Harvard's owner, Dana Sullivan.
